Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

The thing is what it is, and it's up to us to make of it what we will...

Indeed.
As long as it is what it is and not what it feels convenient to be.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Work in progress update:
4 scout flyers built and in primer, drying out on the back porch;
175+ old figures stripped and sorted for disposal;
50 figures salvaged from the above and rebuilt for use, on the workbench while the glue cures.
1 tubeway car coated with filler, and curing before sanding.

It's been a good day, if I may say so. Wedding photos look good, too. Life moves ahead!

Sounds like a lot was done for a single day of work!

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

And here's an intriguing thought for GMs:

There has to be a 'lost luggage' section at the spaceport. I do wonder what might be there - assuming we can find the spaceport, in the first place...

That's a good one! And a good excuse to use the tables for found items from post-apocalyptic games...

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

Yup, this is a time honoured GM tool - resolve as necessary (sometimes by listening in to your players' speculations as they may have better ideas than you do)

I agree resolving stuff as necessary is a time-honoured tradition. I'll also admit that I'm less persuaded about the "listening to players' speculations" part, though.

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

Hm, I need to reread that...I don't suppose there is any sign of the remaining book(s) ever coming out?

Which books do you mean?

Shemek.

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

Yup, this is a time honoured GM tool - resolve as necessary (sometimes by listening in to your players' speculations as they may have better ideas than you do)

Yes I agree with this for the most part. Although I must admit that I rarely allow players to guide or influence the game these days. In the past I was far more likely to run with PC's idea.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

And here's an intriguing thought for GMs:

There has to be a 'lost luggage' section at the spaceport. I do wonder what might be there - assuming we can find the spaceport, in the first place...

Many Interspacial Interfogulated Radium powered umbrellas of course. As well as hundreds left hand gloves made of the finest Corinthian Leather. Perhaps we might also find a bunch of various sized Ahoggya ear muffs.

Shemek.

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

Yup, this is a time honoured GM tool - resolve as necessary (sometimes by listening in to your players' speculations as they may have better ideas than you do)

I would think so; one of the lessons I learned from both Dave and Phil was to be flexible and adaptive in the game - one just had to roll with the punches. as it were.

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

Hm, I need to reread that...I don't suppose there is any sign of the remaining book(s) ever coming out?

That's a question that you'll have to address to the Tekumel Foundation. All five of Phil's published novels exist in electronic format, so it should be fairly easy to get them up onto the net. However, it took some four years to get "Man of Gold" up, as they don;t do much of anything in-house; it's all farmed out to people who are part of their circle. Their usual answer is "we're working on it" and "real soon now".

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Indeed.
As long as it is what it is and not what it feels convenient to be.

Sounds like a lot was done for a single day of work!

That's a good one! And a good excuse to use the tables for found items from post-apocalyptic games...

I agree resolving stuff as necessary is a time-honoured tradition. I'll also admit that I'm less persuaded about the "listening to players' speculations" part, though.

Thank you! I have been getting a lot done; the stripping and salvaging is the end game in a project that I had to leave sit while other things impended. I used to buy bulk lots of figures on e-bay, sorting out what I can use from what I can't, and this was a lot that just didn't work out. So, they went into my favorite Secret Ingredient to remove my ham-fisted paint jobs, and the bulk of them will go to a friend who can use them. Using Phil's mantra that "A guy in a loincloth is a guy in a loincloth", the useful figures have been cleaned up and are now letting their primer dry out on the back steps.

The scout flyers were a quick bit of whimsey, and done out of the parts bins. I still have to make their clear plastic windscreens, but that's easy. The tubeway car just got a second coat of filler, and once that's done I'll sand it down and paint it.

I think that listening and using ideas from the players does have a place, but has to be done very carefully. Otherwise, it can and sometimes does get out of hand.

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

Which books do you mean?

Shemek.

I'm assuming "Lords of Tsamra", "Prince of Skulls", and "Death of Kings".