... Glorantha really is traditionally simulationist. RQ was perhaps the most classic example of simulationist tradition in mainstream gaming. And its clear...
... Hear! Hear! Indeed mythic simulationist. One can certainly engage in narrativist play in Glorantha, but it will (almost) inevitably constrained by the ...
Ahoy-hoy all, ... This is a pretty mystifying statement to me. Am I to take it that if I dislike the POW mechanic and stop using it my games I am attacking the...
... No, you misunderstand me. Simulationism does not just refer to game mechanics, although that is how much of it is expressed. It can also refer a great deal...
... I'd been staring at it and wondering about it, too. It isn't often I disagree with John. ... Well.... to someone who studies this sort of thing "for real",...
... Hi Jane, ... Well yes, Campbell would be more integrated rather than discredited if anything. Who's the comparative Einstein in mythology studies to...
... I have no idea, this not being an area I've studied in any great depth. I can believe that such a figure exists, since I keep hearing that Campbell is ...
... I believe he said 'creeping' essentialism, masculinism, etc. Which implies to me that he agrees it's a recent phenomenon becoming increasingly common. Of...
... The last time I tried to do some research about mythological theory, Claude Levi-Strauss' name kept turning up everywhere - but I could find no mention of...
... Oh, that's true. Fair enough. (Phew!) ... But they always were a male-biased culture, weren't they? The typical Malory-clone of most of the West, and one...
... Absolutely. Hopefully, I'll do the Loskalmi next, since they're more gender neutral (lots of female knights, for instance). ... I'd like to think so, but...
... There are a few different forms of discredited, and not all of them are bad for gaming purposes :) But anyhow, Levi-Strauss is good. Another guy who I...
... Just as a PS: I mentioned Frye because he really focuses on narrative structure: the sequencing, order, and connection between events is important. There ...
... "Golden Bough" is always good for gaming and story-telling, for instance. ... He seems to have written rather a lot. Any particular recommendations? ... ...
... I'm not sure "sane" is how I'd describe the Lunar Way.... but yes, despite a Dara Happan legacy, they can be quite interesting to play in/with. Mind you,...
... That's a misattibution. The paragraph was actually by David Cake. ... I'd agree there has been a change in emphasis since the '70s but I don't think the...
... Exactly. ... I'm failing to think of something accessible, so I'll say Structural Anthropology, one of his 'biggies'. I haven't read tons of Levi-Strauss,...
... I'd say Structural Anthropology I and II (I especially liked the story of how the doubter decided to become a shaman) and The Raw and the Cooked. As for...
... I want to say thanks to you guys for updating the old and outdated belief that Campbell provides the basis for Gloranthan mythology. Campbell has his good...
... http://www.michaelbryson.net/academic/levi-strauss.html oooh, that does look good. Looks as if he thinks about myths roughly the same way I do. Off to...
Thanks everyone for the thoughtful responses and ideas. I will be a day or two before I can respond in full, but I'd like to add one thing to the mix in the...
... And the Sumerian stuff, Inanna and so on, for an early version of the LBQ (Fay Sampson's Star Dancer is an easy read). Gilgamesh. The Mabinogion. The last...
... ??? (googles) Ah. First hit. Good grief, that's Albion Press, it's run by a friend of a friend. I got my OE dictionary from him at a party last year. Small...
Jane gets it in one. A fantastic site devoted to well researched essays on mythography and mythology. About half the content is of direct relevance to using ...
... For myself, when working on some of the Malkioni stuff, Catholic hagiography was also a handy inspiration. -- Trotsky Gamer and Skeptic ... Trotsky's RPG...
Thanks mods - understood and no worries. I'll continue exploring some of these issues on my Live Journal - probably a better format for this sort of stuff...
