Now, seeing as Pamaltela looks fairly free of canon material (and the fact that $30 for the unfinished Atlas is indeed a bit steep), I think Nyambe could be a fair source of inspiration. Naturally, there would be a number of adaptations, such as making the wakyambi elves (traditional African elves, with tails!) comply with Glorantha anatomy, but it looks relatively easy.
-- Sophie Lagac� Sam Elliot wrote:
>
> wrote: Nyambe, which was basically African D&D. Wonderful book,
> full of flavour and character...Nyambe is full of gods and heroes
> and spirits, and I think it would work well in HeroQuest...
>
>
> Sounds interesting - is it Inae, Yemanja, Janaina etcetera, the west
> African business taken to S. America, or was it not based on 'real'-
> world mythology?
>
> I personally have been toying with the idea of early colonialism and
> exploration as a model for a game - particularly the interaction of
> (African) gods/spirits from one place, monotheist religion from
> another (European) and spirits from another (Brazil, but perhaps
> gods from further north). The main problem is that I think it would
> need to be incredibly brutal to begin to ring true.
>
> Sam.
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