> It could also be a great card game, though that would require a lot of thought about victory conditions, which one could probably omit if it was a free-wheeling PBEM with a moderator.
This was how another friend of mine suggested I should exploit the scholarly competition theme - his suggestion was mechanically a re-themed gin-rummy. I am sure it could work and be fun. I was more interested in the creative competitive collaboration aspect, partly because I'd enjoyed myself creating documents, changing song lyrics, a the like for various Gloranthan games I've been in at various times and thought it could be fun to add a competitive aspect.
I am sure Greg's idea for the Kraken will be fantastic. I've always liked the "gloranthan documents" included in various products - the footnotes, sidebars, curses and blessing at the start of books, and once tried to catalog not the active Heroes who did the deeds but the scholars who recorded events.
Keith
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