What attracted you to Glorantha?

From: Hallier Wilfried <vingo_at_...>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:45:17 +0100

How Glorantha attracted me ?

• First; opened experience system. Learning skill is closer with reality.
• PCs lived/have adventures everywhere, not only in dungeons.
• Games rules/system was almost easy to understand.
• Afterwards, everyone is able to have magic. And everyone have magic, few but some. Surely, it was the first most important attractive aspect.
• Again further; when I discover cults. Strongly different from anything before. Cosmology and godi points of view. Each cult has is own role in Glo and there were strongly different each other. Here I became an addict.
• For now, things again increase one level; mythology, cosmology, sociology, ethnology aspects, all now.

In France, Glorantha arrived with RQ3.
We never saw Borlderlands, Griffin Mountains, Cults of Prax & Terror. So we had a truncated view of Glorantha. ie: Prax was only a desert with no life.

I fully re-discover Glorantha when I began my collection; Winning old RQ 1-2 items on ebay and buying stuff in UK to David Hall and in Australia to Andrew Bean. Also with HW layout. Also Tales and KoDP bring me the true Glorantha.

Right now, I love Glorantha because it gives me pleasure in reading, playing, to translating and writing campaigns. True Glorantha allows to join several interests:
- Have fun rpg (I love ducks...)

• mythology/cosmology
• sociology/ethnology Such a chance to educate myself in gaming attitudes.

All sourcebook details are not necessary to run a game, but pleasant to offer to players when the situation permits it. And if you take a look to know where does come from such details; you will be surprised for all of them. Finally, it will expand your own understanding of all.

Finally thanks Glorantha to make me clever through gaming.

Wilfried Hallier