From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Sun 21 May 2000 - 20:09:23 EEST
TTrotsky:
> I'm going to disagree, here. Its pretty clear that Prax is one of the
> most interesting and gameable areas in Glorantha (OK, so we haven't seen much
> of the others, buts its still *one of*...)
The only reason it seems any more 'interesting and gameable' is _because_
I realise this is 'volunteering' someone for a fairly hideous amount
it's been so well-covered, frankly. The need for new material is
hardly urgent, and the matter of in-printness and organisation of
the material is 'merely logistics'. If we're simply going to
endlessly churn the same material _because_ it's already seen print,
then we're in a self-defeating loop of almost Microsoftian
proportions. And even if you think that new material really _is_
desparately required, then pragmatically it'd require getting a
large chunk into print first off all.
of work, but is there any reason why, if Prax doesn't fit in with
Issaries' plans (and they've stated to the point of laryngitis
that it doesn't), but huge screaming hordes of fans want it anyway,
to do as Ian Thompson has done and collate existing material, and
then look to web-publish or fan-publish? Past form hardly suggests
that Issaries would be resistant to this, and I'd hope one might
get the co-operation of the fan authors, too.
> But I'd put a Praxian
> supplement at at least the same level of importance/urgency as a Troll book,
> and there's a couple of those on the upcoming products list.
I take the point, as the trolls are also in the 'well-catered for'
camp, as regards existing (though now OOP) material. They're more
important in what Martin would call the 'über-arc', though, and
certainly they interact more meaningfully with other cultures.
Fan stuff on trolls isn't as copious as on Prax, however.
Cheers,
Alex.
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