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7/8/2003 joshua neff: who's running the empire?
Just like Christopher, I've been doing a lot of boy-oh-boy-I-can't-wait-for-HeroQuest-to-come-out reading up on the world of Glorantha. This morning, I came across this bit in the Kralorela chapter in Glorantha:…
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Participants: joshua neff, Nick Brooke, simon_hibbs, MarkAdri.

7/7/2003 bluegargantua: Hero Wars Mechanics Question
Hey, So I've been running some test sessions of the Extended Contest Mechanics for Hero Wars and I think I've found a snag (or a misunderstanding on my part). There…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2003 Christopher Kubasik: The HQ / Glorantha Website Link Sticky Thread
Ooookay! I've just volunteered to set up a Sticky Thread for Glorantha links around the internet. This way, if anyone wants to provide a link to their site, or someone…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Peter Nordstrand.

6/28/2003 Christopher Kubasik: Glorantha: I'm Confused...
... but not the way you think. Hi everyone. In preperation for the release of HeroQuest I've been digging into Glorantha background material -- both online and in Hero Wars…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Nick Brooke, Mark Galeotti, joshua neff, simon_hibbs, Alai, Bracken, Mike Holmes, AnyaTheBlue, Ron Edwards.

6/21/2003 Rob MacDougall: question re: future HeroQuest releases
Hi all. Ron's preview of HeroQuest over at Pyramid (link will work for subscribers only) may have kicked up a little hand-wringing on the discussion boards about the difference between…
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Participants: Rob MacDougall, Tim Ellis, Nick Brooke.

6/9/2003 MrWrong: So what style HeroQuest Game do you play?
The whole thread on writing a Narratist scenario, really got me thinking what sort of Heroquest game people play. Personally I presently only have time to run HQ at conventions.…
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Participants: MrWrong, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Palashee, simon_hibbs, Christopher Kubasik, Ian Cooper, MarkAdri, Nick Brooke, joshua neff, Magnus widqvist.

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.

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.

6/1/2003 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.

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.

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.

5/21/2003 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.

5/15/2003 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.

5/14/2003 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.

5/11/2003 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.

5/4/2003 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.

5/2/2003 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.

5/1/2003 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.

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.

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.

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7/17/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Arrgh! August?
Argh! No, sorry, let me rephrase that: Argh! No, sorry, I'll try to be more eloquent: Argh! August? http://www.sjgames.com/newproducts/nrtext.html /Peter N
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, pete_darby, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

7/29/2003 MarkAdri: Playing the Empire
With the iminent release of HeroQuest and the release of the first Imperial Lunar Handbook, is the Lunar Empire going to be the place to play. If it is where…
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Participants: MarkAdri, simon_hibbs, MrWrong.

8/8/2003 Palashee: Heroquest @ Battlemasters 2003, Leicester, Uk
Hi there, To celebrate the arrival of the new Heroquest Rules a whole bunch of Heroquest demos have been organised for the Battlemasters 2003 Convention being held in Leicester, Uk…
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Participants: Palashee, Mark Galeotti.

8/11/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Well of Souls in Actual Play
Hi, Those of you who followed the Narrativist Scenario Writing thread may be interested to read my actual play reports. Cheers, /Peter N
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand.

8/14/2003 Mark Galeotti: HeroQuest Voices
Did you order the deluxe hardback edition of HeroQuest, but haven't yet received details on how to download your advance copy of the splendid HeroQuest Voices collection, compiled by Nick…
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Participants: Mark Galeotti, Nick Brooke, MarkAdri, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Wolfhead.

8/16/2003 Mark Galeotti: HeroQuest is Here!
[color=darkred]Issaries Press Release Concord, CA August 15, 2003 [b]HeroQuest is Here![/b] Voted "Most Anticipated Roleplaying Game of 2003" on an RPG.net poll, HeroQuest has finally arrived. Really. We got our…
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Participants: Mark Galeotti, Peter Nordstrand, Syam Lantri, Nick Brooke.

8/18/2003 MrWrong: Official UK Men In Black HeroQuest Launch Party
For you folk in the UK , a chance to play the game and win a copy....... Saturday Night at Battlemasters, Digby Hall,Leicester University 30 August 2003 To coincide with…
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Participants: MrWrong.

8/19/2003 dunlaing: Usefulness (or uselessness) of Sample Heroes
As Peter requested, I made this a seperate thread. I took the title from his post, I don't mean to imply that I think they're useless. I found the sample…
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Participants: dunlaing, Nick Brooke, Bankuei, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest Character Creation
My group would like to start up a game of HeroQuest as soon as possible. Does anyone here know how character generation works in HeroQuest? I'm just talking about from…
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Participants: dunlaing, Mark Galeotti, Peter Nordstrand.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: My order just shipped
According to the Warehouse23 order status page, my copy shipped on August 22nd! Yay!
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Participants: dunlaing.

8/25/2003 joshua neff: my order just arrived
I just got my copy of HeroQuest in the mail. Snap response, based on flipping through it: the layout, the design, the whole set-up is a huge improvement over Hero…
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Participants: joshua neff, Mark Galeotti, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Nick Pagnucco, Ron Edwards, Scripty.

8/27/2003 Matt Snyder: HeroQuest: What do YOU think?
I just received my copy of HeroQuest, and so far it looks quite good. I am featuring this game as the cover story for my upcoming e-zine, Daedalus. I'll be…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Thalaxis, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Nick Brooke, Nick Pagnucco, Wulf, Loz, TKurtBond, Ludoch, Drastic, RaconteurX, pete_darby, Syam Lantri.

8/31/2003 newsalor: Zin Letters - The Kalikos Society Gloranthan Magazine
Introduction: The Zin Letters is an English-language magazine published by Kalikos - The Finnish Gloranthan Association. The magazine is dedicated to the fantasy world of Glorantha and especially to roleplaying…
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Participants: newsalor.

9/3/2003 kalyptein: Some magic questions, among others
Got my HQ book last week and I've been pouring over it for a while. I'm totally new to the system (and the world), so I'm hoping some of you…
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Participants: kalyptein, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, newsalor, dunlaing, Tim Ellis, elgorade, KingOfFarPoint, Wulf, Ron Edwards.

9/5/2003 Palashee: Ring of HeroQuest Narrators
Hi There, I’m a founder member of the Ring of HeroQuest™ Narrators primarily dedicated to increasing the tribe of Glorantha fans and spreading the word about just how good a…
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Participants: Palashee.

9/6/2003 Scripty: How difficult is it to use HQ in other settings?
[quote="Loz"]Also, having played more sessions, I believe it to be a very versatile system and I've been seduced into producing key word conversion for gaming in Moorcock's Young Kingdoms. Folk…
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Participants: Scripty, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, Matt Snyder, Nick Brooke, Mac Logo, pete_darby, Ian O'Rourke.

9/8/2003 Nicolas Crost: Winning a contest and getting wounded
Hey everybody, I have a question regarding contests in general and especially fights. Do I understand the rules correctly that there is no way to win a simple or extended…
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Participants: Nicolas Crost, Ian Cooper, newsalor, KingOfFarPoint, pete_darby, kalyptein, UzUztroll, contracycle, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Bankuei, Drastic.

9/8/2003 KingOfFarPoint: More about west/east play of RuneQuest (split)
[quote="Ron Edwards"] One difficulty here is that I'm not really talking about freeform vs. rules-heavy at all. [/quote] When Simon mentions that the Tales/Unspoken peoples stuff is 'freeform' he means…
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Participants: KingOfFarPoint, Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, contracycle, joshua neff, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, Nick Brooke.

9/8/2003 KingOfFarPoint: Narrative Rights In HeroQuest
Does anyone have any comments on how to handle who has narrative rights in HeroQuest? I ask as a result of some of the comments made in the thread 'Some…
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Participants: KingOfFarPoint, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Nicolas Crost, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, RaconteurX.

9/9/2003 Nicolas Crost: HeroQuest - Buffy
I remember reading something about a Hero Wars - Buffy conversion in some thread some time ago. But I can´t seem to find it again... Could the someone who did…
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Participants: Nicolas Crost, Brand_Robins.

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