> This list advertises itself as "...and is especially concerned with
> introducing newer players to the game.", so here I am, a newbie, confused as,
> err, confused by this game. I hope you mean that literally, rather than a
> group concerning itself with discussing how to introduce new players to its
> delights.
The list doesn't always live up to its intent, but yes, this is the place.
> I think I could create a character, but I have no idea how to force enough
> information into my players (given that getting any of them to read
> more than a
> single page, ever, is almost impossible) to get *them* to create characters
> which would fit into what passes for polite society in Dragon Pass.
The 100 words approach may seem daunting, but it actually works out rather well. Remember that you write about your hero, and don't have to fit much into Glorantha at this point.
Don't forget that Glorantha isn't limited to polite society or Dragon Pass! Pavis might be a good place to start, since there's plenty of opportunity for "dungeon crawling."
The Balazar setting (recently reprinted in Griffin Mountain, though of course this lacks Hero Wars rules) is a good way to start out, since you don't need to know a whole lot to be a stone age clansman.
Parts of Ralios and Seshnela have a far more advanced society, which might be closer to Harn. You could start the characters as exiles in another city-state, so they wouldn't have to know a whole lot (the game would then involve learning all the local intrigues).
> I'm also completely lost as to where to start, adventuring-wise, what sort of
> thing to run and how to run it- face it folks, I'm a dinosaur of the
> simulationist breed, and HW is rather different to what I'm used to. :-)
I think realizing and admitting this is a big start. (I know it took me a while, and I'd already been steering away from being very simulationist.)
-- David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...> Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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