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[Glorantha] Dragon Pass boardgame - how canon is it ?

Started by silva, April 30, 2013, 02:45:12 PM

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silva

April 30, 2013, 02:45:12 PM
(cross-posted from the TBP)

I was browsing the Glorantha wiki and found the page on the Dragon Pass boardgame (previous White Bear and Red Moon), and wow, its units are amazingly inspiring and evocative! Take a look:

http://glorantha.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Pass_Boardgame

I know Glorantha suffered revisions through the years. How much of that is still canon ?

(I specially like the description of the Windwalkers - "a warband formed by sartarite men and spirits from the Old Wind Temple, that are able to fly like the wind when in combat" )

The Butcher

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April 30, 2013, 03:13:15 PM
This might not be the best forum to discuss Gloranthan canon, or any sort of canon really. We're more of a "Holy Crimson Bat guano, look at these Dragon Pass boardgame units! How would you stat them up?"

Benoist

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April 30, 2013, 03:18:19 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;650773This might not be the best forum to discuss Gloranthan canon, or any sort of canon really. We're more of a "Holy Crimson Bat guano, look at these Dragon Pass boardgame units! How would you stat them up?"

This.

Baron

#3
May 01, 2013, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: silva;650761(cross-posted from the TBP)

I was browsing the Glorantha wiki and found the page on the Dragon Pass boardgame (previous White Bear and Red Moon), and wow, its units are amazingly inspiring and evocative!

I really agree with you! I think Glorantha has lost a lot of its magic and energy over the years, seeming much more mundane and predictable as time goes on. Pity.

Of course, my vote is to use the most gonzo descriptions you can come up with!

Phillip

#4
May 02, 2013, 12:59:23 AM
"What's canon?"

Seriously? Like someone here talked with Greg since last week?

Try rpg.net if you want to find people who can even parse that question!
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Phillip

#5
May 02, 2013, 01:03:25 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;650773How would you stat them up?
Not in RuneQuest.

Arduin (D&D, for practical purposes) versions of some heroes appeared in Wyrm's Footprints magazine.
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

silva

#6
May 02, 2013, 02:32:20 AM
Quote from: Phillip;651283"What's canon?"

Seriously? Like someone here talked with Greg since last week?

Try rpg.net if you want to find people who can even parse that question!
Yup, seriously. You know wat ? Lately I noticed people around here are somewhat picky, you know ? Like those old ladies who cant stand/get offended by dirty words or something like that. Here in Brazil, macho-country that we are, we have a name for that: Fag. But not in the sexual sense you know? In the fragile, sissy, "afetado" one.

So, if you have a problem with someone asking questions with the word canon in it, let me give you a very brazilian response for that:

Vai dar meia hora de cu, seu afetado de merda.

(go there and translate this if youre curious, you dumbass)

silva

#7
May 02, 2013, 02:37:53 AM
Quote from: Baron;651201I really agree with you! I think Glorantha has lost a lot of its magic and energy over the years, seeming much more mundane and predictable as time goes on. Pity.
Yup, I think that, in the effort to make the setting more comprehensible and "anthropolically correct", it ended up being more "mundane" with each new edition.

Phillip

#8
May 02, 2013, 02:52:54 AM
Quote from: silva;651293Yup, seriously.... Here in Brazil ...you dumbass
Ah, something lost in translation, methinks!

See, it's just a little hyperbole to say that Greg's 'official' vision of Glorantha changes on a weekly basis. At least that's how it used to be.

Add to that the whole business of Hero Quests reshaping myth and history, and the question of what in the Hero Wars is the True Story gets pretty incoherent. Incoherent questions tend not to produce coherent answers.

That said, I would guess that the closest thing to an official pronouncement would be whatever products have come most recently from Issaries, Inc..
And we are here as on a darkling plain  ~ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, ~ Where ignorant armies clash by night.

FASERIP

#9
May 02, 2013, 07:25:56 AM
Quote from: silva;651293Lately I noticed people around here are somewhat picky, you know ? Like those old ladies who cant stand/get offended by dirty words or something like that. Here in Brazil, macho-country that we are, we have a name for that: Fag. But not in the sexual sense you know? In the fragile, sissy, "afetado" one.
Yeah, OSR faggotry is running this board into the ground.

Would love to hear moar on your topic, and would start my own threads about other games I'm interested in, but I don't want to filter through all the bullshit OD&D/AD&D-oriented responses.*

I love EGG D&D. Just don't need that validation for my opinions.

* In sum, anything Benny would say.
Don\'t forget rule no. 2, noobs. Seriously, just don\'t post there. Those guys are nuts.

Speak your mind here without fear! They\'ll just lock the thread anyway.

The Butcher

#10
May 02, 2013, 09:14:12 AM
Quote from: silva;651293Yup, seriously. You know wat ? Lately I noticed people around here are somewhat picky, you know ? Like those old ladies who cant stand/get offended by dirty words or something like that. Here in Brazil, macho-country that we are, we have a name for that: Fag. But not in the sexual sense you know? In the fragile, sissy, "afetado" one.

So, if you have a problem with someone asking questions with the word canon in it, let me give you a very brazilian response for that:

Vai dar meia hora de cu, seu afetado de merda.

(go there and translate this if youre curious, you dumbass)

:nono:

silva, WTF mate? I know you IRL and you're not the entitled brat this post makes you look like.

Benoist

#11
May 02, 2013, 10:18:07 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;651343:nono:

silva, WTF mate? I know you IRL and you're not the entitled brat this post makes you look like.

Silva's been a cunt on the board for a while now, actually.

I don't know him in RL and I take your word for it he can be a nice guy when he wants to, but that's not what I'm usually seeing here, if ever.

silva

#12
May 02, 2013, 11:21:05 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;651343:nono:

silva, WTF mate? I know you IRL and you're not the entitled brat this post makes you look like.

Quote from: BenoistSilva's been a cunt on the board for a while now, actually.

I don't know him in RL and I take your word for it he can be a nice guy when he wants to, but that's not what I'm usually seeing here, if ever.


Just getting a bit tired of people around here entering in threads just to crap on the author and subject matter gratuitously without any contribution at all. You and Ben gave honest and respectfully input, but Phillip over there just went full mockery on.  

Seeing Phillip subsequent answer now, though, I think it may havent been his actual intention, and maybe I overreacted. If thats the case, my apologies.

Benoist

#13
May 02, 2013, 11:44:08 AM
Quote from: silva;651400Seeing Phillip subsequent answer now, though, I think it may havent been his actual intention, and maybe I overreacted. If thats the case, my apologies.
No problem. I know we are a rough bunch with each pretty strong opinions, but we can get along, even if we disagree regularly. Cheers, mate.

Doom

#14
May 02, 2013, 12:54:41 PM
Man, that brings back memories...it was a fun, brutal game with some pretty amazing stuff going on, especially a magic combat system that had armies clashing even as the physical armies battled it out on the board.
(taken during hurricane winds)

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