Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal - part II

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I still don't get the 'Real Tekumel' thing; all of the stuff that's been posted here by all of you is well within the lines of what Phil did in his games, and Gronana and I have the scars to prove it. Tekumel is where we play and have fun - Phil had a pretty wide view of how the place ran, and you bet he'd he'd have his Feshenga sunning themselves on the banks of the Missuma. Just 'cause it's in a D&D retro-clone written in 1974 and heavily modified by Gygax and Arneson to suit their vision of what 'gamers' were like and how they played doesn't mean that Phil did it that way in his basement.

End of rant; no offense intended, to anyone.

None taken here, that's for sure.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Okay, if Phil saw that he would plotz. That is a GREAT look at Tekumel.

Damn Hlyss.

Agreed! Thought you might find it familiar...

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

If (when) these were unavailable, what would/did you use? I have been using some ancient citadel amoured halfings, but these are no longer available and I need some more Tiniliya miniatures or proxies for an upcoming game.

I will be firing off an email to Howard soon, as it seems that he may have some items available which I didn't know even existed.

First, the little Tinaliya that Kathy did for me many years ago, then dice / tokens / etc.; I think Amanda Dee did some in her line of Tekumel car standees but I don't know if they still offer these. Beyond that, any short little guys, as long as you know what they are.

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

None taken here, that's for sure.

Thanks! It was a long hot day, and I was exhausted from getting the air conditioner into the home office window. All of the boxes and bins that had had to come out of the spare room to make a room for Fifth Daughter had to be moved out of the way.

All three sisters will be in town next month, for Third Daughter's wedding, and I may actually have four of the five (2, 3, 4, and 5) all in one place at the same time; mayhem will, I suspect, ensue as those girls have a knack for creating excitement...

Photos from last Saturday's game session are now up on my blog; the players have told me that they want to come back to finish the adventure some time this summer. I had a good time, and I gather they did too...

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I still don't get the 'Real Tekumel' thing; all of the stuff that's been posted here by all of you is well within the lines of what Phil did in his games, and Gronana and I have the scars to prove it. Tekumel is where we play and have fun - Phil had a pretty wide view of how the place ran, and you bet he'd he'd have his Feshenga sunning themselves on the banks of the Missuma. Just 'cause it's in a D&D retro-clone written in 1974 and heavily modified by Gygax and Arneson to suit their vision of what 'gamers' were like and how they played doesn't mean that Phil did it that way in his basement.

End of rant; no offense intended, to anyone.

None taken here either. My point was only that "your" Tekumel (whoever you may be) is real Tekumel. And if you share an appealing idea from "your" real Tekumel, then it may well become part of "my" real Tekumel as well.

I'll add as well that in my opinion it isn't even necessary to colour precisely "within the lines of what Phil did in his games," nothing wrong with diverging from "his" real Tekumel.