Comments on: Kickstarter to revive Glorantha, old RPG that was eclipsed by D&D http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wizardru http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587529 wizardru Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587529 To 10-12 year old boys in 1980 and to some gamers today.  The idea of a Howard/Daffy/Donald the Duck type characters walking around a fantasy setting isn't for everyone. Heck, there are people who have used the setting for 30 years who still hate the ducks.  Just read through this thread: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?527432-Glorantha-fans-tell-me-about-ducks! To 10-12 year old boys in 1980 and to some gamers today.  The idea of a Howard/Daffy/Donald the Duck type characters walking around a fantasy setting isn’t for everyone.

Heck, there are people who have used the setting for 30 years who still hate the ducks.  Just read through this thread:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?527432-Glorantha-fans-tell-me-about-ducks!

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587509 edgore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587509 Empire of the Petal Throne with a good game system would be a wonderful thing. Actually, the Runequest ruleset adapts pretty well to it. Empire of the Petal Throne with a good game system would be a wonderful thing. Actually, the Runequest ruleset adapts pretty well to it.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587507 edgore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587507 Yes, because having talking duck like humanoids in a fantasy game is stupid. Their loss. Yes, because having talking duck like humanoids in a fantasy game is stupid. Their loss.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587505 edgore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587505 Yep, one of the great things about Runequest (or any Chaosium game) was that pretty much everything you needed to play the game was on your character sheet. Runequest was probably the best story-telling RPG there was in the 80s. Yep, one of the great things about Runequest (or any Chaosium game) was that pretty much everything you needed to play the game was on your character sheet. Runequest was probably the best story-telling RPG there was in the 80s.

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587388 absimiliard Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587388 I loved Barker's work!  I quite enjoyed both books as well.  (though I think "Man of Gold" is the better of the two to my eyes) I loved Barker’s work!  I quite enjoyed both books as well.  (though I think “Man of Gold” is the better of the two to my eyes)

]]> By: Barbara Dace http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587339 Barbara Dace Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587339 I'd like to see a revival of "Empire of the Petal Throne"...now, there was a fascinating RPG world!  A wildly different cultural setting than the usual Euro-centric fantasy...the game designer was an Urdu linguist and South Asian scholar, and a healthy dose of lost-world SF also informed the design.   I’d like to see a revival of “Empire of the Petal Throne”…now, there was a fascinating RPG world!  A wildly different cultural setting than the usual Euro-centric fantasy…the game designer was an Urdu linguist and South Asian scholar, and a healthy dose of lost-world SF also informed the design.  

]]> By: wizardru http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587322 wizardru Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587322 Well thought out, perhaps, but it featured talking ducks.  I remember that being a serious source of derision back in the early 80s, at least among the gamers I knew. Well thought out, perhaps, but it featured talking ducks.  I remember that being a serious source of derision back in the early 80s, at least among the gamers I knew.

]]> By: Dorkomatic http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587270 Dorkomatic Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587270 I loved those stories of Griselda and her friends set in Glorantha by Oliver Dickinson.   Also I came across my old copy of Bunnies & Burrows recently. I loved those stories of Griselda and her friends set in Glorantha by Oliver Dickinson.  
Also I came across my old copy of Bunnies & Burrows recently.

]]> By: Dewgeist http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587226 Dewgeist Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587226 Elves will always be vegetable matter to me... Elves will always be vegetable matter to me…

]]> By: Jane Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587214 Jane Williams Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587214 Where does this new book say anything about the rule system? It doesn't. So on what basis are you saying the "game system" is tired? Where does this new book say anything about the rule system? It doesn’t. So on what basis are you saying the “game system” is tired?

]]> By: Adam StJohn Lawrence http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587213 Adam StJohn Lawrence Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587213 The guys carrying encyclopedia-sized tomes were AD&D players. My Runequest rulebook was one slim volume, and rarely needed. The guys carrying encyclopedia-sized tomes were AD&D players. My Runequest rulebook was one slim volume, and rarely needed.

]]> By: Harbo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587164 Harbo Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587164 Is not "Lanhkmar" ~1937 (Lieber and Fischer), the precursor of RPGs? Is not “Lanhkmar” ~1937 (Lieber and Fischer), the precursor of RPGs?

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587158 Stefan Jones Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587158 Oh, that's right, the slick version was retitled Dragon Pass! I really treasure those old games. Stafford's odd mythos and prose, and those lovely graphics. (Oh, and those funky Wyrm's Footnotes zines!) Oh, that’s right, the slick version was retitled Dragon Pass!

I really treasure those old games. Stafford’s odd mythos and prose, and those lovely graphics.

(Oh, and those funky Wyrm’s Footnotes zines!)

]]> By: Steven Lord http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587106 Steven Lord Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587106 FYI an electronic version of GURPS Classics: Bunnies & Burrows for GURPS 3E is on e23. http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6060 FYI an electronic version of GURPS Classics: Bunnies & Burrows for GURPS 3E is on e23.

http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6060

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587035 edgore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587035 Liking the pedant reluctantly (but, really - Glorantha is the most well thought out setting, abstracted from the rule-set, probably ever. Joseph Campbell *wishes* he wrote this stuff.) Liking the pedant reluctantly (but, really – Glorantha is the most well thought out setting, abstracted from the rule-set, probably ever. Joseph Campbell *wishes* he wrote this stuff.)

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1587029 edgore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1587029 I had the first two, and a copy of Dragon Pass, which held all my Runequest Glorantha maps for the next 20 years. (BTW, belated Chaosium writer high-five, Stefan) I had the first two, and a copy of Dragon Pass, which held all my Runequest Glorantha maps for the next 20 years. (BTW, belated Chaosium writer high-five, Stefan)

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586815 Daemonworks Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586815 Cory... Glorantha wasn't an RPG. It was the name of a fantasy world that several games were set in. (The most recently published being 2009's HeroQuest 2nd ed) Cory… Glorantha wasn’t an RPG. It was the name of a fantasy world that several games were set in. (The most recently published being 2009′s HeroQuest 2nd ed)

]]> By: Tuff Luke http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586748 Tuff Luke Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586748 Holy Smokes.  Yeah, I'm definitely going to be tracking that down now.  Thanks! Holy Smokes.  Yeah, I’m definitely going to be tracking that down now.  Thanks!

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586743 Al Billings Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586743 All these old school game systems are tired. The state of the art really has improved since we all carried encyclopedia sized tomes in the 80s when we wanted to game. I encourage people to check out things like D. Vincent Baker's "Apocalypse World," Burning Wheel, anything using the One Roll Engine or the like. Games that make story and smoothness of place more important than giant tables of rules and spells. (I also encourage people to check out hacks of AW like "Monsterhearts.") All these old school game systems are tired. The state of the art really has improved since we all carried encyclopedia sized tomes in the 80s when we wanted to game. I encourage people to check out things like D. Vincent Baker’s “Apocalypse World,” Burning Wheel, anything using the One Roll Engine or the like. Games that make story and smoothness of place more important than giant tables of rules and spells. (I also encourage people to check out hacks of AW like “Monsterhearts.”)

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586737 Stefan Jones Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586737  There is a GURPS Bunnies & Borrows, as I recall. And it couldn't hurt to check with FGU, which is still reprinting (or making available as PDF) a lot of their old stuff.  There is a GURPS Bunnies & Borrows, as I recall.

And it couldn’t hurt to check with FGU, which is still reprinting (or making available as PDF) a lot of their old stuff.

]]> By: Tuff Luke http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586712 Tuff Luke Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586712 Maybe we can also get Bunnies & Burrows up and running again. Maybe we can also get Bunnies & Burrows up and running again.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586673 Stefan Jones Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586673  Stretch goal: Recreate the original mimeograph rulebook! (I actually have three copies of <I>White Bear, Red Moon</I>. The  second edition I bought in 1977 or so, the fancy slick boxed redesign, and the first edition I bought from the same game-convention flea market table.)  Stretch goal: Recreate the original mimeograph rulebook!

(I actually have three copies of White Bear, Red Moon. The  second edition I bought in 1977 or so, the fancy slick boxed redesign, and the first edition I bought from the same game-convention flea market table.)

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586605 Jens Alfke Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586605 ...and as the basis of Runequest 6th Edition, which just came out this year :) http://moondesignpublications.com/product/runequest-6th-edition …and as the basis of Runequest 6th Edition, which just came out this year :)
http://moondesignpublications.com/product/runequest-6th-edition

]]> By: Jeff Richard http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586599 Jeff Richard Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586599  You may well get that wish.  You may well get that wish.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586583 Stefan Jones Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586583 Glorantha was around long before Runequest. I want to see a Kickstarter to get <I>White Bear, Red Moon</I> and <I>Nomad Gods</I> boardgames reprinted. And finally get <I>Masters of Luck and Death</I> onto the shelves! Glorantha was around long before Runequest.

I want to see a Kickstarter to get White Bear, Red Moon and Nomad Gods boardgames reprinted. And finally get Masters of Luck and Death onto the shelves!

]]> By: adamrice http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586561 adamrice Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586561 I liked Runequest's mechanics so much better than AD&D's, back in the day. I liked Runequest’s mechanics so much better than AD&D’s, back in the day.

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586553 Jonathan Badger Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586553 That Runequest gaming system is alive and well as the basis of Call of Cthulhu. That Runequest gaming system is alive and well as the basis of Call of Cthulhu.

]]> By: Alan Olsen http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/kickstarter-to-revive-gloranth.html#comment-1586541 Alan Olsen Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194880#comment-1586541 I met my wife at a Runequest game. (She was my best friend's girlfriend at the time.) The gaming system for Runequest was pretty good. I also liked their Elric game that was based on the same system. I met my wife at a Runequest game. (She was my best friend’s girlfriend at the time.)

The gaming system for Runequest was pretty good. I also liked their Elric game that was based on the same system.

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