Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Yeah there's Middle Earth fanatics who absolutely lose their shit if the ancient Dwarven inscription is using the variation of Cirth runes known as Angerthas Daeron instead of Angerthas Moria. God forbid you use Certhas Daeron, that's a flipped table at least. Decide to say "Fuck it" and go with Futhark, they'll mark you an enemy for life.

Originally Posted by Greentongue

History?
You mean long time ago? like Last Year?

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Yep. And it's even on the Internet, too...

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

There is one very experienced wargamer in that group, but he's not a strong personality and is reluctant to simply give orders.

Yeah, I watched him out of the corner of my eye the whole time, and his smile just kept getting bigger and broader throughout. After I delivered my homily on the gospel of "Keeping Track Of And Managing Your Party Resources", he divulged the information that his PC is a "battle mage" - TFT's version of Yours Truly - and the other players had just plumb forgotten that.

He and the GM laughed for quite a while, over that one...

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

I think this attitude is what Chirine refers to as the "Tekumel is art" mind set. Looks like it was an interesting campaign.

Gronan, actually. I don't mind it as a play style, but when it turns into 'you must use conlangs' as a marketing ploy it's usually not very successful.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Gronan, actually. I don't mind it as a play style, but when it turns into 'you must use conlangs' as a marketing ploy it's usually not very successful.

Oops, my mistake. Sorry about that Glorious General.

Shemek.

Originally Posted by CRKrueger

Yeah there's Middle Earth fanatics who absolutely lose their shit if the ancient Dwarven inscription is using the variation of Cirth runes known as Angerthas Daeron instead of Angerthas Moria. God forbid you use Certhas Daeron, that's a flipped table at least. Decide to say "Fuck it" and go with Futhark, they'll mark you an enemy for life.

Yep; there's a fan group like this here in the Twin Cities. And a wide variety of groups like them, all from different genres.

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

Oops, my mistake. Sorry about that Glorious General.

Shemek.

No problem, at least not for me.

I've been following this campaign for quite some time, and I like what I'm seeing. Good solid gaming, lots of 'local color', and the kind of detailing that works very well for this medium - PbP is particularly suited for having written text for detailing, as it's probably a little difficult to use the visual aids that I like to use. And it's not obtrusive, either; from what I can tell, play flow keeps moving right along.

What I find annoying is when a pedant jumps down the throat of a new player or GM, correcting their grammar. Seen it a lot, from some of the 'mainstream' Tekumel fans, and it's one of the reasons why Tekumel enjoys the reputation that is has these days. As I've mentioned in this and other places, as a marketing ploy it has been rather unsuccessful.

But as a ploy for maintaining "Ethnic Purity," it works a treat.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

But as a ploy for maintaining "Ethnic Purity," it works a treat.

True, true; it does keep the riff-raff and the hoi polloi (like us) out of what really should be something that only the truly enlightened and properly indoctrinated can fully comprehend - the status and prestige, as one of the elite of 'Barker's Own', must be maintained. My favorite Official Facebook announcement was of the wine and cheese tasting party.

Ah. me. I wish I knew something about The One True Tekumel; all I had to go by was what that Barker fellow had to say...

(Heavy-handed satire, no extra charge. Drum roll, please!)

(Borscht Belt, here we come!!!)

Try the roast Hmelu, folks, it was great Tuesday. Tip your servers, those kids work hard.