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1/23/2004 MrWrong: The Black Ziggurat
The Black Ziggurat, a new scenario from the Ring of HeroQuest Narrators, has been released. This scenario was written as a fairly straightforward introductory scenario for HeroQuest. Aimed at beginners…
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Participants: MrWrong.

1/22/2004 motherlessgoose: Need good intro to HQ
I am considering buying HQ. I have perused the rulebook in the store and was at first highly turned off by the price. I was also taken aback by how…
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Participants: motherlessgoose, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Scripty, Ian Cooper.

1/22/2004 doubtofbuddha: Hesitance towards Glorantha as a Setting
AS you may know (See my City of 10,000 Magicians thread), I am working on starting a Glorantha HeroQuest game. Last night a player of mine brought up so concerns…
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Participants: doubtofbuddha, Alan, buserian, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ian Charvill, pete_darby, soru, Kao Nashi, Scripty, contracycle, Bankuei, Emmerson, Deacon Blues, Brand_Robins, simon_hibbs, Christopher Kubasik, joshua neff, Donald.

1/20/2004 pete_darby: Fishing for Bangs... (serenwyn campaign
Okay, it's another chapter in the Serenwyn game tonight... and, ladies and gentlemen, we are taking the training wheels off, and driving with bangs. I've mailed out the prologue to…
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Participants: pete_darby, Mike Holmes, buserian, Peter Nordstrand, Ian Cooper.

1/18/2004 Shreyas Sampat: Creating New Keywords II
Trailing off this thread... I'm having a really icky time figuring out, and coming up with new, animist traditions; several reads of the animism chapter have started to clear up…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, doubtofbuddha, buserian.

1/15/2004 doubtofbuddha: City of 10,000 Magicians: Heroquest Relationship Mapping
Well, I think I have enough information from my players to begin develloping a relationship map for my new HeroQuest campaign. So far I have six players, four of which…
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Participants: doubtofbuddha, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand, Donald.

1/14/2004 bluegargantua: Providing Challenge in Adventures
Hi, So I'm assembling a quick one-shot for our local gaming group to test out the HQ system. We're just curious to take the system out for a spin and…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX, Scripty.

1/13/2004 Balbinus: Historical HeroQuest actual play
Hi, I posted this originally on rpg.net in response to a query there but thought that it would be of interest to folk here as well. Rather than go into…
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Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Thierry Michel.

1/9/2004 Balbinus: Incompetent starting characters
One of the things I've found a little frustrating in HQ is how often it seems that truly innovative mechanics are married to remarkably traditional roleplaying assumptions. One such assumption…
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Participants: Balbinus, Ian Cooper, Der_Renegat, simon_hibbs, soru, Paul Watson, Mike Holmes, Donald.

1/8/2004 Dev: GM wanted to demo HQ at Con (Vericon, Boston, MA)
ALong with my friends, I run a convention - VeriCon - that takes place Jan 30 - Feb 1st, 2004, and is lots of affordably kickassed fun. There will be…
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Participants: Dev, RaconteurX, Deacon Blues, buserian.

1/7/2004 Smithy: Transhuman Space & Heroquest
So I am almost finished reading the HQ rules and I have never been so excited about a system. I've already got plans to use it for a fantasy campaign…
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Participants: Smithy, Mark Galeotti, RaconteurX, soru.

1/6/2004 Balbinus: Spending or saving Hero Points
Hi all, I ran HeroQuest for the first time last night (of which more later) and one specific problem arose, one I very much doubt is unique. The characters started…
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Participants: Balbinus, Brand_Robins, Nick Brooke, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, buserian, simon_hibbs, lightcastle.

1/3/2004 Paradoxdruid: Using HeroQuest for Exalted- play report and musings
On the advice of Ian Noble from RPG.net, I'm cross-posting my group's first experience with HeroQuest here. I think it's a neat system, but we did have some problems. I'm…
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Participants: Paradoxdruid, Brand_Robins.

12/31/2003 Balbinus: Xenophon, range and HQ mechanics
Which is probably a more interesting title than this thread merits. In Xenophon's the Persian Expedition at one point Xenophon and the Greeks are being harassed by Persian archers and…
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Participants: Balbinus, Brand_Robins, Donald, contracycle, epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, soru.

12/29/2003 xiombarg: Chargen and Magic
Okay, I finally got around to reading my copy of HeroQuest, and the most confusing thing for me was magic, particularly in chargen. In particular, I'm talking about list-based chargen.…
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Participants: xiombarg, Peter Nordstrand, RaconteurX, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, TheLHF, Ian Cooper, Calithena, Nick Brooke.

12/29/2003 doubtofbuddha: Hero Points
How does everyone handle the usage of hero points in their games for ability development? My main question is that it seems that most of the examples in the book…
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Participants: doubtofbuddha, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, soru, buserian, simon_hibbs.

12/29/2003 Mortaneus: Sneaking
I was just reading the thread regarding the giant tick, and it has helped me understand quite a bit more about game-flow in HQ. A question, however: How do you…
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Participants: Mortaneus, doubtofbuddha, RaconteurX, Mike Holmes, Der_Renegat, Scripty.

12/28/2003 Jaif: Fatigue?
Are there any fatigue rules in Heroquest? I've looked, but I haven't seen anything. In case that's not clear; Imagine a scene from Master & Commander - a particularily bad…
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Participants: Jaif, doubtofbuddha, Scripty.

12/27/2003 Jaif: Amber?
I'm curious - are there any amber -to- heroquest conversions posted out there? It seems a natural fit for someone who wants a bit more system in their amber game.…
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Participants: Jaif, RaconteurX, Mike Holmes.

12/21/2003 Jaif: This game reminds me of marvel (old game)
One of the major features of the marvel system was the one-size-fits-all mechanic: the FEAT table. Along with a consistant rating system for all abilities, this core mechanic made it…
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Participants: Jaif, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Michael S. Miller, Deacon Blues, Scripty.

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1/28/2004 ascendance: Forgotten Realms Conversion
I'm getting rather tired of running stock D20 in my Forgotten Realms game, so I'm seriously considering switching over to Hero Wars. Ironically, I've never actually played stock Hero Wars,…
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Participants: ascendance, Mike Holmes.

1/28/2004 Caynreth: HQ for a Low-Fantasy Setting: Help needed
Hi I picked up HQ some weeks ago and I'm really excited about playing it. I don't have much experience however with such 'unusual' game-concepts (after years of GURPS, Earthdawn…
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Participants: Caynreth, Scripty, doubtofbuddha, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, buserian, Peter Nordstrand.

1/29/2004 Mr Darran Sims: RHQN HeroQuest games @ Conception 2004.
The Ring of HeroQuest Narrators presents the following scenarios at Conception 2004. We are a team of HeroQuest Narrators dedicated to demoing the game to new players and helping Narrators…
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Participants: Mr Darran Sims.

1/29/2004 Mike Holmes: Aging and Such
I'm such a damn simmie. HQ allows you to do a lot of "what if" sorta sim stuff. In another thread I was mentioning the idea of using the resolution…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Mr Darran Sims, RaconteurX, contracycle, buserian, soru.

2/1/2004 Caynreth: How to introduce new players to HeroQuest?
Hi as mentioned in another post I'm going to play my first HQ-game in near future. My fellow players never played HQ or any similar game. Since now they have…
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Participants: Caynreth, Bankuei, Scripty, RaconteurX, soru, Mike Holmes, Peter Nordstrand.

2/2/2004 J B Bell: Thed or Malia?
A recent GTA post says the following of Ron's article in Daedalus: . . . Finally, Ron Edwards' insightful article in the Daedelus online zine http://www.chimera.info/daedalus/ was of course…
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Participants: J B Bell, Thor Olavsrud, joshua neff.

2/3/2004 pete_darby: Gloranthan Genre conventions / tropes
Okay, splitting off from this thread, I'm trying to compile a pretty basic list of the convetions of Glorantha as a genre, with the focus on being as helpful as…
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Participants: pete_darby, soru, Christopher Kubasik, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Wulf, Mike Holmes, Deacon Blues, Nick Brooke, Donald, Mac Logo, newsalor, Scripty, Shreyas Sampat, Paul Watson, Nysalor, Peter Nordstrand, Valamir.

2/4/2004 doubtofbuddha: Planescape HeroQuest
It has been discussed in the past, and I know that Ron Edwards ran a game using it, but there has yet to be a true, widely-available conversion of the…
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Participants: doubtofbuddha, Mike Holmes, soru, Mac Logo, Scripty, Nicolas Crost, buserian.

2/4/2004 Peter Nordstrand: I cannot stay quiet: One n in canon
Hi, It is impossible for me to shut up any longer. In order not to point my finger at anyone in particular, I made it a new topic. Folks, when…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, Mac Logo, RaconteurX, pete_darby, soru, Scripty, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, simon_hibbs, HMT, Jane.

2/5/2004 Kao Nashi: HQ Resolution on PBEM
There may not be an answer to this question, and it is more an issue of logistics than play, but has anyone found a good way to streamline contest resolution…
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Participants: Kao Nashi, contracycle, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Jane.

2/5/2004 MarkAdri: Rinliddi Campaign in Edasus (Opening Notes)
OK I've been wittering on about doing a campaign set in the Lunar Empire specifically in the town of Edasus in the Satrapy of First Blessed. Well I've managed to…
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Participants: MarkAdri, doubtofbuddha, joshua neff, RaconteurX.

2/6/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Relationship maps
There has been a lot of talk about relationship maps here on the HeroQuest forum lately. The purpose of this thread is to help narrators to make relationship maps that…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX.

2/6/2004 motherlessgoose: Narrativism in HQ
I recently got the HQ rulebook, along with intro to Glorantha and Gloranthan Visions. So far I think the setting is awesome. It is what I have been looking for…
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Participants: motherlessgoose, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Sean, Deacon Blues, simon_hibbs.

2/6/2004 doubtofbuddha: HeroQuest Campaigning in the Lunar Empire
The initial Relationship Map is done so now I am going to run a thread focused on the actual evolution of my new HeroQuest Campaign. Here is the thread for…
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Participants: doubtofbuddha, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Valamir, buserian, Nick Brooke, RaconteurX, Ian Cooper.

2/8/2004 Scripty: Oh, when the (Wandering Orphan) Tanks come marching in...
Originally I had posted this on the following thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9671 But I thought it was a significant enough threadjack to deserve its own thread. At first, I was just going…
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Participants: Scripty, doubtofbuddha, Brand_Robins, Bankuei, soru, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, buserian.

2/10/2004 Deacon Blues: Personality Traits: How Many?
Each cultural and occupational keyword lists typical Personality traits of typical members (Fears Dragons, Proud, Outgoing, etc). How many of those traits can a starting character take? Are they selected…
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Participants: Deacon Blues, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, Brand_Robins, Kao Nashi, Bankuei, Valamir, RaconteurX, Scripty, buserian.

2/13/2004 cauldron: Blueberry
Just saw that movie, it was fantastic. A must see for all Gloranthan fan. It's the adaptation of a french comics from Moebius. It's a western (which is not really…
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Participants: cauldron.

2/18/2004 Syam Lantri: The Secret Of Iron
hi folks, I want share with you an idea wich came to me a long time ago. P78 of th HQ book, we have the different metals in Glorantha, and…
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Participants: Syam Lantri, Mac Logo, Paul Watson, Wulf.

2/20/2004 Skadedyr: Let Me Tell You About My HeroQuest Character
So I just sat down with the gamemaster this evening and made a character for a campaign slated to start sunday 29th. The gamemaster has regretably made the purchase of…
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Participants: Skadedyr, Mike Holmes, Mac Logo, epweissengruber, buserian.

2/21/2004 Smithy: Prepping for A Succession Conflict in Pimia
So I'm prepping the first HQ game for myself and my group. We're committed to exploring narrativist gaming, but I'm still getting a feel for how to go about putting…
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Participants: Smithy, RaconteurX, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, buserian.

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