From: Harald Smith 617 726-2172 (SMITHH@A1.MGH.HARVARD.EDU)
Date: Tue 05 Apr 1994 - 05:37:00 EEST
Re: Sandy's comments about my sports/games points
My point was not that you would not have sports/games in a
village (and I quite agree with you that several villages getting
together would naturally have some sort of contests together),
but that in your average village of say 60 folk there typically
would not be enough children of particular ages to play sports
requiring large numbers on each side. In said average village,
you might have 1/5 of the population under 10 (12 total) and
another 1/5 between 10 and 20 (another 12). For small children's
games then you might have 6-8 available. For rougher games, I
picture some segregation of boys and girls aged 10 and up which
leaves you with about 6 boys for your game of soccer or whatever.
Yes, you can play soccer with 3 on a side, but I think the
villagers would develop something more in tune with available
village materials and traditions.
And that's the other part of my point--since towns develop from
villages and not the other way around, games and sports in an
area should reflect the nature of the village life and be
developed from that. Personally, I would prefer to see people
come up with interesting and unique Gloranthan games than
transposing earth games to it, though obviously some games or
types of games have a certain universality whether you're dealing
with Glorantha or earth.
--Harald Smith
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