Re: Background books (and ILH-1 ad to the site!)

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 20:31:35 -0000

> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Mick Rowe wrote:
>
You are not alone. Scenarios and the like are ok. They help one form a
> vision of how the world is supposed to work.
>
> But what one really needs for sustained play is background books.
> Luckily there's many of them in the works, unless the lineup has
been
> drastically changed since the last updates I've seen...
>
> Oh, and while on the subject. Why is there still no ad going
"Imperial
> Lunar Handbook -1 is out!", or something to the effect, on
> www.glorantha.com?
>
> -Adept

I'll be blunt guys.

The main complaint, voiced time after time after time is this:

The game (and world) is unapproachable.

Without something that can be used by the non-completist, there will be fewer new players. I would hate to see Glorantha go the way of, say, Star Fleet Battles or HeroSystem in which ever more specific games were catered to an ever-shrinking core market.

To be honest, while Storm Tribe and Thunder Rebels are wonderful, they are dense and very, very hard going - even for the experienced Gloranthii.

Jeff