Yep. See my previous reply.Originally Posted by AsenRG
Alcohol, sex, drugs, entertainment and religion have helped the mingling across history and I can bet it would be true for Tekumel as well.
Yep. See my previous reply.Alcohol, sex, drugs, entertainment and religion have helped the mingling across history and I can bet it would be true for Tekumel as well
I saw it, and laughed at the status game.
Hope you didn't mind me butting in with my opinion, although the question was aimed at you, Uncle? Sometimes I do that when I think I have an answer that might be useful - or at least useful as an alternative option, if I turn out to be wrong about the setting!
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No, no - didn't mind at all! You are quite on the money - the people we ran into in Phil's game sessions were, for us, real people doing real things, and ew had the opportunity to tag along for the ride. And on occasion, we'd do something for them, and they'd do something for us.
And if I may express an opinion here, while the title of the thread may be 'Questioning Chirine ba Kal', I don't think of it as some sort of Personal Appearance thing where my Awesome Magnificence is sitting up on stage being adored by the hoi polloi and I deign to answer their pathetic inquiries. (I leave that for other people, to be honest.) I look at this thread as being a bunch of friends sitting in the corner booth down the pub and having a good time batting ideas back and forth. I am enjoying this, as I enjoy talking about the antics we got up to, back in the day...
I've been gleaning this thread for things I need to put into my chapter on Phil and Tekumel, and I noticed a place where I was unclear.
I meant "beat the living hell out of him" in the game, not actually commit physical mayhem.
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I always thought that there would be mileage in a modified version of "En Garde" (the early play-by-post/semi-RPG system) for Tekumel - regiments become legions, posts are similar but could be for Temples, Bureaucracy etc, characters can duel in arenas, conspicuous consumption etc would be similar. Flashing Blades might be another one that could work.
OK, Uncle. I figured that's your likely answer, but you know what they say, better safe than sorry...No, no - didn't mind at all! You are quite on the money - the people we ran into in Phil's game sessions were, for us, real people doing real things, and ew had the opportunity to tag along for the ride. And on occasion, we'd do something for them, and they'd do something for us.
And if I may express an opinion here, while the title of the thread may be 'Questioning Chirine ba Kal', I don't think of it as some sort of Personal Appearance thing where my Awesome Magnificence is sitting up on stage being adored by the hoi polloi and I deign to answer their pathetic inquiries. (I leave that for other people, to be honest.) I look at this thread as being a bunch of friends sitting in the corner booth down the pub and having a good time batting ideas back and forth. I am enjoying this, as I enjoy talking about the antics we got up to, back in the day...
Suspected that much, but it's always best to be clear
You're not the only one. I have long considered swaschbuckling, swords and sorcery and sword and planet to be the same genre in three different settings, but for some reason people get all riled up when I suggest it!
I would consider Honor+Intrigue as well, but that's about all I can add
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
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Understood; we had a long discussion about this very same subject last night, with a bunch of us old farts tying to figure out when a bunch of friends dropping by and having a lot of laughs became Serious Business. Interestingly, the young folks present - who are the sons and daughters of the old farts - told us that they'd be a lot more interested in our style of gaming then what they normally see in their own gaming.
So, if you want my opinion, there may be hope yet...
Oh, yes, very much so! The Tekumel we played in was very much of this genre, and not the Serious Business it seems to have become in the late 1990s.
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No problem!OK, Uncle. I figured that's your likely answer, but you know what they say, better safe than sorry...
Suspected that much, but it's always best to be clear
You're not the only one. I have long considered swaschbuckling, swords and sorcery and sword and planet to be the same genre in three different settings, but for some reason people get all riled up when I suggest it
I would consider Honor+Intrigue as well, but that's about all I can add
Yep; 'swashbuckling' and the mindset that goes with it seem to have become unfashionable, what with gaming being Serious Business for Serious People.
"Three Musketeers" would not go over well with these people, sad to say...
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