Rick sez: The GTA material is generally on such
esoteric subjects out of the mainstream
that not having it is no big loss to
players and GMs of RQ, HW, etc. Die-hard
historians could enjoy it, though.
2. The quality of Gloranthan material has declined
in the Issaries Inc era.
Rick sez:
This is a very interesting topic. The TYPE of
material published certainly has changed. If
you compare the material published for HW to
any RQ supplement they are obviously radically
different. They approach Glorantha in two very
different ways. Most of the RQ material was
written with a great deal of the effort being
done by authors other than Greg, especially
much of the scenario material. Greg made much
of the material more Gloranthan, but the core
scenario info was written by the likes of Sandy
Petersen, Steve Perrin, Ken Rolston, Paul Jaquays,
Rudy Kraft, et al. They are all top notch
professional scenario writers who worked with
Greg. Those guys have all moved on.
To me, the Hero Wars material has its focus far more based on material related to myths, deities, and history. Greg is more likely to write a HW book on that than a scenario pack like Borderlands, Griffin Mountain, or Pavis. He would rather talk about the 3000 versions of the god Orlanth rather than Balastor's Barracks.
The printing/presentation quality is now as good as it ever was during RQ2, save for the maps.
I was happy with just one Orlanth, but such is life in the Hero Wars...
Rick
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