Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by Bren

I read that as the game sucked. There are lots of nice Star Wars minis and figures. I have a moderate sized collection.

Maybe there are. But I'm not really interested in the setting (due to talking a bit too much with setting purists).
Hence, these are at best "just minis" to me.

Brew in English could indicate beer or coffee. I'm don't drink coffee. But on checking further, they do serve beer. So I'm happy again. They even have twice weekly happy hours with specials on craft beers.

Well, the real question is, what tea do you prefer?

Is it easy to get fresh seafood in Sofia?

I admit Chthulhu was frozen when I bought him!
But yeah, getting fresh anything is certainly possible - there are "fish shops" where they're only selling nothing but fish and seafood.

Originally Posted by Bren

True. I had not considered that since coffee and beer drinking each dominate tea drinking here in the USA.

Drinking more of anything than you drink tea? That's, like, barbaric, man!

Originally Posted by Bren

I read that as the game sucked. There are lots of nice Star Wars minis and figures. I have a moderate sized collection.

Precisely. The miniatures are lovely, the rules stink worse than three feet up Jabba the Hutt's ass. (Many Bothans died to bring us this information.)

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Well, the real question is, what tea do you prefer?

That depends. I like a lot of different teas. The tea that I drink the most of is Yorkshire Red (or the decaffeinated version if I have tea at night).

But yeah, getting fresh anything is certainly possible - there are "fish shops" where they're only selling nothing but fish and seafood.

Good seafood is one of Maryland's attractions. Good crabcakes are heavenly.

Drinking more of anything than you drink tea? That's, like, barbaric, man!

I do drink more beer than I do tea. My wife makes up though so as a household Tea > Beer > > > Coffee.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Precisely. The miniatures are lovely, the rules stink worse than three feet up Jabba the Hutt's ass. (Many Bothans died to bring us this information.)

West End Games had an add on for D6 for minis and for ships (I think the ship version was Star Warriors). Never played either, but they seemed akin to greatly simplified versions of the D6 rules.

Originally Posted by Bren

That depends. I like a lot of different teas. The tea that I drink the most of is Yorkshire Red (or the decaffeinated version if I have tea at night).

It's a good brew. I prefer White tea with cinnamon flavour, though.

Good seafood is one of Maryland's attractions. Good crabcakes are heavenly.

I'm not a big lover of seafood, but I agree. Give me fish, though!

I do drink more beer than I do tea. My wife makes up though so as a household Tea > Beer > > > Coffee.

Compliments to your wife! She's saving your household from the depths of barbarism!

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Compliments to your wife! She's saving your household from the depths of barbarism!

Undoubtedly.

Chirine,

I was on the old Blue Room forum recently looking for some last minute info on Ssu to use in my upcoming game, and I came upon this interesting post by Phil. I have only included part of it:

"The Pechani have always had a sort of "honourable enemy" relationship with the Grey Ssu, ...Communication between Ssu and humans was done, as it is today, with gestures. Neither side speaks the other's language. The Pechani are adept at this. They still fight the Ssu regularly but have occasional non-hostile contacts as well."

Out of curiosity, did the OTNG ever encounter any of the inimical races and "talk" instead of fight?
How common of an adversary were the Ssu in Phil's campaign(s)?
You mentioned that you once briefly adventured in a sealed city of the Shunned Ones. What were they like to play against? Did you have mass battles with them? What was the architecture like in this city? The Shunned Ones for me were always my favourite baddies on Tekumel and, surprisingly, if memory serves I don't think that I have ever used them in an encounter. I'll have to check my notes to make sure, but if that's right I better rectify that soon.... Any further info on them you could share would be appreciated.


Shemek

Originally Posted by Bren

I think so. Didn't you have a link to them either here or on your blog? But feel free to post it again. They were cool. Assuming I'm remembering the right minis.

To hear is to obey...

http://www.darkfableminiatures.com/s..._Products.html

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Is "Ssuganar" the long form of "Ssu city"?

I have one word on this axe, Uncle...
Pictures?

I found this.
Attachment 13
Though that one is from the British Museum, so I doubt it would have the exact same replica.

Don't you mean "wasn't unusual"?

Don't know; never stayed around the Su long enough to ask...

Yes; I'll dig it out for you.

The one in the center of the picture is pretty close to the one hat Phil had.

No. Leather armor was unusual in the Sudan; mail was used, but usually by wealthy cavalry types. The ordinary guy usually had a spear, a rhino-hide small shield or buckler, and maybe a broadsword.

Originally Posted by Big Andy

What happened to all the N'luss/Dragon Warriors who lived in the lands they conquered? They conquered a huge swath of land and then got overthrown and all that is left is the country of N'luss. Were they all slaughtered in every land they conquered or did they all pack it up and retreat when their armies were defeated? Are there any enclaves of Nluss descendants in odd places here or there, whose ancestors liked where they lived and decided not to move "home"? Given their physical differences they would certainly stand out. Did they interbreed with the inhabitants of the lands they conquered at all? If any stayed behind in any way, seems like there should be some towns or provinces with large numbers of NBA sized folks wandering about but I haven't seen any reference to the fact.

Two replies for two big questions!

The 'empire' of the Dragon Lords was less an empire then a bunch of warbands occupying somebody's land. When the tide of conquest ebbed, a lot of them did indeed pack up and move back to the mountains where they could continue feuding and squabbling; think the Scottish Highlands. However, there are enclaves - Fasiltum, for example. This is inhabited by the Vriddi, who used to be the Ebbrida of the Dragon Lords. They are still noticeably taller them most Tsolyani, too. There is also an enclave on the northern island of Vridu, too, and they are also taller then your usual Yan Koryani.

And yes, they did interbreed with the locals; anyone taller then usual is said to have 'northern blood'.

I think Phil did touch on this in his novels, but it's pretty buried in the text.