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Questioning The Glorious General

Started by Greentongue, November 14, 2015, 11:39:26 AM

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chirine ba kal

#90
December 05, 2015, 09:34:04 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;867295Okay, that question is a bit clearer.  (I tend to be rather literal minded; when you asked about City State, that's what I focused on.)

From the moment Phil first appeared with his sets of green ditto copied booklets he talked incessantly about how different Tekumel was... "not just the usual pseudo medieval pastiche."  We were savages who had nothing and did not speak the language, locked away in a slum of "untouchables."  We couldn't even leave without a citizen escorting us.

It was obvious from the first moment that we weren't in Kansas anymore.

You know, I don't think we ever put down roots anywhere other then Jakalla. I mean, we spent a lot of time up in Khirgar, but we never really seemed to feel 'at home' there. Same thing for Bey Sy; too much politics there, I think. Jakalla always felt like home; it's where we'd usually come back to after yet another harrowing adventure to distant climes...

AsenRG

#91
January 10, 2016, 05:30:46 AM
Oh mighty Gronan, what is your word on this tome;)?

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/139125/Barons-of-Braunstein

The name strikes me (I dodge!) as something you have mentioned...:D
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Gronan of Simmerya

#92
January 10, 2016, 05:32:47 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;872827Oh mighty Gronan, what is your word on this tome;)?

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/139125/Barons-of-Braunstein

The name strikes me (I dodge!) as something you have mentioned...:D

Well, huh.  Never seen it, but if Dave had some involvement I think it might at least be worth a look especially at the price.
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chirine ba kal

#93
January 11, 2016, 02:10:50 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;872882Well, huh.  Never seen it, but if Dave had some involvement I think it might at least be worth a look especially at the price.

He didn't. The authors came out with the rules, and a bunch of us pointed out that Dave was still alive and should have been consulted. He got a hold of them, and worked something out. It's got very little about Braunsteins in it, I'm told, but apparently it is a nice set of medieval rules.

AsenRG

#94
January 11, 2016, 09:33:38 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;872882Well, huh.  Never seen it, but if Dave had some involvement I think it might at least be worth a look especially at the price.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;872948He didn't. The authors came out with the rules, and a bunch of us pointed out that Dave was still alive and should have been consulted. He got a hold of them, and worked something out. It's got very little about Braunsteins in it, I'm told, but apparently it is a nice set of medieval rules.

Huh, that's surprising, given that Braunstein is in the title.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#95
January 11, 2016, 10:12:28 AM
Quote from: chirine ba kal;872948He didn't. The authors came out with the rules, and a bunch of us pointed out that Dave was still alive and should have been consulted. He got a hold of them, and worked something out. It's got very little about Braunsteins in it, I'm told, but apparently it is a nice set of medieval rules.

Oh, it's THAT one.  Well, hell, if Dave's happy I'm happy.

And at that price you can't go too far wrong.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

chirine ba kal

#96
January 11, 2016, 02:20:16 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;872985Huh, that's surprising, given that Braunstein is in the title.

A lot of people thought that it was trying to cash in on A Big Name In Gaming, at the time, and took the authors to task on it. It turned out, from what I can tell, that the authors were fans who didn't know any better. Dave told me he'd gotten it all worked out with them.

chirine ba kal

#97
January 11, 2016, 02:20:52 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;872988Oh, it's THAT one.  Well, hell, if Dave's happy I'm happy.

And at that price you can't go too far wrong.

Yep, it's that one. Sigh.

AsenRG

#98
January 12, 2016, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;872988Oh, it's THAT one.  Well, hell, if Dave's happy I'm happy.

And at that price you can't go too far wrong.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;873004A lot of people thought that it was trying to cash in on A Big Name In Gaming, at the time, and took the authors to task on it. It turned out, from what I can tell, that the authors were fans who didn't know any better. Dave told me he'd gotten it all worked out with them.

Well, at that price, I guess I'm going to support a fan effort, and see for myself:).
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AsenRG

#99
January 17, 2016, 03:33:27 AM
OK, just checked it. It's exactly as was mentioned in the thread. Nice, light rules, relatively little on actual Braunsteins-running:).

OTOH, it says it includes the "Braunstein in the Middle Ages" essay by David Wesely himself. As a dirty weselian hippy, according to my user title on this forum, I can't but approve;).

I admit that I can forgive a lot of flaws to a text that says plainly that history is the richest and most detailed setting of them all, so keep in mind I just might be a tad biased:D!
What Do You Do In Tekumel? See examples!
"Life is not fair. If the campaign setting is somewhat like life then the setting also is sometimes not fair." - Bren

chirine ba kal

#100
January 17, 2016, 07:47:33 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;873893OK, just checked it. It's exactly as was mentioned in the thread. Nice, light rules, relatively little on actual Braunsteins-running:).

OTOH, it says it includes the "Braunstein in the Middle Ages" essay by David Wesely himself. As a dirty weselian hippy, according to my user title on this forum, I can't but approve;).

I admit that I can forgive a lot of flaws to a text that says plainly that history is the richest and most detailed setting of them all, so keep in mind I just might be a tad biased:D!

Oh, agreed! You might want it just for the essay. I just wish they'd talked to dave before they published this, as it could have been a 'how-to' on how to run these games. Sigh.

AsenRG

#101
January 18, 2016, 02:57:47 PM Last Edit: January 18, 2016, 05:36:59 PM by AsenRG
Quote from: chirine ba kal;874011Oh, agreed! You might want it just for the essay. I just wish they'd talked to dave before they published this, as it could have been a 'how-to' on how to run these games. Sigh.

Well, I'm planning to start asking Braunstein questions in this thread, if you and Gronan would answer;).
Or could you persuade the good Major to come and open his own thread? Now that would be glorious:D!
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crkrueger

#102
January 18, 2016, 03:42:37 PM
Quote from: chirine ba kal;865493Oh, sob! Does anyone besides the two of us remember this timeless classic?

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Hie thee hence you leafy Narc!"
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chirine ba kal

#103
January 18, 2016, 10:18:33 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;874121Well, I'm planning to start asking Braunstein questions in this thread, if you and Gronan would answer;).
Or could you persuade the good Major to come and open his own thread? Now that would be glorious:D!

Ask away, if you like, or we could have a specific Braunstein thread.

Dave does not like or participate in RPG forums; he doesn't like fantasy in general, and plays historicals. I will ask, but don't get your hopes up.

chirine ba kal

#104
January 18, 2016, 10:20:04 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;874124"Tim, Tim, Benzedrine
Hash Poo Valvoline
Clean, Clean, Clean for Gene
First, Second, Neutral, Park
Hie thee hence you leafy Narc!"

Oh, bless you!!! :) "You are an educated person!" -Mike Ford, in "How Much For Just The Planet"
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