Glorantha gaming: Heroquests and Cows

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MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

ainda_ posted:

uh hell yeah tysm! yea lemme know if you find it, that's ridiculously generous of you.

https://twitter.com/ialdounet/status/1281266619684212736

The third one here that's either Argath or Starbrow or an anonymous Vingan in particular is sick as hell.

EDIT: idk who that first one I linked is supposed to be, I've just assumed its an anonymous moon sorceress of some kind. I'm gonna say she's from the Sister's Army, cuz Deneskerva is cool.

That's the stuff that would go on to inspire Dark Souls.

Edit: Should have fully caught up before posting.

MonsieurChoc fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Nov 16, 2021

# ¿ Nov 16, 2021 22:59

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 01:36

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Well, the Dark Souls plots are all variations of Heroquests, in a way. Linking the Fire like the Gods did.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2021 23:53

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Nanomashoes posted:

All the Glorantha references are cut content.

Quelaag and Kirk are right there in the game.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 03:49

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

The aesthetics for some of the Demons are there, yeah, and the names like the Cragspiders and Jareel, but I mean like all the sort of real meaningful aesthetics and vibes and tones and Big Ideas I associate with Glorantha aren't really there.

EDIT: Wait, how was Kirk a reference?

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 04:23

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Bad move, you don't gently caress with the ducks.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2022 21:58

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

I got a copy of the Glorantha Sourcebook, thinking it was the Guide to Glorantha.

No regrets, it looks amazing, but lol.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 22:54

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

You know, I often joke that the Dark Souls series are just a big Heroquest of Linking the Fire, but I never sat down and really thought about it.

It kinda fits though, doesn't it?

# ¿ Sep 5, 2023 16:04

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Oh yeah, I know that!

I'm jsut thinking about the metaphysics of actually trying to figure out the Linking of the Fire heroquest.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2023 21:56

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Nessus posted:

I would simply worship Humakt with my fellow ducks.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2023 03:50

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

They should make a Heroquest Glorantha. Like they did Warhammer Quest.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 04:03

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Asterite34 posted:

Morrowind is basically a Glorantha game

So is Dark Souls.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 18:22

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 01:36

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Xenolalia posted:

This was a big takeaway so far for me, immediately just talking about everlasting dragons and time emerging from stasis. It's very much less aesthetically evident in dark souls though, I find the Gloranthan pseudo-fertile crescent aspects to be more immediately cool than the kind of knights wearing plate visuals of ds.

Well, that's because Glorantha is just one of of a bunch of inspirations along with Berserk and Fighting Fantasy etc. But it is one of them, Miyazaki said he keeps his copy of the old Dragon Pass boardgame in his office.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 22:29

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