Hey all. So I'm writing a google + mixtape post commemorating some of the great, long-running campaign on G+. Hill Cantons is at the top of my list. I'm collecting reflections and reminiscences from folks, game ephemera, session write ups and the like. I've followed Chris' blog from the beginning, and played with y'all in a late Hill Cantons phase for about 6 months, and read the Hydra Cooperative products. So I know a lot. But I still need your help to do this right. This is kind of hard one, because I know how much this game means to everyone who plays in, and how long it's been going. But I'm going to ask you try to say something about what this game has meant to you. Chris Kutalik here are some questions for you as the DM, feel free to answer none, some, or all, or totally different questions that you think of: (1) What were you trying to do with the campaign when you started it? What were your aspirations? (2) It's been running so incredibly long (1...
I got the impression from Victor that the Jakallan underworld was a beast of a project too because Professor Barker's notes were so terse. I mean how do you get around that with his passing? (I mean I would buy even his photocopied notes and the map in a heartbeat just to see them but I am an odd duck.)
ReplyDeleteAlso that's exciting news regarding EPT. I've really enjoyed playing in Jeff Dee's Bethorm when he's run games locally, but it's not the kind of thing I would run myself even though I backed the project.
ReplyDeleteMany of the possible projects the Foundation are pursuing are beasts of various sorts, which is why it's taking so long for any of them to see the light of day. I suspect Dee's Béthorm will be the first significant one to see the light of day. EPT 2e is planned for next year, since that'd be the 40th anniversary of the original and it's not an onerous project (other than ensuring that the new edition remains substantially Barker's own words -- I am a reviser and editor, nothing more).
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