... Borin is the country in between Otkorion and Naskorion, its capital is Belstos. Wexten has not an official location on the map, but both Ttrtsky and i had ...
5072
Lev Lafayette
lev_lafayette
Feb 8, 2008 5:58 am
... Ahh, yes there's a slight error in the book. Belstos is referred to both the region and city on the maps but in the text Borin is the region and Belstos is...
5071
Peter Metcalfe
metcalphnz
Feb 8, 2008 4:26 am
... Borin is also known as the County of Belstos (I imagine Borin is the old name and Belstos was the name adopted by residents who were tired of being...
5070
Lev Lafayette
lev_lafayette
Feb 8, 2008 3:55 am
Hey Gloranthaphiles, I've been scouring the map for Ralios (p72-73 Genertala Book) and I can't find the County of Borin and the Democratic Republic of Wexten. ...
5069
Paul King
strangemask
Feb 7, 2008 10:00 pm
... It depends on what you want. Men of the Sea has a bunch of homelands spread around Glorantha. Blood Over Gold (in pdf only right now) has the Trader...
5068
Rob Thornton
oblate_sphere
Feb 7, 2008 9:29 pm
Hi there, I am a relative novice in HeroQuest and Glorantha (currently playing a email game featuring Lunars) but I would like to know more. I have the...
5067
David Dunham
alakoring
Feb 7, 2008 2:41 am
David ... I think the existing story makes a great backdrop for saga-style games (e.g. the Taming of Dragon Pass campaign which used PenDragon Pass rules)....
5066
Kenrae
Kenrae008
Feb 6, 2008 11:27 am
Maybe some of you will find this interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/science/05zeus.html?em&ex=1202446800&en=e78ab7fd757ed3c4&ei=5087%0A A possible...
5065
John Hughes
nysalor
Feb 6, 2008 5:40 am
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...
5064
ttrotsky2
Feb 5, 2008 10:16 pm
... By all means reply to that by private mail, or elsewhere, but not here. I fear this is rather drifting off-topic. Thanks. -- Trotsky Gamer and Skeptic ... ...
5063
valkoharja
Feb 5, 2008 8:59 pm
... Where is this then? Hell, I'm a red blooded viking male (Finnish version) but any laments of lost male machismo are totally lost on me. If traditional...
5062
John Hughes
nysalor
Feb 5, 2008 4:03 am
Another brief note, with apologies that it will be a few days before I can respond in full ... ... Yes, it was me. In context, I intended it as a corrective to...
5061
Tom
elysia69
Feb 5, 2008 12:01 am
... I'm a big fan John, you've got the best Gloranthan website on the net but I disagree with just about everything you've said here. Except for "essentialism"...
5060
Keith Nellist
kmnellist
Feb 4, 2008 10:04 am
Sadly, I've created a Youtube playlist for Glorantha, but have hit a limit of 200 clips. I'm not going to post any here. Seems to me it would be more fun to ...
5059
Keith Nellist
kmnellist
Feb 4, 2008 9:58 am
... I think the gamist roots (ie boardgames WBRN, NG) of Glorantha are often overlooked. I often get the feeling that some elements of the detail of Glorantha...
5058
David Cake
davidcake
Feb 4, 2008 4:37 am
... Glorantha really is traditionally simulationist. RQ was perhaps the most classic example of simulationist tradition in mainstream gaming. And its clear...
5057
Grimmund
grimmund@...
Feb 3, 2008 5:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3qTE0KBres -- "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." -Bill Cosby...
5056
Peter Metcalfe
metcalphnz
Feb 2, 2008 10:18 pm
Wind Children in the Shan Shan Mountains versus a Kralori Rocketship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTHypbLlkE --Peter Metcalfe...
5055
valkoharja
Feb 1, 2008 10:54 pm
... It ends up requiring a human sacrifice, but that wasn't intentional. I don't have KoS handy, but it says something like it should have been easy, but...
5054
Brian Curley
bkcurley2000
Feb 1, 2008 7:58 pm
... I'd always envisioned that at Whitewall the Lunars just used the piled bodies of their dead to create the ramps. Always seemed cool to me. BKC...
5053
Stuart Cogger
stuart_cogger
Feb 1, 2008 6:08 pm
... most ... of ... trickster ... Just a train of thought really, seeing if it leads me somewhere...At its basest I'm wondering if Lunar magicians are able to...
5052
Roderick Robertson
rjremr1
Feb 1, 2008 5:58 pm
... Not really any more powerful than any *other* magic wielded by mass formations of priests. Sunspears by Solar Priests, Strategic Comet bombing by Lunar...
5051
Greg Stafford
glorantha1
Feb 1, 2008 5:54 pm
YGWV ... Or it would if it was easy to do and maintain. Creating this kind of thing is difficult, especially making something en masse. ... No. They all hate...
5050
Stuart Cogger
stuart_cogger
Feb 1, 2008 5:29 pm
... possible ... crush ... can't ... up ... That's what I thought. This seems to make illusion one of the most potent weapons of war, especially when used by...
5049
Roderick Robertson
rjremr1
Feb 1, 2008 4:50 pm
... temporary ... runequest- ... wondering ... Gloranthan illusions have always been "summoned bits of reality" - a "illusionary" sword can cut you, and...
5048
Stuart Cogger
stuart_cogger
Feb 1, 2008 4:43 pm
Is it a feature of Gloranthan metaphysics that illusions are temporary realities, or are they just illusions? I know this is a very runequest- ...
5047
Sam Elliot
Mandacaru
Feb 1, 2008 4:19 pm
... I say, that squirrel is terrifying! Sam....
5046
Stewart Stansfield
stu_stansfield
Feb 1, 2008 3:32 pm
An excellent gauntlet to lay down, Keith! Let's see, here's ten for starters... [All perfectly worksafe, but I'll leave any indicators out here, to save...
5045
Keith Nellist
kmnellist
Feb 1, 2008 11:56 am
... Well I certainly didn't expect everyone to agree. On this, which includes a lot of personal taste in film, style, 'historical' accuracy, realism, and...
5044
Keith Nellist
kmnellist
Feb 1, 2008 11:33 am
Thanks Felix, I agree with you about 300, both the positive and negative points. I didn't want to suggest that people should start sending there favourite...
