RE: Re: Why should barbarians get all the poetry....

From: Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:37:36 -0800 (PST)

Well, of course Tarsh War is another of those fan-generated publications, not an "official" work, so it's not really part of "official" Glorantha. Damn fine work on its own, though.

>
> > the game in dogged pursuit of some idealized recreationism at the
> > expense of the fun stuff... Look at today's paper and see how much of
> > the really, really silly/stupid things people do would be allowed in a
> > sourcebook? (I think someone posted on that earlier, however)
>
> :) Different strokes, of course. I'm heavily into the simulated/recreated
> side of RPG; I look for alternative experiences rather than escapism. Good
> RPG will immerse me in a character who thinks, behaves, believes in
> different ways to that which I do, and I enjoy this sort of dual
> perspective. Helps me appreciate the way other real people in the RW can
> think very differently to the way I think. So my play style tends to be a
> lot tighter on the continuity and less tolerant of the little in-jokes.
> c'est la vie.

Hmm. What do you think about Ducks? ;-)

Guy



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