tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4199775487432794501..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Different Worlds: Issue #6James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2138954002887103292021-03-17T13:04:22.955-04:002021-03-17T13:04:22.955-04:00Interesting. The surfer cult (worshipping the dem...Interesting. The surfer cult (worshipping the demigod Indlas Somer, IIRC) was explicitly written to be Gloranthan IIRC - based out of Pamaltela, I think. Not a lot of surfers in Dragon pass or on the Plains of Prax. :)Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20526107912624117102021-03-16T12:07:00.419-04:002021-03-16T12:07:00.419-04:00Gestetner is presented as a "gateway" cu...Gestetner is presented as a "gateway" cult, meaning it's not for use with Glorantha, but it's still amusing (and, yes, about offset printing).James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45765411020861757652021-03-16T12:01:09.314-04:002021-03-16T12:01:09.314-04:00Interesting. This was another one I missed out on...Interesting. This was another one I missed out on back in the day. Tribes of Crane was one of the bigger PRM games back in the day, and The Space Gamer ran updates on in-game events for years as part of their ongoing PBM coverage. Never actually played but I feel like I know more about the politics and major players than I really should - something that I could also say about EVE Online, a game I've only experienced through gamer osmosis.<br /><br />DW seemed to be fond of doing "joke" cults for Runequest over the years. There's one in an upcoming issue that was themed around California surf culture - or at least Hollywood fantasies of it. :) I assume Gestetner was all about offset printing - some Mostali innovation, perhaps?Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51040496097464191012021-03-16T11:27:59.971-04:002021-03-16T11:27:59.971-04:00In reading this and following the link to your &qu...In reading this and following the link to your "Prehistory..." I wonder if anyone has told you anything about Steve Lortz whose work appeared in Different Worlds and who authored a couple of games for Chaosium (Panzer Pranks and Perilous Encounters). Steve and his brother Kurt were from Anderson, Indiana. Steve was a navy veteran and after retiring worked in a local Muncie, IN hobby shop. Brother Kurt worked in a hobby shop in Indianapolis. I knew them both through that connection and gamed occasionally with Steve. They were both lifelong gamers who enjoyed many table top games. Sadly both have passed.A Paladin In Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810111335291693554noreply@blogger.com