tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post1672314585174894916..comments2024-03-25T21:52:03.310-05:00Comments on Hill Cantons: Occupy GreyhawkChris Kutalikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-37712938849936138012011-10-23T11:13:02.606-05:002011-10-23T11:13:02.606-05:00Veluna Talk Radio Host: "I'll tell you wh...Veluna Talk Radio Host: "I'll tell you what I think... if those peasants are poor, it's their own damn fault! If they didn't want to be poor, they should have been born a noble, like me!"<br /><br />What a great sounding game... what a load of fun. I always dreamed of a game in which kingdoms were made and unmade and the map would change but never quite managed to bring it off. Yours sounds fantastic.Stefan Poaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192911890556534923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-61502360328671852142011-10-22T22:43:19.260-05:002011-10-22T22:43:19.260-05:00Since no one else has done it, I guess I'll ha...Since no one else has done it, I guess I'll have to:<br /><br /><i>"Sire, the peasants are revolting!"<br /><br />"Well tell them to take baths!"</i>Desert Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862907749003106864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-2657103654142647932011-10-22T20:23:11.077-05:002011-10-22T20:23:11.077-05:00Left political content comes up in most games that...Left political content comes up in most games that I run and play in, since I tend to run with Leftie gamers. We have played a scenario similar to the sugar plantation slave uprising from the movie "Quilombo", and most recently played eco-socialist Dogs in a post-apocalyptic "Dogs in the Vinyard" campaign. Occupy the Game Table, I say!Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-66551229177887000232011-10-22T19:53:13.036-05:002011-10-22T19:53:13.036-05:00@slvie
I fudged the narrative frame some, Travelle...@slvie<br />I fudged the narrative frame some, Traveller had some long legs in our group being the second most played game for several years and we had even dipped our hands in some insurrectional play as Solomani on occupied Terra. But that a lot more Red Dawn than Red Banner and very short-lived before we got back to tramping across the Spinward Marches again in a far trader.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-89927042993498772622011-10-22T18:38:59.210-05:002011-10-22T18:38:59.210-05:00I still want to tear down the whole law/chaos edif...I still want to tear down the whole law/chaos edifice: can't you see you're being told to think what some ruler wants you to think? We are all goblins!richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-51322123842353286542011-10-22T13:00:55.300-05:002011-10-22T13:00:55.300-05:00I learned, painfully, to avoid any political discu...I learned, painfully, to avoid any political discussion in a game at all in my early years of gaming. In too many groups out of character political arguments become in character feuds and PvP situations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801468265072232351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-86993888303138760392011-10-21T21:49:04.360-05:002011-10-21T21:49:04.360-05:00You mentioned your short-lived Traveller campaign....You mentioned your short-lived Traveller campaign... in the early 80's I vented my teen angst and political concerns in a similar revolution against the Imperium in some back-world area. Sadly, just like in real life, The Man triumphed over the uprising in the end ;)<br /><br />Great post... I thoroughly enjoyed it!Sylvaeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05021442784343472590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-87059700204351669982011-10-21T20:07:32.572-05:002011-10-21T20:07:32.572-05:00@Porky
In one of his better moments, Rob Kuntz had...@Porky<br />In one of his better moments, Rob Kuntz had some great commentary on how open-ended D&D was as conceived. It was at its inception a big-tent conception of "fantasy", a wide open term meant to cover a huge ludic exploration of the human imagination.<br /><br />@Scottsz<br />I so would have preferred Greyhawk Revolutions to Wars, though I liked the wargame at the time. The rotten edifice that was the Great Kingdom cried out for some kind of serious social dislocation.<br /><br />It's funny that you raise Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, a book that I re-read every 5-6 years it seems. When I first cracked it open somewhere in the middle of my undergrad days, I distinctly remember getting very excited about the chapters on the Jacquerie--because of that previously ignited interest (pun not intended).Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-60093458293264973642011-10-21T18:19:00.799-05:002011-10-21T18:19:00.799-05:00Extremely thought provoking post!
The Greyhawk yo...Extremely thought provoking post!<br /><br />The Greyhawk you present seems much more realistic to me.<br /><br />Why couldn't we have bought these kind of materials back then? To hell with Greyhawk Wars, I would've paid top dollar for <b>Greyhawk Revolutions!</b><br /><br />Hell, my father was reading Tuchman's <i>A Distant Mirror</i> in the eighties... he would've been thrilled at me buying something more 'historical'.<br /><br />Could TSR have sold us such a thing back then? Certainly not in toy stores, but the small book/game stores might've taken the chance, and grown ups playing at the time would've had no issue ordering it by mail...scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-60452954153779294752011-10-21T18:18:53.202-05:002011-10-21T18:18:53.202-05:00This sounds like Warhammer Fantasy but in a good w...This sounds like Warhammer Fantasy but in a good way. Nice post! Good stuff!Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-69104000614158886632011-10-21T17:08:23.666-05:002011-10-21T17:08:23.666-05:00Wonderful post. Think what a tool D&D is.Wonderful post. Think what a tool D&D is.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-59270915477361285542011-10-21T16:25:43.373-05:002011-10-21T16:25:43.373-05:00heh .. i had it both, playing RPGs with my hardcor...heh .. i had it both, playing RPGs with my hardcore punk friends.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-10061739055558304402011-10-21T14:24:37.584-05:002011-10-21T14:24:37.584-05:00Blanch not, it sounds fantastic! :)
word verif.: ...Blanch not, it sounds fantastic! :)<br /><br />word verif.: abless<br />hehmigellitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106614212764056058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-87341991616214452862011-10-21T12:57:16.069-05:002011-10-21T12:57:16.069-05:00I bet. :) Yeah, it's easy to look back at thes...I bet. :) Yeah, it's easy to look back at these bits of "overdoing it" ruefullly, but one can't fault the passion and zeal that went it to it.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-66466256624719496862011-10-21T12:38:25.688-05:002011-10-21T12:38:25.688-05:00This is awesome.This is awesome.widderslaintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364618128943330961noreply@blogger.com