Quote from: altfritz;961279Think "Revenge of the 47 Ronin" transplanted on Tekumel...

Howard

They're going to attack a bureaucrat over an inept, drunken superior who didn't even manage to kill said bureaucrat when he was unarmed;)?

Quote from: Zirunel;961080I know of at least one other person who rejected those terms, for obvious reasons. The open-ended (not fixed-price) consultancy fees are a particular roadblock.  I can't speak re the people who did agree to licenses, but I would be astounded if the Foundation has ever successfully negotiated a license on those terms.

More power to Jeff Dee for dealing with them.

Blaise

Quote from: bconsidine;961293More power to Jeff Dee for dealing with them.

Blaise

Indeed.

I look forward to the Kurt Hills atlas, which I hope will be good and find something like an audience (even a small one). After all, it's the first original Tekumel world-guide in a many years.

Quote from: altfritz;961279And speaking of General Karin Missum, he features prominently in a scenario I am developing called "The Vengeance of Grai". Here is the flame-happy General in party mode: :-)

https://goo.gl/images/SLnq4l

The scenario will take place one evening in his pleasure palace in the suburbs north of Bey Su. Think "Revenge of the 47 Ronin" transplanted on Tekumel...

Howard

That sounds like good fun.

I'm currently putting together a less-ambitious one-shot, where my players would wake up as amnesic lab-experiments, deep inside a Ksarul temple. I'm not quite certain where that secret temple would be at this point: I'm considering putting it on some other plane, or somewhere on Tekumel prime itself, maybe near or under the city of Hmakuyal.

Speaking of which, Lord Chirine, did you ever visit Hmakuyal in your many adventures? If yes, do you remember anything specific about that ruined city? I know there's some information about those ruins in the Blue Room archives (which I have tracked down), but perhaps do you have something specific to recount?

Quote from: Neshm hiKumala;961301Indeed.

I look forward to the Kurt Hills atlas, which I hope will be good and find something like an audience (even a small one). After all, it's the first original Tekumel world-guide in a many years.

As do I. Not sure how it compares to the Northwest Gazetteer, but from what I have seen as a backer it is very good!!!

H:0)

Quote from: Zirunel;961188Speaking of republican Rome, it occurs to me that if you were to set an RPG in the late Roman republic, or maybe the early empire, the play and the interpersonal dynamics would be much like playing in Tsolyanu. Gens instead of clan, family instead of lineage, not so much communal living maybe, so the names would change and there'd be some difference in the details for sure, but if you were a citizen of the Republic, the ways you'd game your gens, family, the status issues, the opportunities or lack of them, the in-game interactions, could all be much like playing a citizen of Tsolyanu.

Despite the Keshchal plumes and Tekumelani design hoo-hah, Tsolyanu probably shares more with "western" civilizations than it does with, say, your average preclassic or late classic Mayan kingdom.

Agreed. The more one knows about historical cultures and societies, I think it gets easier and easier to run Tekumel the way Phil did.

Quote from: altfritz;961276The Five Empires on our part of Tekumel are many times more sophisticated than any Meso-American culture; in engineering skill, education, clothing, agriculture, religion, pretty much everything. Imperial China is sophisticated enough, but the details are not quite right. I do like the movie "The Curse of the Golden Flower" as a great representation of Palace Intrigue.

https://youtu.be/QBFi6LqYswI

Agreed! Great movie!!!

Quote from: altfritz;961279And speaking of General Karin Missum, he features prominently in a scenario I am developing called "The Vengeance of Grai". Here is the flame-happy General in party mode: :-)

https://goo.gl/images/SLnq4l

The scenario will take place one evening in his pleasure palace in the suburbs north of Bey Su. Think "Revenge of the 47 Ronin" transplanted on Tekumel...

Howard

I'm sorry; the link sends me to a page about Alex Bates' 'Forge of Ice' "Sleazy Merchant and Drowzy Sentries"; not that I mind, as it's a great set!

Great scenario, though. Have you run it past Bob?

Quote from: bconsidine;961293More power to Jeff Dee for dealing with them.

Blaise

Hear! Hear! The guy must have the patience of a saint.

Quote from: Neshm hiKumala;961301Indeed.

I look forward to the Kurt Hills atlas, which I hope will be good and find something like an audience (even a small one). After all, it's the first original Tekumel world-guide in a many years.

Agreed. Jeff does solid work, I think. I think it'll be a good addition to what we know about Tekumel.

Quote from: Neshm hiKumala;961302That sounds like good fun.

I'm currently putting together a less-ambitious one-shot, where my players would wake up as amnesic lab-experiments, deep inside a Ksarul temple. I'm not quite certain where that secret temple would be at this point: I'm considering putting it on some other plane, or somewhere on Tekumel prime itself, maybe near or under the city of Hmakuyal.

Speaking of which, Lord Chirine, did you ever visit Hmakuyal in your many adventures? If yes, do you remember anything specific about that ruined city? I know there's some information about those ruins in the Blue Room archives (which I have tracked down), but perhaps do you have something specific to recount?

Yes, we did; the 'ruins' are still nice and ruined, but there is a lot of 'covert' activity in and around the site. Casual tourists are allowed, going off the beaten track will get the attention of the custodians of the various hidden shrines. Which are not all that hidden, actually, but they do not have the welcome mat out for people - unless you have the right connections, of course.

We travelled through the place in the early days - it was one of Phil's 'must see' 'tourist spots' - but as usually happened it turned into a 'stop gawking and run for our lives' kind of thing. Wrong kind of connections, it seemed.

And, If I may say, you'll have to be more specific in your questions. I can do several thousand words on what we did while we were there, but I don't think it'd all fit in posts here. I will be talking about this - as I am about so many other things - in the book, specifically in One.

I'm sorry to be annoying, but I would like to mention that fairly broad questions and inquiries are going to get fairly broad and kind of vague answers for me. I'd like to remind people that I have a huge amount of data to hand, and that forum posts are maybe not the best place for long-winded answers. It's easier for me to talk at length in person, either by voice / e-mail / face to face, as I'm dyslexic and type pretty slowly. I also prefer not to retype sections from Phil's texts as answers; I'd much rather you discover his genius for yourself.

Thanks.

Quote from: Neshm hiKumala;961301Indeed.

I look forward to the Kurt Hills atlas, which I hope will be good and find something like an audience (even a small one). After all, it's the first original Tekumel world-guide in a many years.

Yes, I am rather looking forward to it too

Quote from: altfritz;961276The Five Empires on our part of Tekumel are many times more sophisticated than any Meso-American culture; in engineering skill, education, clothing, agriculture, religion, pretty much everything. Imperial China is sophisticated enough, but the details are not quite right. I do like the movie "The Curse of the Golden Flower" as a great representation of Palace Intrigue.

https://youtu.be/QBFi6LqYswI

Curse of the Golden Flower is a great spectacle, I enjoyed it too

Quote from: chirine ba kal;961367I'm sorry; the link sends me to a page about Alex Bates' 'Forge of Ice' "Sleazy Merchant and Drowzy Sentries"; not that I mind, as it's a great set!

Great scenario, though. Have you run it past Bob?

Bob?

I sent that link b/c I intend on using the "sleazy merchant" figure for the General. :-)