Another way to put it...
My LFGS doesn't stock HQ anymore. When RQ came back the (few
remaining) Gloranthan fans stopped buying HQ source material in
favour of the more accessible RQ.
Not that I'm against HQ, the Stafford Library and other such stuff.
It's just don't expect to have any more than a (very) small cohort of
fans for inaccessible material. But does this please some?
Hopefully HQII will help to change this.
- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Lawrence Whitaker"
<lawrence.whitaker_at_...> wrote:
>
> Kind of off-topic, but sort of illustrates the point that's been
made
> earlier.
>
> One of the Mongoose writers, who doesn't know a whole heap about
Glorantha,
> was assigned one of the books and sat down with Storm Tribe and
Thunder
> Rebels to get a handle on the Orlanthi. Reading both almost made
him wave
> the white flag of surrender because the sheer level of detail, and
a great
> deal of obscure detail, linguistic, cultural and so forth, made the
basics
> so hard to assimilate. He perservered, but had a certain feeling
that the
> work he did with the Orlanthi wasn't going to be accurate enough, or
> detailed enough, because ST and TR was such a struggle to use and
get
> through. In the end he did a really good job, but that didn't make
the
> journey any easier.
>
> So yes, I'm with Jeff, Simon and the others on this one: KISS.
>
> 2008/7/19 ileskela <ileskela_at_...>:
>
> > Simon Phipp:
> >
> > > In my opinion, there have been far too many arty-farty terms
> > > introduced into Glorantha for no discernible reason except,
> > > perhaps, to show off the authors' knowledge of obscure language
> > > or to show off their ability to create obscure jargon.
> >
> > Or simply, because such terms enhance one's experience of
Glorantha. :)
> >
> > But yes, that would be arty-farty and elitistic, for those who
don't
> > share the fun, and for those who try to grasp the basics of the
> > setting for the first time. Not having 'gyrda' or 'godi' in the
> > forthcoming 'Cults of Sartar' is a wise move.
> >
> > But I find it strange that instead of Alison, John and me
figuring out
> > an answer to the actual question, the debate has become one of
for or
> > against. What nonsense. We're better than that.
> >
> > A friendly hug to you all. :)
> >
> > -ile
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel
> And the next its rolling over me...
>
> Rush - 'Far Cry'
>
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