From lancelot at inetnebr.com Sat Apr 12 15:17:33 2008 From: lancelot at inetnebr.com (Lance Dyas) Date: Sat Apr 12 15:18:12 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ Message-ID: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued the kind of extremes of individual versatility that mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged and its greatest heros were warrior mages From steve at limitedchaos.com Sat Apr 12 15:53:57 2008 From: steve at limitedchaos.com (Steve Perrin) Date: Sat Apr 12 15:54:03 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> Message-ID: <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic and the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges that ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," and each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated as well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon Scottish and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines around the songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name of the Span the PCs came from). Steve Perrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about > any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the > ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... > > http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf > > An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued > the kind of extremes of individual versatility that > mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged > and its greatest heros were warrior mages > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > From pmaranci at gmail.com Sat Apr 12 17:34:32 2008 From: pmaranci at gmail.com (Peter Maranci) Date: Sat Apr 12 17:34:40 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ In-Reply-To: <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Message-ID: Very interesting! I thought that I was the only person left in the world who remembered Steeleye Span. :D ->Peter On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Steve Perrin wrote: > Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans > campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic and > the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges that > ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," and > each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated as > well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon Scottish > and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines around the > songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name of the > Span the PCs came from). > > Steve Perrin > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM > Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > > > While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about > > any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the > > ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... > > > > http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf > > > > An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued > > the kind of extremes of individual versatility that > > mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged > > and its greatest heros were warrior mages > > _______________________________________________ > > RQ-Rules mailing list > > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > -- Peter Maranci - pmaranci@gmail.com Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.thinbits.net/pipermail/rq-rules/attachments/20080412/5de6a961/attachment.html From vikingjarl at gmail.com Sat Apr 12 19:51:43 2008 From: vikingjarl at gmail.com (Sven Lugar) Date: Sat Apr 12 19:51:59 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ In-Reply-To: <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Message-ID: <4801753F.9070105@gmail.com> Wow, I thought I was one of the few people left who enjoyed Steeleye Span & knew that it wasn't Steely Dan. Great stuff! Skaal, Sven Steve Perrin wrote: > Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans > campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic > and the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the > ridges that ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were > called "Spans," and each was a community into itself, though they were > loosely federated as well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish > material and Pendragon Scottish and Irish material for it, and I based > most of the storylines around the songs of Steeleye Span (which, not > so coincidentally, was the name of the Span the PCs came from). > > Steve Perrin > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM > Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > >> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about >> any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the >> ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... >> >> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf >> >> An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued >> the kind of extremes of individual versatility that >> mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged >> and its greatest heros were warrior mages >> _______________________________________________ >> RQ-Rules mailing list >> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >> > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > From vikingjarl at gmail.com Sat Apr 12 19:53:24 2008 From: vikingjarl at gmail.com (Sven Lugar) Date: Sat Apr 12 19:53:45 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ In-Reply-To: References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Message-ID: <480175A4.20808@gmail.com> You are not alone. Hmm, this seems to be a trend long-time RQ players seems to correspond with Steeleye Span fans. Coincidence? Skaal, Sven Peter Maranci wrote: > Very interesting! I thought that I was the only person left in the > world who remembered Steeleye Span. :D > > ->Peter > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Steve Perrin > wrote: > > Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans > campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was > volcanic and the individual areas were divided up into alleys > demarked by the ridges that ran down from the volcano center. > These valleys were called "Spans," and each was a community into > itself, though they were loosely federated as well. I used a lot > of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon Scottish and Irish > material for it, and I based most of the storylines around the > songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name > of the Span the PCs came from). > > Steve Perrin > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" > > > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM > Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > > > While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about > any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the > ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... > > http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf > > An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued > the kind of extremes of individual versatility that > mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged > and its greatest heros were warrior mages > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > > > -- > Peter Maranci - pmaranci@gmail.com > Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm > The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.thinbits.net/pipermail/rq-rules/attachments/20080412/dbdf1cb9/attachment-0001.html From clive.wickens at btopenworld.com Sun Apr 13 03:47:29 2008 From: clive.wickens at btopenworld.com (Clive Wickens) Date: Sun Apr 13 03:47:41 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Message-ID: <001101c89d53$c6ecc030$065a8456@sickboy> I don't suppose your baddies were led by Long Lankin by any chance ? Yet another old Steeleye Span fan reveals his presence : ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Perrin" To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans > campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic and > the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges > that ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," > and each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated > as well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon > Scottish and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines > around the songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the > name of the Span the PCs came from). > > Steve Perrin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lance Dyas" > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM > Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > >> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about >> any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the >> ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... >> >> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf >> >> An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued >> the kind of extremes of individual versatility that >> mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged >> and its greatest heros were warrior mages >> _______________________________________________ >> RQ-Rules mailing list >> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >> > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > From anders at california.com Sun Apr 13 09:33:18 2008 From: anders at california.com (Anders Swenson) Date: Sun Apr 13 09:33:24 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ In-Reply-To: References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com> <000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Message-ID: Oh, hell no you aren't. And for the record, The Spans, where SPQR was playtested, was a real blast! --Anders On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:34:32 -0400 "Peter Maranci" wrote: > Very interesting! I thought that I was the only person left in the world > who > remembered Steeleye Span. :D > > ->Peter > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Steve Perrin > wrote: > > > Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans > > campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic > and > > the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges > that > > ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," and > > each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated as > > well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon Scottish > > and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines around the > > songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name of the > > Span the PCs came from). > > > > Steve Perrin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" > > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM > > Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > > > > > > > While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about > > > any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the > > > ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... > > > > > > http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf > > > > > > An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued > > > the kind of extremes of individual versatility that > > > mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged > > > and its greatest heros were warrior mages > > > _______________________________________________ > > > RQ-Rules mailing list > > > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > > > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RQ-Rules mailing list > > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > > > > -- > Peter Maranci - pmaranci@gmail.com > Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm > The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/ From aelarsen at mac.com Sun Apr 13 10:34:23 2008 From: aelarsen at mac.com (Andrew Larsen) Date: Sun Apr 13 10:34:34 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: They just released their 20th studio album last year, Bloody Men. Pretty good album, if not their best. Andrew E. Larsen On 4/13/08 11:33 AM, "Anders Swenson" wrote: > Oh, hell no you aren't. > And for the record, The Spans, where SPQR was playtested, was a real blast! > --Anders > > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:34:32 -0400 > "Peter Maranci" wrote: >> Very interesting! I thought that I was the only person left in the world >> who >> remembered Steeleye Span. :D >> >> ->Peter >> >> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Steve Perrin >> wrote: >> >>> Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans >>> campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic >> and >>> the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges >> that >>> ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," and >>> each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated as >>> well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon Scottish >>> and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines around the >>> songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name of the >>> Span the PCs came from). >>> >>> Steve Perrin >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" >>> To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." >>> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM >>> Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ >>> >>> >>> >>> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about >>>> any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the >>>> ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... >>>> >>>> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf >>>> >>>> An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued >>>> the kind of extremes of individual versatility that >>>> mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged >>>> and its greatest heros were warrior mages >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> RQ-Rules mailing list >>>> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >>>> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RQ-Rules mailing list >>> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >>> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Maranci - pmaranci@gmail.com >> Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm >> The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules From steve at limitedchaos.com Sun Apr 13 11:10:54 2008 From: steve at limitedchaos.com (Steve Perrin) Date: Sun Apr 13 11:11:00 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ References: <480134FD.8050900@inetnebr.com><000801c89cf0$17b54960$88407442@steve856c9bad1> <001101c89d53$c6ecc030$065a8456@sickboy> Message-ID: <005001c89d91$b7664210$88407442@steve856c9bad1> Actually, I used Long Lankin in an Aberrant campaign as a folkloric badguy who came back as a ghost possessing a fan (of Long Lankin, not Steeleye Span) who murdered rich people with the same last name as English nobility of the Tudor period. One of my more chilling games. Steve Perrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clive Wickens" To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 3:47 AM Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ >I don't suppose your baddies were led by Long Lankin by any chance ? > > Yet another old Steeleye Span fan reveals his presence : ) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Perrin" > To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > > >> Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans >> campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic >> and the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the >> ridges that ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called >> "Spans," and each was a community into itself, though they were loosely >> federated as well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and >> Pendragon Scottish and Irish material for it, and I based most of the >> storylines around the songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so >> coincidentally, was the name of the Span the PCs came from). >> >> Steve Perrin >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lance Dyas" >> To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." >> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM >> Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ >> >> >>> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about >>> any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the >>> ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... >>> >>> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf >>> >>> An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued >>> the kind of extremes of individual versatility that >>> mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged >>> and its greatest heros were warrior mages >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RQ-Rules mailing list >>> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >>> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> RQ-Rules mailing list >> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >> > > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > From steve at limitedchaos.com Sun Apr 13 11:12:28 2008 From: steve at limitedchaos.com (Steve Perrin) Date: Sun Apr 13 11:12:33 2008 Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ References: Message-ID: <005a01c89d91$ef9865a0$88407442@steve856c9bad1> I'll have to get that. I think I have just about everything they've done except the big reunion concert one where every Steeleye participated but one. Steve Prrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Larsen" To: "Rq-Rules List" Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ > They just released their 20th studio album last year, Bloody Men. Pretty > good album, if not their best. > > Andrew E. Larsen > > > On 4/13/08 11:33 AM, "Anders Swenson" wrote: > >> Oh, hell no you aren't. >> And for the record, The Spans, where SPQR was playtested, was a real >> blast! >> --Anders >> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:34:32 -0400 >> "Peter Maranci" wrote: >>> Very interesting! I thought that I was the only person left in the world >>> who >>> remembered Steeleye Span. :D >>> >>> ->Peter >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Steve Perrin >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Probably one of the most fun RQ campaigns I ever ran was my Spans >>>> campaign. Essentially you had an England-like island that was volcanic >>> and >>>> the individual areas were divided up into alleys demarked by the ridges >>> that >>>> ran down from the volcano center. These valleys were called "Spans," >>>> and >>>> each was a community into itself, though they were loosely federated as >>>> well. I used a lot of Ars Magica Scottish material and Pendragon >>>> Scottish >>>> and Irish material for it, and I based most of the storylines around >>>> the >>>> songs of Steeleye Span (which, not so coincidentally, was the name of >>>> the >>>> Span the PCs came from). >>>> >>>> Steve Perrin >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Dyas" >>>> To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." >>>> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:17 PM >>>> Subject: [Rq-rules] Viscerally perfect setting for RQ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> While the RQ/BRP rules have been and can be adapted to just about >>>>> any setting A part of me has always thought the age of the >>>>> ancient celtic clans was a perfect match... >>>>> >>>>> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/slainepreview.pdf >>>>> >>>>> An interesting match up.. is how the cultures valued >>>>> the kind of extremes of individual versatility that >>>>> mirrors what the the RQ mechanics encouraged >>>>> and its greatest heros were warrior mages >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> RQ-Rules mailing list >>>>> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >>>>> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> RQ-Rules mailing list >>>> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >>>> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Maranci - pmaranci@gmail.com >>> Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying! http://www.runequest.org/rq.htm >>> The Diary of An Invisible Man: http://bobquasit.livejournal.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> RQ-Rules mailing list >> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com >> http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > > > _______________________________________________ > RQ-Rules mailing list > RQ-Rules@crashbox.com > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules > >