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On the matter of ‘what kind of violence is this’ I would guess that @RichardAbbott is comparing the craft of martial arts in the historical stories with the hatred/revenge motifs in this book. The violence in The Broken Earth isn’t a means to an end…
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I also read it a few years ago. I think it stands well enough on its own. It’s a bit on the long side for a monthly pick, but we can extend the reading time if people want. I think Clash and Richard will love it, but they may have read it already an…
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> @RichardAbbott said: > (Quote) > Aha, thanks for the info! One of the more interesting parts of the interview with NK Jemisin that @NeilNjae posted about the other day (https://www.ttrpbc.com/discussion/436/interview-with-nk-jemisin) wa…
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(Quote) Just because her fantasy novel doesn't bother with science doesn't mean she personally disbelieves in science. Anyway, we passed the infamous 'page 166' in Chapter 10. This is page I turned to at random when we were trying to decided whethe…
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I just posted my comments for Chs 9 and 10, and perhaps described moving from critical to post critical. To misquote Monty Python “She turned me into a newt, but I got better.”
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Yeah, so finally the big reveal chapter we’ve been waiting for. Many of my previous theories can now be laid to rest. The moon didn’t crash into earth but was cast out into long elliptical orbit and is coming back. Which is pretty cool, really, and …
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The setting becomes much more transparent in the first sections of our ‘second section’ and I personally found it more absorbing. Intriguing new questions are raised, so I don’t want to say too much. The Pandora character is definitely Greek, not…
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> @RichardAbbott said: > (Quote) > @BarnerCobblewood oh I definitely intend sticking with it... these were just early impressions and I'd love for them to be transformed later on :) I’ve now started pressing on into the next session an…
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(Quote) Definitely. I heard somewhere, though, that she wouldn't authorize an RPG treatment of Earthsea because she didn't like the idea of the setting being bastardized at people's tables, and (if this is true) it made me wonder if she basically th…
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(Quote) Many are. I'm pretty sure the original OSR Empire of the Petal Throne (which I played once at a con) was exactly this - basically a dungeon-crawling game with the weird. I really disliked that about it. But the GOO Tekumel doesn't mention du…
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This is a great list of cool settings, though I think not quite what I had in mind (with some exceptions). Take the various Transhuman Space RPGs - Eclipse Phase (which I think is very good), Mindjammer, Transhuman Space, Freemarket, and (I think by…
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> @clash_bowley said: > (Quote) > Do you know that musicians are charged to get on many of these popular playlists? Nowadays musicians tour to pay for their albums, which produce no appreciable revenue. I don't tour, but other musicians a…
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I haven't read this before. It's definitely different. I'm liking the main story so far, and some of the short stories are quirky and have gamable ideas that I would definitely use. I don't have much patience for poetry, especially poetry that's bas…
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>Before, she was surrounded the people and things that could instantly turn on her and kill her. Now she's properly part of a comm, she can relax and be "herself". She’s definitely still surrounded by people that can instantly turn o…
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> @clash_bowley said: > (Quote) > I deleted it, and not accidentally. Oh? Shame- its an interesting topic. To answer a question from Richard, some people do game while listening to music, but not me. The game has one pace and music…
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Big settings probably won’t be the vogue again, but there’s a market for them in the D&D and Trad communities, and for big books as well. Look at Zweihaender and the imminent Lyonesse. Not all interesting RPG settings got their start as literatu…
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(Seems this thread was accidentally deleted before I could respond - not to worry, I restored it) I can't think of any music that's actually based on a specific campaign. I can think of music that's inspired by RPGs (and D&D specifically), and …
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(Quote) Oh, come on. I'm at least 50% more verbose!
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Note in Ch.7 that what Nassun and Jija find is described as a large dome-like shape behind what seems to be a wall of soil, almost as if the moon gently fell in the mud and made a small crater around itself. So, that's the moon - it fell gently to e…
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@dr_mitch Let's hear back after you've finished to see if you still like it. @clash_bowley yes. Note this review is from 2018 - that year I was inspired by this book, Outremer, Denizens of the North (for Fate of the Norns), and Monster Island - all …
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Although solo-roleplaying isn't my thing, I thought I'd share this attempt to solo play Theseus' Journey to Athens using the Mythras system. It's in five parts: (including accurate maps of the route!) Theseus Deeds – A Mythras Adventure in Bronze A…
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I agree with @RichardAbbott , except that I don't find the evolution argument convincing. Seasons may come regularly, but they are still relatively few and far between. I think they are too infrequent to be the cause of adaptations, but frequent eno…
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Ugh. You too? Depression sucks. I’ve been there; had some prolonged episodes that left me shut down for weeks, so I know what it can be like. Glad you persevered though - I’m sure I speak for all of us in saying we like having you around. 😃
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It’s no problem, really - though for a time I thought maybe you’d caught Covid and were unable to respond! You can have the June slot, or a later one if you prefer.
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OK, I've finally received my copy. In this particular hardback edition, the core book is 474 pages, to which are appended about another 140 pages under the subtitle The Back of the Book, which is a bit like the appendices in The Lord of the Rings - …
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She does admit in the afterword of book 1 that she did play fast and loose with the science. What I wonder is if this book was inspired by what might happen if either (1) the earth and moon collided with earth and we are long after the catastrophe (…
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@WildCard Very interesting, and a great fit of expertise for the club. I wonder if you'll find our Mythic Babylon book interesting when it comes out later this year, given it's survey and attempt at expression of Sumerian/Akkadian/Babylonian culture…
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> @WildCard said: > I wonder if Alabaster wants to pull the moon into the earth. In the first interlude of book 1, the narrator invited us to look at the sun and other celestial objects, then to think about what was missing. The moon was c…
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.What do you teach, @WildCard ?
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I was confusing this as a question of 'single authority' vs 'group authority' if that makes more sense of my answer.