tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post4826405214401882110..comments2024-03-25T00:36:40.345-07:00Comments on Heroes & Other Worlds: Ghost on the ThroneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-91621811176281621672019-05-11T10:45:58.374-07:002019-05-11T10:45:58.374-07:00Nice! (I assumed it was something like that -- ar...Nice! (I assumed it was something like that -- archetypes, or "classes" in a game that doesn't really "have" such things; "examples on how those characters might look," might be a better description, I guess...)<br /><br />I'll be looking forward to that one!Jeff V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09773383148220245208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-44359475722258521462019-05-11T05:47:00.034-07:002019-05-11T05:47:00.034-07:00I LOVE the mythic Ireland work of John Briquelet. ...I LOVE the mythic Ireland work of John Briquelet. Maybe John will let it be included as the focus of an issue of Cauldron? Hmmmmm<br /><br />The "JOBS" book is basically an assortment of potential starting "class" ideas for the Player that doubles as NPC's for the referee. So if you wanted your character to start out as an abbot or a bailiff it would be in there as a concept. Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-83418326421029888272019-05-10T22:46:23.363-07:002019-05-10T22:46:23.363-07:00OMG! A JOBS book?!?!? for BOTH HOW AND BBM? Oka...OMG! A JOBS book?!?!? for BOTH HOW AND BBM? Okay, here, take my money! ;-) And yes, I think I would like to see your B&BM world map someday. <br /><br />Another question for you...is there any possibility of Mythic Ireland being published as a print book one of these days? Between them, it and Raedwald have pretty much covered the Islands of Albion! ;-)Jeff V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09773383148220245208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-86495866094967717432019-05-10T21:21:15.997-07:002019-05-10T21:21:15.997-07:00Hey Narmer! It is incredible to think that Ptolemy...Hey Narmer! It is incredible to think that Ptolemy's lineage ruled Egypt for centuries until Cleopatra(VII) and her affairs with Caesar and Marc Anthony led to the end of his line. <br /><br />That era has so many interesting personalities, dilemmas and dangers it is ripe for RPG usage!Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-28899077726826684382019-05-10T21:17:52.922-07:002019-05-10T21:17:52.922-07:00Jeff thanks for sharing a bit of your own personal...Jeff thanks for sharing a bit of your own personal interest/interaction with the Diadochi era! Amazing to see what shapes and impacts each of us!<br /><br />Woof! I would love to tackle this era as a source book--along with the Anabasis!<br /><br />...but I have a few things to march on and conquer first! Frostcrawl, then Black Magic then Cauldron 2. I am still striving to get all 3 done this year. <br /><br />Do folks really want a BBM map? Hmm, well that could be a thing down the road too. Cartography is expensive to have done and since I am a self funded fellow I rely on game sales to give me opportunity to re-invest in my games, so fingers crossed enough folks like them to make a map possible to do and to do right!<br /> <br />Once these are done then I still want to finish a long gestating "jobs" book for HOW/BBM. After that..well we will see what the muse has for me next!Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-4660342520895334872019-05-10T20:14:41.824-07:002019-05-10T20:14:41.824-07:00Such a fascinating time. And think of some of the...Such a fascinating time. And think of some of the scenario possibilities. The hijacking of Alexander's body. The struggle over and fate of Alexander's brother and and infant son. The machinations of Olympias. Not to mention the Diodachi themselves! And that's just the immediate aftermath. So much good stuff for characters to get involved in.<br /><br />And I didn't even think of the possibilities of a television show.Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615253283819094516.post-21417100858337935992019-05-10T19:42:00.614-07:002019-05-10T19:42:00.614-07:00Yeah, I first ran across the Diadochi as part of a...Yeah, I first ran across the Diadochi as part of a Strategy I scenario back in about 1972 or so, when my brother and I were working our way through that first-ever "monster game" during our summer vacation. I had no idea at the time (heck I was only 12 and in what, 7th grade?) that the AFTERWARDS part of Alexander the Great's empire building was far more important (and had much more impact on our world today) than the conquests themselves! It was an alien concept to my mind, which at that time (keep in mind, all my male relatives had fought in World War II, as did every one of my male school teachers at that time) was steeped in the concept that the WAR was what mattered, not the aftermath!<br /><br />I think that scenario is actually what eventually pushed me down the path of getting my BA and MA in history... ;-)<br /><br />And, BTW, a future project for YOU, Chris -- maybe build a B&BM splat book on the Diadochi! It has everything but the magic, and is set in all those perfectly Conan-esque locations after all... (And you could always play it that all the Wizards/Sorcerers that everyone THOUGHT were real, really were!) Of course, I'd ask you to do that AFTER you finish your massive B&BM hardback tome with the fold-out map of your B&BM world! :-)Jeff V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09773383148220245208noreply@blogger.com