tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post2857760389181800591..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Intellectual Stickup ArtistMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-23141752534628700132010-03-13T21:01:52.996-05:002010-03-13T21:01:52.996-05:00Perhaps the best inspirational reading you can fin...Perhaps the best inspirational reading you can find for such a setting is Gene Wolfe's tetralogy <i>The Book of the New Sun</i>. The book is available in a two volume set, each volume encompassing two of the original novels.<br /><br />You'll either love the books or hate them, but given your inspirational reading list, and the particulars of the setting you describe, it's a safe bet that you'd enjoy them.Scallop Skulled Skaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614954870582728737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-17846674243442794552010-03-11T06:15:18.770-05:002010-03-11T06:15:18.770-05:00Great idea for combining the influences you mentio...Great idea for combining the influences you mentioned, and keeping pretty much every option you might ever need open to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-60108567961518697612010-03-11T03:38:17.917-05:002010-03-11T03:38:17.917-05:00It’s not the greatest campaign concept ever but I’...<em>It’s not the greatest campaign concept ever but I’m not looking for that. I just want to find an angle that keeps me and the players excited and coming back for more. This one seems like the perfect balm for a soul weary of a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting[.]</em><br /><br />It's perfect, but I'm biased: I left the game back in the day because of that same weariness. I have to admit that these days I'm of the opinion that the World of Greyhawk campaign setting was not such a good thing for the hobby - it chiseled too many tropes in stone. Even WotC's latest Ebarron setting is obliged to carry some of that faux-dark ages baggage. <br /><br />Got my theories on why that is, of course, but that's a blog post for another day.Cameron Woodhttp://wayoffbasslinks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-22131987776547234242010-03-10T23:28:30.381-05:002010-03-10T23:28:30.381-05:00Current science strongly suggests that we live in ...Current science strongly suggests that we live in a "flat" universe.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo<br /><br />Really informative lecture.nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988753905326172273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-46291579208237742752010-03-10T23:14:14.576-05:002010-03-10T23:14:14.576-05:00Excellent kitchen sink justification Mike.
Doesn&...Excellent kitchen sink justification Mike.<br /><br />Doesn't Jeff's Cinder setting work on a similarly wobbly temporal basis? I recall a post of his about how various historical ages each see the other as being part of their past...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-27937885055047109812010-03-10T20:12:54.998-05:002010-03-10T20:12:54.998-05:00@Blair: Wilderlands was explained to be a far-futu...@Blair: Wilderlands was explained to be a far-future Post Apocalypse setting on a Dragonsfoot fora discussion. The evidence seemed compelling.<br />--I cannot remember if it was in General or one of the D&D Settings threads.Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-51831863026155688842010-03-10T19:52:36.492-05:002010-03-10T19:52:36.492-05:00The Wilderlands always struck me as a setting that...The Wilderlands always struck me as a setting that could be an artifact of a universe with oscillating/cyclical time with the weird combination of futuristic and ancient elements. Ruins of Atlantis, Faux Vikings and Mig Jets...Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-34923042838100249082010-03-10T18:57:51.311-05:002010-03-10T18:57:51.311-05:00Very interesting, Michael.Very interesting, Michael.Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-84122522127242761652010-03-10T18:56:31.079-05:002010-03-10T18:56:31.079-05:00Absolutely cool!Absolutely cool!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551480034601737297noreply@blogger.com