Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by Big Andy

Since you are e-publishing, photos would be a snap but another thing you could think of would be to link to videos on your youtube channel. You could show actual rules in play on the table and get to show some of your collection! I know this would be more work but it would be pretty neat. I can't speak for anyone else but I would be happy to volunteer to help!

Thank you - I will be taking you up on this!

I agree; this is a very good way to teach people how the game works. I had been talking to Steve Pisani, the author of "Missumdalikoi", about this, and he pointed out that I needed to write the text differently because - unlike back in our convention show days - I was not going to be there to teach people. I thought for a second, and said "What about a DVD?"; I still retain the in-house capability to do three-camera shoots with graphics and titles, so we have the technology to do this. I would very much like to have 'outside' people look at what I have in mind, and YouTube is a great way to get the information out to people.

And yes, the miniatures collection is becoming more and more the 'cast of thousands' for the rules and for my book - one of the things that I'm doing is shooting photos of our adventures as I'm writing them up, and since I'm using the figures I did for them back in the day, you'll be able to see what we saw on Phil's table. The only difference is that we'll have better scenery, and not just the plain green carpet Phil had.

Originally Posted by Big Andy

I recently found one of these in a closet where I work, a 1967 model no less, that still works. I am going to have to try this although I figure many "newer" sculpts will simply fall over as casualties very quickly. Then again some of the newer 32mm super duper extra heroic scale guys are so heavy they may not move at all.

Pre-painted plastics?

Have a look at the football figures bases; I'm told that some have brushes on the bottom to make them move better. I'd suggest stick-on felt pads, or maybe the 'carpet' part of Velcro stripping...

Originally Posted by Greentongue

This would get traffic as people are even more visually orientated now that it is common to see Actual Play videos.
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I strongly agree with this, especially as the costs of going to conventions just seems to keep going up and up; I used to do all of my 'marketing' that way, as Gronan will attest, but I think you're right - the Web is the way to go, these days.

And with an electronic medium, I think I can embed the links right into the text, so that if one is reading a section one could go to the appropriate video that explains and illustrates that section.

And actual play videos would be fun to do; we'd set up the shoot and simply let the recorders run. The rules themselves would impart a certain structure to the video, and I would doubt that a 'scripted' game would be very useful. The cries of agony and joy from the players would also add to the appeal of the thing, I think...

Speaking of actual play video, we did record the 2015 Gary Con game, but I don't think it's very good; the very high ambient noise level pretty much washes out the table talk.

Had a thought; I could set up the camera system and just run an EPT game. Wouldn't be hard to get people together for a one-off, like a Jakalla trip or "Tomb Complex", I think. The Missus would run the switcher and mixer, so we'd get really good audio and video, without me having to hop around like a demented lunatic. Must think about this...

(When's the next time you're going to be in town, there, my General? I think it'd be a scream to get a bunch of us old Tekumel vets together for a game, like all the original Blackmoor guys did a couple of months ago... )

Originally Posted by Hrugga

Greetings Uncle,

I hope all is well. I have a quick inquiry to make. Might you have any information or insight into the Hot�kpu -

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Gesundheit! Are you coming down with a cold Mighty Hrugga of the Epics? Perhaps a touch of Lord Uni's Affable Blight?

Shemek

Originally Posted by Neshm hiKumala

Oh lovely. A lot of those I had never seen before ... except, ironically, the representation of the Seal of the Emperor itself! And there I was wondering if it even existed. I simply couldn't track it down any more and was wondering if I had not dreamt it. It seems to be the artist's interpretation of it, based on the Prof's descriptions, but it looks great. I shall use it. Thanks for the link.

And, yes, if you have the time, I would very much appreciate a photo of Chirine's standard, if that's not already visible on your blog (in that case, a simple link would suffice).



I'm a pro-video editor by trade. If you need help/advice about codecs, multicam editing, or anything related to video editing, let me know. I'd be happy to get involved.

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A new question now, regarding the "Weapon Without Answer": where and by whom was it found? Anything else you know about it, besides what we get in "The Man of Gold" or the solo adventures?
Also, did Chirine himself ever come close to it? Was Chirine ever hired to sabotage its excavation or even its transport, by any chance (before the "Man of Gold" events that is)?
I've been thinking of introducing such storyline into my game (with the understanding that such a mighty adventure would take place before the war with Yan Kor has officially been declared).

The Kolumel; the only drawing by Phil we have of this was for my article on coins; I'll see about scanning both it and the photo for you.

I'll take you up on your very kind offer; spent last nigh digging out video gear and getting everything back in working order, as I haven't touched any of it since we did Phil's memorial event.

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The thing is apparently a hunk of ancient Three-Light drive, taken out of a ship and made 'portable'. The black box aspect of the thing is a framework draped with cloth to hide the actual technology of the thing, and is one of Phil's oldest and funniest in-jokes - which I didn't get until we were going through his slides for the memorial event, and I saw the photos he'd taken of it. (And though "You got me again, Phil!" and laughed quite a lot in his memory.) It works by cutting off the connection to the Planes Beyond, and then moving something in time-space (Arneson's little 'dimension hopper' device is a much smaller version) and I'd guess is also some sort of 'force-field' generator. It also supposedly has a tractor-pressor beam generator, too.

The thing is absurdly well-guarded, and Lord Fu Shi is usually hanging around the thing - it's thought that he and his masters from the other side of the planet provided the device to Baron Ald. We looked in at the thing, after the war got started, and couldn't get anywhere near the thing. Looked nice on the massve cart they made for it, and it's be one heck of a model on the table. (Which I will have to make, now that we have Chlen from Howard Fielding...)

What else do you need for your adventure?

Originally Posted by Baron Opal

Ooohh! Maybe you could do a time-lapse kind of thing, with the cries of the players as a sound track. I would enjoy that.

Is there benefit from getting Qadikoriloi and Missumadalikoi? (I've butchered that, I'm sure.)

Oh! like stop-motion animation! That'd be fun!

If you are interested in military stuff, yes; otherwise, maybe not...