tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post3216000557371318665..comments2023-08-24T07:57:30.466-05:00Comments on The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends: New rules? Systemless books?Brett Slocumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-58946078752956629322011-08-07T05:40:52.199-05:002011-08-07T05:40:52.199-05:00Hi,
I don't know if anyone is going to read t...Hi,<br /><br />I don't know if anyone is going to read this (it's been sometime since the original post). Anyway, I haven't played any rpg for a very long time and I didn't know anything about Tékumel before yesterday. Link hopping from something completely unrelated I ended up in the yahoo groups conversation and then here.<br /><br />I just wanted to say that from the impressionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-50001472672618654062011-07-25T20:10:02.871-05:002011-07-25T20:10:02.871-05:00Hey guys - nice one on the blog, Brett. Some rambl...Hey guys - nice one on the blog, Brett. Some rambling disconnected thoughts, possibly slightly controversial:<br /><br />When I started tekumel.com way back in '97 (wow, I was a fresh-faced and optimistic 31 year old!), after rediscovering Tékumel, I thought the solution to making Tékumel more mainstream was to move away from the esoteric RPG rulesets and try to put the emphasis on the Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456030571242568124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-64999661978862756322011-06-21T16:38:48.596-05:002011-06-21T16:38:48.596-05:00I'm going to disagree. I think new rules are ...I'm going to disagree. I think new rules are absolutely necessary. Here's why:<br /><br />1. It's not especially easy to get Tekumel rules. As was noted earlier, Tita's hasn't been updated in a couple of YEARS. Worse, I'm not aware of any decent entry-level material for Tekumel and I'm one of those obsessive pre-purchase researchers. There's lots and lots and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05896515629513305242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-46806768230527634902011-05-02T10:41:14.075-05:002011-05-02T10:41:14.075-05:00I think the S&G/Gardasiyal and T:EPT come clos...I think the S&G/Gardasiyal and T:EPT come closer than any others.Brett Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-55722488089359040582011-05-02T09:45:02.709-05:002011-05-02T09:45:02.709-05:00The only point I would make about rules is: do any...The only point I would make about rules is: do any of the rule systems that have been published actually evoke the way magic works at Phil's table? It seems, from reading the novels at least that the answer is that they don't. If that's the case, then we could use one. Other than that, I don't think we need more rules.Nagorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04934827653905274555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-32643464815951341922011-04-19T15:18:21.095-05:002011-04-19T15:18:21.095-05:00The Jakalla Tsuru'um would be fantastic. I got...The Jakalla Tsuru'um would be fantastic. I got a copy many years ago that I've used for some great fun over the years. Though it needs a lot of work to bring it up publishable.Brett Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-88437418337272144852011-04-19T14:25:16.452-05:002011-04-19T14:25:16.452-05:00I'd like to see something old published:
Prof...I'd like to see something old published:<br /><br />Prof. Barker's VAST dungeons under Jakalla. The sheer size and scope and age of these dungeons would, I think, get a lot of Old School Renaissance D&Ders to buy them. And I suspect a percentage of these purchasers would go on to explore further RPG products from the professor's pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-6235297932266583602011-04-19T09:21:23.554-05:002011-04-19T09:21:23.554-05:00I love having miniatures to visualize character ac...I love having miniatures to visualize character actions during role playing. I hate miniature battles. <br /><br />I'm going to look at Humanspace, because I've wanted to play in that universe for some time. I think a high-intrigue empire vs. empire game would be great, similar to the politics of David Brin's Uplift universe.Brett Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-5452688246615464482011-04-19T08:55:28.899-05:002011-04-19T08:55:28.899-05:00I think a healthy combination of miniatures battle...I think a healthy combination of miniatures battle action (with Band Of Joyous or another existing ruleset) married with, as everyone has voiced above, actually getting out there and playing the game (again, use some nice looking miniatures for just showing player order and general locale on top of a dry erase board, or simple exchangeable terrain. You have to give it the appearance of 'new&#Peter Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03528363130629385152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-89107654989984861792011-04-19T01:06:40.261-05:002011-04-19T01:06:40.261-05:00Conventions are another venue, but since there is ...Conventions are another venue, but since there is nothing for players to buy to continue playing, it's a hard route to getting more players.<br /><br />There's really not that much you need to know to run a credible Tekumel adventure. It's less important to get every detail right than it is to get the exotic feeling right. That's what sticks with you long after the adventure is Brett Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-22336587997322764602011-04-18T22:02:04.130-05:002011-04-18T22:02:04.130-05:00I agree that focusing on another set of rules is p...I agree that focusing on another set of rules is probably a dead end, although there is something appealing about the idea of a massive sourcebook that collects lots of monsters, spells, etc. and is rules minimal, maybe like the Professor's 1d100 rules lite approach. It would be a great resource for all the campaigns being run off the various other systems.<br /><br />Needles has a point alsoThe Drunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292082916107221498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808390564860839932.post-48506197058992364722011-04-18T18:16:45.053-05:002011-04-18T18:16:45.053-05:00How about we get more folks running events at conv...How about we get more folks running events at conventions & stop being intimidated by the existing rules set. Over & over I've heard how intimidating the sheer volume of history is for the Empire Of The Petal Throne. Tekumel is pretty user friendly these days.With the internet resources out there & such. Anyone can pretty much grab what's needed & run with it. The key hereNeedleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com