Gloranthan overload?

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_...>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:57:42 -0000

> > I could use some advice and help. I'm toying with the idea of
> > setting a campaign at the Dawn. Partly this is because my
gaming
> > group is overwhelmed by all the Glorantha knowledge these days;
>
> I mean this constructively; if you are the GM and your players are
> suffering from Glorantha Knowledge burnout, then what makes you
> think that setting it in the dawn age will remove that? If you are
> always pumping oodles of Gloranthan esotera into your gaming
> sessions then changing the time frame is not going to help much.

Fwiw, I find the only setting that requires the players to have more background information than Glorantha is settings in historical earth. I remember trying to get a group of players (who were running a cadet branch of the house of de Hauteville in the 1190s) up to speed on the history and deeds of their family, the various important people and cultures of southern Italy, and the medieval church, basic medieval theology (like medieval penitence, the truce of God and so on) and all the damned saints of significance was a remarkable learning curve. Good fun though.

Jeff