On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 07:40 AM, simonbrayuk_at_... wrote:
> In a message dated 01/08/03 15:31:37 GMT Daylight Time,
> HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com writes:
>
>> Assume the reader has never seen material from before HW:RIG
>> publication
>> and
>> doesn't buy the fan produced material.(You can discuss old
>> RuneQuest
>> products, including fan-written books and zines, on the Glorantha
>> Digest).
>>
>
> Why must we assume this when the fan based material AKA the Unspoken
> Word
> and Tradetalk especially are available as readily as HW products and
> carry
> information that is directly applicable to HQ and HW as it stands at
> present. .... While
> I don't want to sit and listen to everyone discuss the nuances of our
> publications, to omit them from this discussion group is wrong.
I'm new to Glorantha with the publication of Hero Wars. I own all Issaries-published Hero Wars stuff, and nothing else. I expect to see references to "GRoY" and that book about the Argraths on the Digest, but I don't want people to *assume* I have the less-mainline products here on this list. (If I ask about some subculture mentioned in "Glorantha: Intro to the Hero Wars", I think it wouldn't be wrong to say "There's more about them in UW #10, a fan publication; read more about it at [URL]." More than that is probably pushing it.)
Remember, this list is, to a significant degree, supposed to be "newbie-friendly". Assuming people have UW or TT is a great way to get newbies off the list, and quite possibly the game.
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