B. Cephalus

On 8/13/2021 at 10:23 AM, Ali the Helering said:

While basing anything on Greg's linguistic skills is foolhardy in the extreme, I couldn't help but wonder whether the Zistorites managed to breach the walls of time and send one of their constructs back to screw up mythology, when I discovered that - in Italian - Orogeria means 'clockwork'!

That's close, but the Italian word for "clockwork" is actually "orologeria".

What happened to the Esrolia book?

18 hours ago, Newt said:

This is one of the joys of it going OGL, someone can make either a short Guide to Newcomers, that explains HQ in plain English, or an entry-level game/adventure aimed squarely at beginners.

This is all great news, and I second this part specifically.

Are you by any chance planning to set up a "community-made products" store on DriveThruRPG, like the one for Call of Cthulhu?

Will the Red Cow campaign also be sold on DriveThruRPG at some point in the future?

That's where I bought all my Heroquest titles, and I would rather keep everything in the same digital library, if it's possible.

I always just used a capital M.

One thing I noticed when reading this chapter was that Mostali don't have (or at least don't use) any kind of engine. They use animal power to make their larger machines run - even the Capstan of Curustus is powered by dinosaurs.

I, on the other hand, would rather have a text that describes and explains the image that's actually there, rather than the one that exists in the author's mind. I find that really jarring.

But it seems that I'm in the minority about that.

1 hour ago, Steve said:

What HQ book? There isn't one yet, so how can you judge? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you though.

The upcoming book sounds fab.

I remember there was a licensed Uz book for Heroquest by another company (now out of print and basically forgotten). I don't remember the name of the book or the company ("Unspoken Words" maybe?) though.