Tentacles News February!

From: Fabian Kuechler <fabian.kuechler_at_...-weimar.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:24:47 +0100


TENTACLES NEWS POST
Volume 2, Number 2, February 2001

~~ S l u r p F o l k s ! ~~

Welcome to the Tentacles News Post February, featuring all the latest Tentacles news and views. Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends, allies and sworn enemies. If you do not want to receive this newsletter or have a new email address please send a notification to: fabian_at_...

N E W S

Wow! From the 1. - 31. January 2001 nearly 100 of you registrated for this years Tentacles Fest. What an overwhelming response! February continued the trend that leaves us with barely 30 of our 150 places. If you still undecided if you should visit us at Castle Stahleck you should better hurry up...

Tentacles 2001 is dated for the 1st- 4th June 2001 at Castle Stahleck in Bacharach, Germany.

~ S i g n u p ~
You can sign up for Tentacles online at: http://www.tentacles-convention.de/regis.htm

Tentacles will be sponsored by Issaries Inc., MultiSim, Chaosium Inc. and Pegasus Spiele GmBH.

This Febuary Newsletter will provide you with the first information about guests and programme of Tentacles 2001.

~ T e n t a c l e s o f H o n o u r ~

S t a f f o r d, Greg
Greg is the legendary creator of Glorantha and President of Issaries, Inc. the publisher of the epic Glorantha rpg Hero Wars! Of course he will bring big new chunks of Glorantha wrapped in his Tentacles and entertain us with his reportoire of US jokes.

P e t e r s e n, Sandy
Sandy is the famed author of the Call of Cthulhu rpg and designer of various (in)famous computer games. He is currently employed at Ensemble Studios, the company that created the computer games Age of Empires and Age of Kings. Sandy is a big fan of Tentacles and we love to have him around again!

W h i t a k e r, Lawrence
Loz is *Chaosium's Elric! Guy* and a beloved guest of Tentacles. Loz is a g a i n bringing a fresh Elric! tournament with him and will entertain us happily with stories from the Unknown East. Lawrence is the author of Hawkmoon! which should be released after Corum! this year. Of course he will play in Theocrats of Pan Tang!

~ T e n t a c l e d G u e s t s ~

R o b s i o n, Neil
Neil form the Seattle Farmer`s Collective, Canada, will be summoned by us from England, where spents a short holiday visiting family and friends. He will run Fall of the House of Malan and Orkals Bull t h e Orlanthi FreeForm Games at Tentacles 2001!

R o u t t, Liam
Liam Routt from Darcsyde Productions comes all the way from Australia (!) to present us the Corum! Supplement for the Elric! rpg. He and Lawrence will make up a nice Eternal Champion Team! Tentacles will take care of the chocolate, Liam.

B r a y, Simon
Finally Simon can make it back to Tentacles. This year Simon was o r d e r e d by his loving wife to attend. Thank you, Madam. In the meanwhile Simon has gained a reputation as artist a n d author for Glorantha. He will bring an epic Hero Wars tournament!

K y e r, Jeff
If you keep track of glorantha.com and the various e-groups of Hero Wars you will be familiar with this name. Jeff is the author of at least two cool Hero Wars episodes you can find at glorantha.com and is working as a freelance author for upcoming Hero Wars books. His scenario "Chasing Kites" was nominated by the GTA for the best Hero Wars scenario in 2000. Jeff will bring an Hero Wars tournament for Tentacles as well!

C o r a l l o, Dario
Dario is the very own Art Director of the Chaos Society and the artistic force behind Tradetalk, Ybot and the Tentacles Press Tomes. We are happy to host him at Tentacles and provide him with a platform to show of his works and discuss future projects.

B r o o k e, Nick
A long time friend and guest of our Convention, is invited again. Nick may enlighten us with his radiant presence, entertain us with his exquisite Orate skill and with Glorantha songs in his famous "Sing a-long a Nick".

F R E E FO R M G A M E S

Here are the scheduled FreeForm games of Tentacles 2001 so far...

F a l l o f t h e H o u s e o f M a l a n an Orlanthi FreeForm by Jeff Richards, Neil Robinson and Dave Pearton

"Mad-Blood" Malan, King of the Malani Tribe, is the famed and feared ruler of the Quiviniland. How long can Malan and his huscarls keep up the rule over the Clans of the Malani? Tumultuos intrigues and feuds threat to wreck the powerful kingdom in the Wilderness of Dragon Pass.

I n f o: The game takes place during the heroic era when Dragon Pass was resettled by Heortling peoples who had fled the southern land of Kethaela and forged a new life in the Wilderness of Quiviniland.

This is t h e Orlanthi FreeForm game! It is a game of Orlanthi, and all Orlanthi are passionate. They boast loudly of their mighty deeds, cry over losses of loved ones, and fight with a fury of a hurricane.

There is a 10,- DM charge for this game to cover the production cost.

For registration please contact:
fabian_at_...

D a t a: 60 Players / Glorantha

T i m i n g: Sunday -

C l a s h e s: -

T h e o c r a t s o f P a n T a n g
an Elric! FreeForm by Siggi, Pummel & Pittel

�Pan Tangians are foul people, of unbriddled sadism and misogynism. We recommend them for use as adversariers for the adventuerers.� (Mark Morrison and Richard Watts in Introduction to Sorcerers of Pan Tang, Stormbringer Supplement, Chaosium Inc. 1991)

I n f o: Theocrats of Pan Tang is a bilingual (german/english) FreeForm game for 21 players and endless slaves, demons and screaming statues. Players take on the role of the insane Chaospriests of the doomed isle Pan Tang.

There is a 5,- DM charge for this game to cover the production cost.

For registration please contact:
mereghn_at_...

D a t a: 21 Players / Elric!

T i m i n g: Saturday -

C l a s h e s: -

O r k a l s B u l l
an Orlanthi FreeForm by Neil Robinson & Jeff Richards

A lusty tale of political strife in an isolated barbarian clan. With the death of Venharl the Powerful and the election of Penorri Venharl�s-Son, it seemed that peace had come to the Vostangi at last. But then Vargast, head of the Varing family, had his prize Bull stolen, while Orkal, a client of Orlalont of the Orlings, has a new Bull he claims to have bought down in Clearwine. Will the bloodfeud destroy the clan?

There is a 5,- DM charge for this game to cover the production cost.

For registration please contact:
fabian_at_...

D a t a: 16 Players / Glorantha

T i m i n g: Saturday -

C l a s h e s: -

T h e K i n g s F u n e r a l
a Ralios FreeForm by Ingo Tschinke

The king is dead - long live the king! But who will it be - the next king of Kustria? A game of intrigue and secret plots set in Ralios.

There is a 5,- DM charge for this game to cover the production cost.

For registration please contact:
fabian_at_...

D a t a: 12 Players / Glorantha

T i m i n g: Saturday -

C l a s h e s: -

G A M E S

Here are the listed tournaments for Tentacles 2001...

T h a n o s � T r e a s u r e
a Hero Wars tournament by Simon Bray

Sea turns to fire, the seasons roll, like the clouds of Heler gathering in the southwest, burgeoning with the promise of moist fertility. Along the Good Ale, with Swordvale Fort within their sights comes a party of warriors, blessed sons of the Colymar, seeking a wife and peace. Within the loom house sit the women, a girl-to-be-woman stands at the door watching the clouds and road with trepidation. Amongst the woods, wild eyes flare, watching with lust and animal passions, desiring that which cannot be had. Upon the throne sits a king, his aged hands clutching a sword that he cannot wield and remembering a baby that lay in his arms. Within the darkness, there is nothing but BLOOD.

D a t a: Thanos' Treasure is a tournament for Hero Wars. It is intended for 3-6 players. Pregenerated characters are provided, although there is the option for good Colymar swordsmen and women to ride along aswell.

T i m i n g: see Game Board

C l a s h e s: see Game Board

B l a c k O a k s , B l a c k M a g i c a Hero Wars tournament by Jeff Kyer

Your dirt-eating enemies in the Black Oak clan have hired a sorcerer to curse your clan. Can you uncover the foul Meldek before his magic can destroy your clan?

D a t a: An adventure for 4 Heortlings who hate godless sorcery.

T i m i n g: see Game Board

C l a s h e s: see Game Board

M a d n e s s a n d O t h e r C o l o u r s an Elric! tournament scenario by Lawrence Whitaker

Enter the fickle and jealous world of high-art dealing as Serjedny the Immaculate and Baldomeer Eshensi contest the autheticity of a rare artwork - one of the powerful Yrysool Statuettes. But, what is the nature of the statuette? And why are the two art dealers suddenly behaving so strangely? And what link does all this have with Sorcerers' Isle, legendary home of Cran Liret, the Spell Thief?

Intrigue, suspense and hideous plots await you. In other words, the usual sort of stuff you'd expect from a Lawrence Whitaker scenario!

D a t a: Elric! Tournament

T i m i n g: see Game Board

C l a s h e s: see Game Board

~ T i m i n g & C o s t s ~

Tentacles 2001 will take place at Castle Stahleck in Bacharach, from Friday the 1st to Monday the 4th June 2001.

The Convention will open program Friday evening around 19.00 and end around 11.00 on Monday.

The price for 3 nights at the Convention, including breakfast and dinner is 145 DM! A common beer at the Con cost around 2 DM which is less than 1 EUR, about 1 Dollar or 1/2 British Pound (shameless plug of course). Donations either in games or money are welcome.

~ A u c t i o n ~

The auction will take place at nice, warm spot at Sunday night. Come along and bring old, exotic and precious games, magazines, books etc. for Glorantha, RQ, CoC, Elric!, Pendragon and trash you would like to turn into cash. The Convention is happy about all the support it can get!

Send a list of your auction items to:
fabian_at_...

~ I f y o u a r e c o m i n g f r o m G r e a t B r i t a i n ~

If you like to fly in from Great Britain check out the Ryan Air Airline: http:// www.ryanair.com

They are flying at very cheap airfares from London Stansted and other airports in GB to Airport Hahn, Germany which is about 30 minutes (!) from Castle Stahleck. You really need a parachute to get closer than that...

~ U p c o m i n g P u b l i c a t i o n s ~

T h e M a s k s o f P a v i s
Adventuring in the Classic setting of Pavis a Tentacles Press Tome, Fundraiser for "Tentacles 2001" at Whitsun

This 136 pages book contains Adventures in the Old City - a campaign set in the Rubble with cultural, magical and professional keywords for Hero Wars as well as stats for RQ3. It contains locations and personalities in the Rubble with a few more ancient Pavic secrets revealed!

Many of the contained Hero Wars cults and keywords are developed with Issaries, Inc.

This Tome contains the Pavis & Big rubble Compaion II.

Available soon through the Chaos Society!

Contact:
Tradetalk_at_...

Watch out for the next Tentacles News in M a r c h!

Fabian Kuechler

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~ Tentacles 2001 ~
The Hero Wars, Elric! and Call of Cthulhu Fest
1st - 4th June 2001
Castle Stahleck, Germany

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