Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

We're an anarcho-syndaclist commune.

Aux barricades!!!

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Sounds interesting. It would be a great way to try games. I wonder if the US has many? This part of it sure doesn't.

House size would be a fascinating issue to do a sociology project on. Here in the US of A, a 2000 square foot house with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms or bathroom/half bath (toilet and sink) plus kitchen, living room, dining room, is considered "moderate size." Then you get the Baby Boomer "empty nesters" in their late 50s -- the house is paid off, the kids are married and on their own, the dog is dead, and you've never made more money... building "retirement homes" of 2500 or 3000 square feet.

It's had a noticeable effect on model railroad clubs in some parts of the country, too; why join a club when you've got 2000 square feet of basement to do as you please with? Just invite your friends over to help you build.

There are a tonne of these cafes in Toronto, in fact it's lousy with them. Here's a link to a blog that goes into the details, and lists the 21 "best ones" in the city.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2016/04/t...neighbourhood/

I have never been to one, but I know people who have, and they like them.

I was guilty of this too. I had a 3000 sq ft house with four bedrooms, a den, finished basement, etc, etc... Down sizing to my post war 1000 sq ft bungalow on its massive lot was the best thing I ever did. It's on a nice quite tree lined street, walking distance to the lake. I'm currently renovating the basement and when I am done I will have my perfect game room/rec room.

Shemek.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

This was Phil having one of his periodic throw-his-toys-out-of-the-pram temper tantrums. He'd sold us down the river to Different Worlds, effectively killing his own publishing company Tekumel Games. All of us, who were doing the work of keeping the thing (and Tekumel itself) afloat, handed in our resignations. We still gamed with him, but all the creative work stopped dead. Different Worlds soon found out that without us, there was nothing in the pipeline, and the money stopped coming in. Phil, as usual, blamed me for this and killed Chirine, his wife, and infant twins in a fit of pique. I simply laughed, and reminded him that this was a game and not real life. I got on with my life, kept running my own campaign for another five years, and when we started the new group in 2002 we just picked up where we'd left off.

As Gronan mentioned, Phil could confuse the game room with real life on occasion, and this was one of them. There was a very strong backlash from Tekumel fans who knew me and what I'd been doing for Tekumel, and we lost a lot of very good people as a result; Phil backtracked pretty quickly, but the damage had been done. Phil had a habit of cutting off his nose to spite his face, and it made for some very poorly thought-out decisions.

So, Chirine and his family continue to live comfortably, and he now sends a new generation of adventurers off on new adventures. It's all in the book...

That's too bad that he got so upset. From what you say it was of his own doing in the first place. No reason to take it out on you.

I always tried to keep the personal stuff out the game, and if I couldn't I would ask the player I was pissed off at to skip the next session(s) until I cooled off. I know this was "sucky" on my part, but as a teenager I could be petulant at times back then. Funny how three years in the army cured me of this... Nowadays, sometimes, I could care less if we even play. I love the interaction at the RPG table, but it's not as important as it was once. Life is too short to get all worked up, and as you said "it's a game".

I'm glad Chirine didn't take the high ride after all, although I'm sure some players didn't feel the same way.

Did you start playing in Phil's game again in 2002?

Shemek.

To any fellow Eastern Orthodox thread readers: Happy Easter!

Chirine,

How goes the book? Can we get a status update. Any chance of some pages/stories you could share with us?

Shemek.

Chirine,

One more question. Phil mentions that the city of Ssuganar was the old Ssu capital, and that during the fall of the Dragon Warriors Empire the Ssu reoccupied it before being driven out by Gamulu. Is Ssuganar an area in Pecháno that still gets a lot of attention from the Ssu. Do they still raid into it, even though it is so far in Pechani territory?
Also, looking at the Tekumel maps I notice that there is a city in Ssuyal called Ssu. Do you have any information on this city that you could share with us?

Shemek.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I did invite my friends, but nobody came.

Well, that's a shame.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

We're an anarcho-syndaclist commune.

I'm having Bakunin flashbacks. Well to be precise flashbacks to the The Hostile Takeover Trilogy.

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

That's too bad that he got so upset. From what you say it was of his own doing in the first place. No reason to take it out on you.

I always tried to keep the personal stuff out the game, and if I couldn't I would ask the player I was pissed off at to skip the next session(s) until I cooled off. I know this was "sucky" on my part, but as a teenager I could be petulant at times back then. Funny how three years in the army cured me of this... Nowadays, sometimes, I could care less if we even play. I love the interaction at the RPG table, but it's not as important as it was once. Life is too short to get all worked up, and as you said "it's a game".

I'm glad Chirine didn't take the high ride after all, although I'm sure some players didn't feel the same way.

Did you start playing in Phil's game again in 2002?

Shemek.

Well, so it went. It was the price we paid for getting to visit Tekumel. Was it worth it? Well, I'm still here, ain't I...

I don't think we ever understood a lot of why Phil did what he did. I'd prefer to remember the good times that we had with him which were very good indeed.

No; Tekumel gaming out at his house had pretty much ended, by then. I was asked, back in 2002, to run a Tekumel campaign for one of the founders of the original Thursday Night Group - Rick Bjugen - to take his mind off his chemotherapy sessions. When he passed away a few years later, he willed me his extensive Tekumel collection on the condition that I continue to run games for the group. Phil kept track of what I was doing, as he read my little blog, and asked me for copies of his works that he no longer had and which I was happy to provide from my archives. And he did apologize, about three months before he passed away.

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

To any fellow Eastern Orthodox thread readers: Happy Easter!

Yep; never mind that new-fangled Gregorian calendar!!!