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1/14/2003 epweissengruber: Pre-Registration for Gloranthacon coming to an end
I urge any Glorantha fans to preregister for Gloranthacon, March 7th in Toronto. Preregistration ends this month, after which the price will climb. Even if you are not a Glorantha…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

12/23/2002 Roy: Question on Augmentations
Hey, everyone! I just picked up the Hero Wars Deluxe Set a few days ago and I'm really blown away by the awesome simplicity of Robin Law's system. It's very…
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Participants: Roy, Russell Hoyle, simon_hibbs.

11/22/2002 epweissengruber: Gloranthacon ?
How many of your Forge types are headed to Gloranthacon? It would be great to pick your actual fleshy brains instead of your electronic simulacra.
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Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Cooper.

9/24/2002 simon_hibbs: Nephilim Wars
This is from an effort at writing Hero wars mechanics for a nephilim campaign. It's rather sketchy, and I'm not sure if it's on topic, but since there aren't realy…
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Participants: simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes.

9/5/2002 Mike Holmes: Setting Shift
OK, so I'm putting together a Hero Wars game, but I want to do something terrible with it. I've never been a fan of the Glorantha setting, you see. Well,…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards.

7/26/2002 Uncle Dark: Adventures in Ralios
Heya, I'm planning a game set in Ralios, centered in along the Doskior River as it creates the border of Delia, Saug, and Vustria. I have a vague idea about…
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Participants: Uncle Dark, Ian Cooper.

7/6/2002 bluekabuto: Hero Quest Release date?
Howdy - I am sure this has all been asked before, but can someone give me a release date on the new HeroQuest book thats due out? I'd love to…
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Participants: bluekabuto, Blake Hutchins, Christopher Kubasik, Uncle Dark, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, rdl, Mike Holmes, Norbert Franz, Thalaxis, Christoffer Lernö, Peter Nordstrand, simon_hibbs, Ian Cooper, Michael Bowman, sben, Mark Galeotti.

6/12/2002 simon_hibbs: Bring me the blood of Vanaxis!
I have an interesting situation in my current Hero Wars game, and would appreciate some input. The adventurers are Lunar agents, on an assignment in the city of Karse. In…
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Participants: simon_hibbs, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

5/29/2002 AndyGuest: Um ? Herowars 101 pt 2
Um ? Are we still doing this ? I'm not sure if Ron's waiting for us or if we're supposed to be waiting for him, I know I'm waiting for…
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Participants: AndyGuest, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Ayrizale.

5/17/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars and Pendragon
Someone else may have already made the comparison but Hero Wars seems like a perfect match with Pendragon. It would allow for the characters to express relationships, emotions and squires…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, contracycle, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Jonas, Norbert Franz, Ian Cooper.

5/16/2002 Uncle Dark: Gloranthan Metaphysical Ruminations
So, I picked up the Glorantha book a few days back, and it has cleared up a lot of my questions about the setting. It has also confirmed my impression…
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Participants: Uncle Dark, contracycle, Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Seth L. Blumberg, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Jonas.

5/15/2002 Blake Hutchins: Doo-dads in Hero Wars
A comment by Ron in the Hero Wars 101 thread got me thinking about how one handles increased scores in "stuff" owned by a character. Does an increased score with,…
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Participants: Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs.

5/12/2002 Ron Edwards: 101 part 2: where and who
Hello, I figure it's time to start a new thread; the first one was kind of big and it sets the Task at Hand pretty well. Let's get specific now.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke, AndyGuest, Ayrizale, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Reality Aberrant, Christopher Kubasik.

5/10/2002 wyrdlyng: 2nd Edition Hero Wars and HeroQuest
So, can someone tell me if there will ever be a 2nd (or at least cleaned up) edition of Hero Wars? Heroquest seems to be a seperate game but is…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Ian O'Rourke.

5/10/2002 AndyGuest: Runequest meets Hero Wars
Okay, I've got this concept in my head for a 'campaign' using the old Runequest rules to do a very sim type exploration of a celtic tribe in pre-roman Britain.…
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Participants: AndyGuest, simon_hibbs.

5/10/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars 101
Okay, a while back Ron did a whole series of Sorcerer set-up threads, and they worked really well as a 'look under the hood' of one approach to setting up…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Ayrizale, AndyGuest, Blake Hutchins, epweissengruber.

4/29/2002 Ian Cooper: British vs. West Coast play of Runequest
Hi Ron, I am curious to uncover more behind your assertion in a couple of posts that British Runequest play became 'a wargame' and differed from West Coast play which…
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Participants: Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, Ace, simon_hibbs.

4/23/2002 Ian O'Rourke: The Hero Scale....?
Okay, so Hero Wars allows you to create characters at various power 'levels' (for want of a better word), but in order to get a better grip on it what…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Mike Holmes, Jonas, Ian Cooper.

4/8/2002 Blake Hutchins: More setting conversion thoughts
So here I am with a couple of players again at last, and we've agreed to run a long-term game in White Wolf's Exalted setting, featuring their elementally-aspected "Dragon-Blooded" Exalted.…
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Participants: Blake Hutchins, Seth L. Blumberg, Ayrizale.

3/31/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Mystics
Can someone describe the rules for Mystic Magic into plain English for me? I'm either missing something or the Mystics don't do much? Also, how are people using Magic generally?…
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Participants: Ian O'Rourke, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon.

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2/1/2003 Alai: Hero Wars and Pendragon
The synergies and differences between HW and Pendragon are something I've given a bit of thought to in the past, partly as HW was ahead of time rumoured to be…
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Participants: Alai, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 wyrdlyng: FYI: New Distributor for Hero Wars stuff
[b]February 19, 2003: SJ Games To Distribute Issaries Line[/b] Steve Jackson Games will take responsibility for sales and distribution of all Issaries releases, effective immediately. All existing Issaries back stock…
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Participants: wyrdlyng.

2/25/2003 dunlaing: Questions about Hero Wars/Quest
When my group played Hero Wars (soon after it came out) we had a lot of fun with it and a few issues. Mostly fun. I'm wondering if anyone else…
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Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

4/3/2003 simon_hibbs: Crunchy Contests for Hero Wars
I've written up the laternative contest rules I use in my game as a PDF document. It includes some forms, an example of play and spot rules section covering special…
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Participants: simon_hibbs, MrWrong.

4/3/2003 MrWrong: Herowars Games at GenConUk
Herowars games at GenconUk 17-21st April Olympia 2 London Uk Over all 4 days of the convention there will be a diverse range of 11 scenarios available. As well as…
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Participants: MrWrong, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Palashee.

4/23/2003 Alan: Questions on Extended Conflicts
In an extended conflict, on a player's turn, how many things can he do? My interpretation of the rules is that a player _either_ rolls their exchange, or rolls an…
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Participants: Alan, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards.

4/24/2003 Alan: Using Affinities and Feats
One of the pre-gen characters in Hound's Tower has a bunch of Affinities, but no Feats. The notes say he uses them with improvisational modifiers. Does this mean he gets…
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Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Palashee.

4/26/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Getting Ready for Hero Quest
Here's one for the folks within the inside scoop on the Hero Quest book and product line. Okay. Let's say I patiently set aside buying Hero Wars a while back…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Michael Bowman, MrWrong.

5/1/2003 Nick Brooke: Lokarnos.com: your guide to all the best Gloranthan websites
[b]Lokarnos.com is ready to roll![/b] Visit [url=http://lokarnos.com]Lokarnos[/url], your index to all the best Gloranthan websites. A new user-built hub and forum, where you can announce, discover and discuss all kinds…
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Participants: Nick Brooke, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest weapons and armor
I heard a rumor that in HeroQuest, Edges will go the way of the dodo.* This led me to wondering how weapons and armor would be represented in HeroQuest, since…
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Participants: dunlaing, Ian Cooper, Mike Holmes, Palashee, Peter Nordstrand.

5/4/2003 bluegargantua: Heroquesting -- The Larger Picture
From an older thread... However, it is definitely not, "Which side are you on?" The sides in the various political conflicts in Glorantha are deconstructed through playing the game.…
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Participants: bluegargantua, sben, Ron Edwards, MrWrong, Uncle Dark, Valamir, Tod Olson, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Nick Brooke, Tim Ellis, Gordon C. Landis, Alai.

5/11/2003 MrWrong: HeroQuest Demos at Beer n Pretzels XVI
This year's Beer & Pretzels Games Weekend at the Town Hall, Burton on Trent UK is on the 17th and 18th May. There's ample free parking, hot and cold food,…
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Participants: MrWrong.

5/14/2003 dunlaing: Level of Opposition
If a party of starting level characters (17 to 5W in the appropriate abilities) are all going to have to perform a contest against one opposition, how high should the…
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Participants: dunlaing, epweissengruber, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, MrWrong.

5/15/2003 Mike Holmes: Power Level of Allies
OK, Josh's character is a member of an organization. That organization has members that are much more powerful than he is. His relationship with the org is 17. Now, through…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2003 dunlaing: Question on Shamans in HeroQuest
Does anyone know how they've changed Shamans in HeroQuest? For the detailed tradition in the Imperial Lunar Handbook, awakening one's fetch is the Secret of that tradition (and thus unavailable…
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Participants: dunlaing, Nick Brooke, Mark Galeotti, Ian Cooper.

5/26/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Handing Out Hero Points
Howdy, The criterions for handing out Hero Points in Hero Wars/HeroQuest are remarkably overlooked. Yes, the game does suggest minimum and maximum awards, but that's it. This is somewhat odd,…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, dunlaing, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards.

5/28/2003 dunlaing: It's available for pre-order now
http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?ISS1001
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Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper, simondale, Bankuei, Valamir, Magnus widqvist.

6/1/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Narrativist Scenario Writing
Hi, I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum. Basically, role-playing writing has no real foundation for Narrativist scenario creation. I've just begun to…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, MrWrong, bluegargantua, Bankuei, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Palashee, Ron Edwards, Mad-Eye Moody, Ian Cooper, Alai, Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Valamir.

6/1/2003 Mr Darran Sims: New players for HeroQuest and spreading the Gloranthan word
New players for HeroQuest and spreading the Gloranthan word Hi All, Last night I narrated a game of Heroquest with a bunch of newbies and I thought that I…
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Participants: Mr Darran Sims, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, MrWrong.

6/2/2003 nylle: Using old RQ material in HeroQuest/Hero Wars
Hi, I used to play RQ quite a long time ago, but unfortunately haven't played it for many years. However, this weekend I picked up Hero Wars on an auction…
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Participants: nylle, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, Tim Ellis, Ian Cooper.

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