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10/12/2006 a_verheaghe: US distributor for ILH2 and Mythic Russia
Way back in July I requested ILH2 from my local shop, he informed me it would not be available from his distributor until mid August. Now it appears he can't…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, boredoom.

10/10/2006 soru: rules variant: unified contests
Between HQ and Mythic Russia, there are quite a few different systems (simple, extended, group extended, chained, heroquest, ritual) for conflict resolution out there, each of which behave differently, with…
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Participants: soru, sebastianz, Der_Renegat.

10/9/2006 sebastianz: Heropoints for the Narrator
Sometimes when running and a contest comes up, after the dice have hit the table, I have a certain notion to spend a heropoint. But at the same time, I…
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Participants: sebastianz, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33, Web_Weaver, GB Steve.

10/9/2006 MrWrong: Player vs player in HeroQuest
Has anyone handled this in their games, and if so how? In a couple of weeks I'm running a game were all the player heroes are the vip of the…
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Participants: MrWrong, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, epweissengruber, Raedwald Bretwalda, Web_Weaver, Tim Ellis, Jane, nellist, Neil the Wimp.

10/8/2006 Der_Renegat: in this thread i want u to write up one of your favorite character from a novel
Thought it would be a nice idea to have some fun before this forum closes. So i would like you to write up a character in HQ from one of…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes, Melinglor, droog, Tim Ellis, Tuxboy.

10/8/2006 Melinglor: And somewhere, Mike Holmes' ears burned. . .
So I sat down to explain/describe roleplaying the other day with my girlfriend. I laid out the basics of four systems, D&D3E, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Heroquest, and PTA, to…
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Participants: Melinglor, Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: [Forum News] Announcement
Hi guys, Due to changes in Issaries publishing policy, which have been in place for a little while now, this forum can't be held at the Forge any more. I'm…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, boredoom, WildElf, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, alexandre santos, lev_lafayette, Mike Holmes, MrWrong, tzunder, sebastianz, Web_Weaver, Ian Cooper, Ward, Blake Hutchins, rylen dreskin.

9/29/2006 Der_Renegat: Bladerunner
I was doing some research for ideas how to write scenes which are dramatic but happen without combat. This resulted in a write up for Bladerunner. If somebody is interested,…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, sebastianz.

9/27/2006 Doyce: Stealing from DitV to 'slice' conflicts into smaller segments
Okay, I'm just brainstorming here, and I more than welcome input and thoughts. I got Dogs a couple years back -- one of the first couple conflict-resolution-level games that I…
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Participants: Doyce, sebastianz, Mike Holmes.

9/27/2006 Der_Renegat: intellectual and emotional "combat"
Interesting thread on rpg.net about intellectual and emotional "combat": http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=288090 A lot of inspirational ideas for HQ ! I like this part a lot: Clothing worn by the attacker…
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Participants: Der_Renegat, Mike Holmes.

9/17/2006 epweissengruber: Template for Generic Heroquest Character Backgrounds
I am hoping to run a Heroquest setting with heavy player input.  That means generation of homelands, professions, common magic, etc. I am hoping to have fairly experienced characters too,…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, soru, Vaxalon.

9/16/2006 Ian Cooper: What was Questworld in the RuneQuest days?
I split this from Archaic Glorantha, but I'm guessing Mike might be interested in this because of his Otherworld material. Questworld was a reaction by Chaosium to the fact that…
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Participants: Ian Cooper, Web_Weaver, Mike Holmes.

9/12/2006 Web_Weaver: Extended Contests - Mining HQs Narrativist core
There have been many discussions here that have focused on utilising HeroQuest for a narrativist agenda, and many have expoused the view that the best way to facilitate this is…
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Participants: Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, sebastianz, Lamorak33, Melinglor, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Valamir, soru.

9/8/2006 Thalaxis: Mythic Russia
Arrived last night! From a first look-over, it's clean-looking and well-written. I'm definitely going to plan on running at TerpCon this year if I can make it. So far, I…
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Participants: Thalaxis, Mike Holmes, GB Steve, Mark Galeotti, rafial, angelopampalone, Nick Brooke.

9/5/2006 charles ferguson: Archaic Glorantha
Hey all I'm playing my first HQ game in a couple weeks. I'ts a 'short story arc' thing, we're trying a few games & HQ is next up (I'm GMing).…
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Participants: charles ferguson, Lamorak33, James Holloway, Jane, rstites, soru, Mike Holmes, Mandacaru.

9/3/2006 TheLHF: Large scale games.
Angry Argrath over on RPG.net mentioned that you could use HeroQuest to run anything you can write up a 100 word description for. Gods, kingdoms, cities or sailing ships all…
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Participants: TheLHF, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, droog, Lamorak33, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes.

8/30/2006 herrmess: A few questions from a pair of HQ newbies
Hi all, I had HQ for a year or so, and although Glorantha doesn't appeal to me much (I'm the guy with the EarthDawn conversion in a coma) I do…
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Participants: herrmess, aaronil, sebastianz, Mike Holmes, soviet, Web_Weaver, Vaxalon, soru, Melinglor, Lamorak33.

8/28/2006 rylen dreskin: Kolat vs Telmor
I'm writing up a story/quick ceremony for a game I'm part of.  I'd appreciate any feedback, and especially help with one of the names. The current situation, Telmori are raiding…
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Participants: rylen dreskin, sebastianz, Mike Holmes.

8/25/2006 aaronil: Example of HQ Play for A Newbie?
I'm just getting exposed to HQ, having recently purchased the book and looking forward to gaming with some eager friends come winter. Now, it seems to me that HQ requires…
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Participants: aaronil, Lamorak33, Mike Holmes, sebastianz, Ian Cooper.

8/24/2006 Mike Holmes: Otherworlds And Applicability to Fantasy Worlds
[size=14pt][b]What Source Material Does HQ Magic Match? [/b] [/size] I often argue that the way magic is described for Glorantha actually, despite what some may say about it being "Glorantha…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Melinglor, sebastianz, soru, epweissengruber.

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10/31/2006 trifletraxor: rpgdrivethrough HQ pdf
Hi! I'm an old RQ player who loath Greg for making this horrible HeroQuest and abandoning RuneQuest to the hands of Mongoose! ;-) I am however, starting to realize that…
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Participants: trifletraxor, Mike Holmes, Erik Nolander.

11/1/2006 Ward: Where to order HeroQuest from in Europe?
I was wondering if anyone happens to know where I might order HeroQuest in Europe? I know I could order it from Warehouse23, but the shipping will be fairly expensive…
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Participants: Ward, Mike Holmes, Erik Nolander, Fatespinner, Ron Edwards.

11/22/2006 Mandacaru: Structured GM fun in HQ?
A week or so left, so.... Elsewhere http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=297441, Tony L-B raised an interesting question: Yeah, yeah, I know ... "the GM wins when other people have fun." Is that really…
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Participants: Mandacaru, Mike Holmes.

12/2/2006 Ron Edwards: This forum is closed - long live the new forum
Thanks to everyone for everything. The place to go is now The Masters of Luck and Death website! It may be a while before this forum is technically inactivated (mechanically…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

12/4/2006 Ron Edwards: MOVED: Re: in this thread i want u to write up one of your favorite character from a no
This topic has been moved to the Inactive File. The HeroQuest forum is closed for posting.
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

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