As to the broader topic of introducing people to Glorantha, what I've seen suggested, and worked really well with a campaign I'm running for my son* is start small, introducing very limited elements. I ran a toned down version of Chasing Kites from the HQ1 book, with him as a pre-initiate with just some common magic (and the swaggering bully from the Black Oak clan who tried to claim the kite is still his chief rival). Each session afterwards I'd introduce a little more of the mythology and background, to the point that when he recently got to witness Kallyr meeting with Harrek he was able to extrapolate that nothing good could come from this...
*started when he was 11, now he's 13, so not at an age where there is a natural interest in the fine details of myth, etc. But over time he was wanting to read parts of the source book, to better understand how awesome Orlanth is, etc.
Some people feel narrative games make all the characters feel a bit the same, and there is endless rounds of justifying the use of 'skills'.
There is always the problem of races and resource management in narrative games. And to many, the systems can feel arbitrary. I am not accusing HQ of these things but I do think it is less of a leap going from a similar style of game than it is jumping from SIM to NAR styles.
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> Subject: Re: Introducing Newbies to GLorantha
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> I think HQ is really a very simple rule set compared to most other games out there. There may be a fair number of details here and there, but the basics are very straightforward and elegant. And being able to make characters 'on the go' rather than having a whole session just to generate them and figure out all their abilities and gear? Wow!
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> On the other hand, some people like to game their games, figure out the 'most powerful' combination of races and classes and abilities, min-max combat options, etc. Those people may find HQ rather soft for their tastes unless they adapt.
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> Just IMO
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Zachary Kline <zkline@> wrote:
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> > 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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