RE: Introducing Newbies to GLorantha

From: Stephen McGinness <stephenmcg_at_iqQm8IzWHSFtV1_-pJg7vzjKl-FDMUT0xluaVahYIlwG9JqTZfcxffOufWPDKGsPX>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:31:46 +0100

Hmmm. I find that Heroquest is difficult for people to get their minds around, 'specially if they are coming from a D&D background. Game complexity is not the issue, familiarity is more key. I have had some success in using the original RQ II for beginning play and introducing HQ for heroquest and spirit plane interludes. It functions well as something exotic for newcomers to narrative systems as it highlights the exotic nature of the Spirit Plane. It also gets them used to describing their characters in narrative terms. If you possess both sets of rules, then this is pretty satisfying. By the time they are ready to be mixing with Kallyr you could probably be running such magical people as if they were on the Spirit Plane anyway. Stephen

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From: Zachary Kline
Sent: 07 October 2011 01:26
To: worldofglorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Introducing Newbies to GLorantha   

Hi ALl,
Given the recent topics here about newbies and Glorantha, I was wondering what peoples' thoughts were on introducing it to new players? On my college campus there are quite a few people who have a Dungeons and Dragons/Tolkien inspired view of fantasy. Glorantha doesn't seem to fit this very well. On the other hand, it seems that Rune Quest would be more familiar to D&d people as compared with Hero Quest, though I'm personally more interested in the latter than the former. How do people do this? Keeping player engagement would seem to be critical. I have lots of info on the Orlanthi and comparatively little on any other group, so would prefer to stick to campaigns centering on them. Best and thanks for any insight,
Zack.

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