- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Herbert Nowell"
<herb_nowell_at_h...> wrote:
> From: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
> From: Graham Robinson <graham_at_a...>
> >> The danger with that is it provides no place for those who are
more than
> beginners but less than hardcore fans of a decade plus to go.
Someone, who
> collected most of the RQ3 Glorantha stuff but moved on when it
dried up then
> saw HW and said "Glorantha was cool, let me check it out". They
are
> probably beyond where HQ list goes but not ready for the GD. Based
on
> reviews of HW and some of the complaints in them this isn't a small
group.
>
> Right now given what the threads I've seen moved (or asked to be
moved) over
> to GD if you want to play anything outside of Orlanthi from Tarsh,
> Heortland, or Sartar or some kinds of Lunar this list isn't for
you. While
> we'll discuss some other areas from a visiting standpoint at most.
Other
> areas referenced in published Issaries material results in a "go to
the GD"
> response (my recent question on the Eastern Isles).
I think you are overstating the case.
> The danger with the current "everything else is for the GD" is it
leaves no
> room for growth. If the only way to go beyond currently published
product
> (which, no offense to Issaries, but now several years in the HW/HQ
line we
> still are in the same place, Dragon Pass and surrounding areas with
light
> overview of the rest of Genertela, that published product has been
for 30
> years) is to have a PhD. in anthropology or compartive religion so
you can
> play on the GD then Glorantha is dead in terms of new players or
even geting
> people who really liked it in the RQ heyday but weren't hardcore.
Have you seen a 'lets go play in X' thread moved? I don't think you
have. If it has to do with a game and doesn't veer into esoterica,
its fine.
What is so hard about that?
Jeff