Re: "Official"

From: Nick Brooke (Nick_Brooke@compuserve.com)
Date: Fri 03 Apr 1998 - 22:35:26 EEST


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Simon writes:

> You could say that Chaosium products are "official", but what
> about Snow King's Bride or Scorpion Hall?

Or, for that matter, "Bad Medicine for Doctor Drugs"? After all,
like SKB and SH it is plainly non-Gloranthan -- though not adver-
tised as such, so maybe that makes it *more* Gloranthan...

> Karse is Gloranthan, or is based in Glorantha.

Rubbish. There is a city in Glorantha called "Karse"; the line of
least resistance and most Game Fun is to adapt the non-Gloranthan,
non-RQ but rather good port-city supplement "Carse" (by Midkemia
printed by Chaosium) for local use. It is *not* based in Glorantha,
and contains *no* Gloranthan content.

> What about fanzines? Is Tales official?

No, and it says so at the start of most issues (in the small print):

: ... none of the contents should be regarded as official unless
: otherwise stated ...

A paranoiac might assume that when we (accidentally) omit this dis-
claimer, we *are* suddenly rendered "Official", but it would be an
unusual line to take, to say the least.

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Nick
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