Re: "Vanilla" ???

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:58:28 -0800

> > Oh, and the Quest in question isn't the vanilla Humakt, Wolf and
> Raven...As far as I understand the goal of the vanilla quest is
>
> So, I've been wondering for a little while now what vanilla means
> when used with reference to HeroQuest. I've got as far as working
> out it's not a reference to the orchid, but beyond that I am stumped.

I tend to use the term for "A heroquest that has been written down for anyone to use (in our real world play)".

There is no "Gloranthan Vanilla Heroquest" - every culture, cult, tribe, family, will have individual insights into secrets of any quest that they have performed. "We have always met the Scarlet Canary at this place". "Well *we* have always met the Pink Titmouse, so you must be wrong".

So the quest described in "Fish Rain" is "vanilla" in that all the players of HQ have the same version. But if I tweak it here and there, it's no longer Vanilla, it's "Roderick-Flavored" (ewwww!)

> I'm not proud.

Or tired.

RR
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