Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by AsenRG

I think I posted while you were posting, too, but now I can add a follow-up question, too.
Do any of the inimical races have stasis fields?
And do they have access to at least limited precognition, not necessarily an easy one?

Yes; I've seen Hlyss, Ssu, Shunned Ones, and Mihalli with them. I did not see Nyagga with them, but then we didn't see much of them at all.

Yes; The Mihalli certainly do, and the Hlyss and Ssu don't seem to. Again, the Nyagga may have - not enough data...

Originally Posted by Bren

I'm jealous. I wish my current players were more interested in military style adventures.

I never met Phil, but from your descriptions of what he enjoyed, I'm certain he was already familiar with the Saturnian tube cars. I had forgotten how small they were.

I don;t know what to tell you. I've never had any problems getting people to play in this kind of thing, but I think it's the models and props that 'sell' the game.

Agreed; he would have loved this!

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I think you'll be very amused by my Braunstein adventure. At one point I literally had Dave Wesley sitting at a table cradling his head in his hands.

Great - let's hear!!!

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Also, what in Sarku's Hells ever happened to "we're playing some games to have fun?"

Rhetorical question, truly. But Crom almighty, it wearies.

I hear you. I am completely baffled by this, myself. the notion of the kind of 'fun' that we had seems to have gotten buried somewhere along the way.

I'll admit it; I've pretty much given up, after the events of this past year. I've tried all kinds of 'out'reach' to people, but everyone hereabouts seems to be all so wrapped up in their 'SEROIUS GAMING' that they don't seem to have any time for people like us and our games. Dave can't get anybody interested in a Braunstein locally, I gather; he has to go to Gary Con or Gen Con to get players.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Last comment... sometimes it seems like Tekumel was born under an ill-favored star. Ever since TSR bought the license from Bill Hoyt it seems like there has been one kerfluffle after another.

Agreed. After I read Phil's letter files, as well as the TSR and AGI files, a lot of the 'back story' about Tekumel publishing became all too clear. I discovered things that I had suspected, but didn't have the documentation for. And stuff that I hadn't known about, but which explained some of the odder moments I'd had in my career.

Oh, my.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Yes; I've seen Hlyss, Ssu, Shunned Ones, and Mihalli with them. I did not see Nyagga with them, but then we didn't see much of them at all.

Yes; The Mihalli certainly do, and the Hlyss and Ssu don't seem to. Again, the Nyagga may have - not enough data...

Interesting. Are they using old Humanspace tech? Or do they have their own, and what it looks like?
Same question for the Mihalli precognition, how do you suspect it works?

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I think you'll be very amused by my Braunstein adventure. At one point I literally had Dave Wesley sitting at a table cradling his head in his hands.

I'd certainly like to hear more.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Also, what in Sarku's Hells ever happened to "we're playing some games to have fun?"

Rhetorical question, truly. But Crom almighty, it wearies.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I hear you. I am completely baffled by this, myself. the notion of the kind of 'fun' that we had seems to have gotten buried somewhere along the way.

I'll admit it; I've pretty much given up, after the events of this past year. I've tried all kinds of 'out'reach' to people, but everyone hereabouts seems to be all so wrapped up in their 'SEROIUS GAMING' that they don't seem to have any time for people like us and our games. Dave can't get anybody interested in a Braunstein locally, I gather; he has to go to Gary Con or Gen Con to get players.

I don't know, either.
I mean, I like to say you should treat games "seriously". But what I actually mean is, you should pay attention to the details and base them off actual research instead of on "we're PCs, of course it works in our favour"!
From your stories, you guys were playing in what I'd call "fully serious" manner. I wouldn't say the same about many of the people that claim that title today.

Originally Posted by Big Andy

This is up and running now.

And it's already at $1731 with just 25 backers.

Ok, so I have a couple questions for Gronan and Chirine.

Assume the following:

• I know nothing about Tékumel
• I have no problem with "acquiring" out of print material.
• I'm not really tied to any one system.
• I realize that like Prof. Barker himself, I'm not a transgendered person of color and so, naturally, have no business even thinking about Tékumel.

1. What in the name of Thúmis the Seeker should I start with?

2. It seems like all your campaign history got put into novels and wargame supplements. Is there a master list of these?

3. What relation does the Jeff Dee stuff have to Tékumel? Is it some off-screen part he took to make his own?

4. I haven't learned any fantasy languages, and probably won't, but is there a good guide to Tsolyáni?

Well, the answer to #1 is that the original "Empire of the Petal Throne" is available out there somewhere. I don't remember if it's print or PDF. Google should help.

Chirine,

Thank you for the uploads and information the tubeways. I will certainly put that to good use in my game!

Don't know who made this awesome piece (found it on line). I thought it appropriate considering all of this talk about tubeway cars.




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