tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post6790706640755435513..comments2024-03-28T21:13:53.845+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: Hear ye! Hear ye!Dave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-19169496052485038572020-09-14T10:01:53.659+01:002020-09-14T10:01:53.659+01:00Sounds really great - the draft was a fantastic re...Sounds really great - the draft was a fantastic read as it was, compellingly immersive. I wish most of the traditional format fiction that gets published was as well put together. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848530930786042468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-31179834123700057182020-09-13T11:21:30.728+01:002020-09-13T11:21:30.728+01:00These notes barely scratch the surface. If Robert ...These notes barely scratch the surface. If Robert puts even half of the original campaign details in the book it'll far exceed anything that's been published about Brymstone before.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-51773388045901510932020-09-13T06:46:27.801+01:002020-09-13T06:46:27.801+01:00The version you posted a link to there reads like ...The version you posted a link to there reads like a nearly final draft of a complete source book. Is the serpent king version going to contain new/additional material? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848530930786042468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-15270218969989417812020-09-05T15:00:56.466+01:002020-09-05T15:00:56.466+01:00If Tim Harford hadn't already supplied this ye...If Tim Harford hadn't already supplied this year's Christmas scenario, Nigel, I'd be tempted to do something with that.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-76678608457961430822020-09-05T13:02:38.254+01:002020-09-05T13:02:38.254+01:00Shame 2020 England doesn’t have a plucky band of h...Shame 2020 England doesn’t have a plucky band of heroes who will fight to save the day and slay the Brexalchan...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008412474153353926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-82925086631919894792020-09-04T12:42:44.033+01:002020-09-04T12:42:44.033+01:00True ! And 'Beyond the Wall' might also de...True ! And 'Beyond the Wall' might also describe the direction several of us are heading ... (it's the opposite of 'Build the Wall'). Either that or "To the Boats!"John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-22956856563550551832020-09-04T12:29:00.830+01:002020-09-04T12:29:00.830+01:00I think real 2020 might need a system more like Ap...I think real 2020 might need a system more like Apocalypse World, John. Let's see how November goes. If the US recovers from its current demagoguvirus, we can represent the slower grinding reality of hard Brexit just using Beyond The Wall.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-2328843262993614772020-09-04T12:18:52.401+01:002020-09-04T12:18:52.401+01:00Have you ever considered a game/ campaign set in L...Have you ever considered a game/ campaign set in Legend 2020, adjacent in its modernity to our own world, and where, coincidentally, Ellesland is in the process of a Brexit whilst beset by plague ? The suburbs in which the story plays out would be familiar to us all, and possibly continuous with parts of Binscombe (which I'm sure has its foot in more than one Albion ?).<br />The Brollachan, both masked & unmasked, would surely run riot...If indeed, he's not already ! <br />(For some reason I am hearing the King in Yellow declaring "I wear no mask...") John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-39224223541316421202020-09-04T12:02:13.842+01:002020-09-04T12:02:13.842+01:00The real story IIRC was the growing tension betwee...The real story IIRC was the growing tension between the merchant class and the local lord -- there may have been a curfew; there were certainly riots. The Brollachan both embodied and exploited the antagonism that was already there.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-2582235105063165772020-09-04T11:48:23.739+01:002020-09-04T11:48:23.739+01:00Sounds great ! I wonder what 'lockdown' in...Sounds great ! I wonder what 'lockdown' in Brymstone would have been like, with the Brollachan on the prowl ? John Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249152658906641154noreply@blogger.com