Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
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ReplyDeleteI will be bringing my copy of the Campaign for North Africa for us to play. Make sure to set aside the first two days for the logistics phase of turn 1. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/campaign-north-africa
ReplyDeleteSo help me I actually would want to play that.
ReplyDeleteHumza K the amount of detail and scale is insane, but in a kind of interesting way for its pure crazy ambition.
ReplyDeleteCould be fun to play over VASSAL.
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna bring beer and cider perhaps some pretzels ;) Gus L you should look at flights and registration I have room for ya
ReplyDeleteI am bringing my Lost Worlds dueling books, as well as RAIDERS & TRADERS.
ReplyDeleteJames Aulds Alas my optimism last night was bigger then my available time or my bank account.
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ReplyDeleteSo he's coming down? Well badass.
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