Shawn Carpenter Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I'm just curious what kind of stories other Heroquest aficionados will be telling during the celebration of Greg Stafford's life and works. I'll be running two HQ:G games that week, one for my wife and kids which will involve their Balazaring characters accompanying Joh Mith on his trade route through Dragon Pass in 1615 and one for my online game which sees their Anmangarn clansfolk on a dangerous mission to bring their stricken chief's heir back from Whitewall. I'm looking forward to both of them and sending warm thoughts out to Greg in thanks for all the fun and inspiration he's gifted me with over the years! What are you folks up to? Feel free to be vague, as I was. I know there are players on the forum, too, with their prying little eyes and nosey little noses! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tianlong Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 My monthly game takes place in Kralorela, and the characters are still feeling the fallout from their defeat of Xurng, a greater ghoul engaged in child trafficking and some sort of antidragon machination. Forces pull the heroes in more than one direction and turn to Master Imolo Wen for guidance. Building upon Greg's insightful, inspiring work is a great delight for all involved. October 27 and more shenanigans can't arrive soon enough. We Are All Us! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minion1stClass Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) 23 hours ago, Shawn Carpenter said: What are you folks up to? Feel free to be vague, as I was. I know there are players on the forum, too, with their prying little eyes and nosey little noses! I know your passwords, hon. If I want to know what you're doing I don't need to see it here. Also, thanks so much for saddling us with a prince. Ugh. Edited October 7, 2019 by Minion1stClass 1 Quote Inactive account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiarina Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 My group has one HeroQuest Date in the time frame and will play the third session in our "eleven lights" campaign. We´re all new to the game, but I want to tell my players about Greg while we´re at it. I also will read the new "Highwall Inn" adventure attentively and if I like it, maybe I´ll run it at a con... but this will be after october 2019. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aprewett Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Weekly Symbaroum game, although I did start reading the new Runequest rules book when I learned about this exercise and thought it could be fun to do something in Glorantha and then I saw the pre-made PC’. My head started to swim looking at all those stats and abilities and powers. My enthusiasm waned at the learning curve. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Carpenter Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Aprewett said: Weekly Symbaroum game, although I did start reading the new Runequest rules book when I learned about this exercise and thought it could be fun to do something in Glorantha and then I saw the pre-made PC’. My head started to swim looking at all those stats and abilities and powers. My enthusiasm waned at the learning curve. I played RQ up through RQ3, so the learning curve for RQ:G isn't all that steep. As I've gotten older, though, I've gravitated towards more abstract games. When I was writing wargames I described this as "outcome based" rather than "process based" rules. HeroQuest is, in the designer's own words, about overcoming story obstacles, not the myriad tasks involved in doing so. That appeals to me, so I'm using HeroQuest rather than RuneQuest to share Glorantha with my players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qizilbashwoman Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, Shawn Carpenter said: I played RQ up through RQ3, so the learning curve for RQ:G isn't all that steep. As I've gotten older, though, I've gravitated towards more abstract games. When I was writing wargames I described this as "outcome based" rather than "process based" rules. HeroQuest is, in the designer's own words, about overcoming story obstacles, not the myriad tasks involved in doing so. That appeals to me, so I'm using HeroQuest rather than RuneQuest to share Glorantha with my players. i too prefer outcome, but I'd like a hair more crunch than HQ, so I'm ruminating over what to use! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Carpenter Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Qizilbashwoman said: i too prefer outcome, but I'd like a hair more crunch than HQ, so I'm ruminating over what to use! Finding the right balance of narrative free-form and crunch is tough. There are times when something like Prince Valiant is fine and other times where I'd rather have something closer to Mutants & Masterminds. HeroQuest falls somewhere in the middle for me right now. Edited October 7, 2019 by Shawn Carpenter Hit Enter too soon like a NOOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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