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...
Damn. Training then game designers young. Will he get credit as a co-author?
ReplyDelete(5% of profits go to Sammy's allowance?)
ReplyDeleteThat kid has enough toy lust. Can't enable him too much. But seriously I was surprised. This morning he was like "Dad, the guys with armor and without horses really should just move one space."
ReplyDeleteThat kid has enough toy lust.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Where do you think that he got that from?
(Also, having seen their stuffed animals room, I know that you aren't joking.)
I really just want to see Sammy's name on RPGGeek.
ha yeah well I am going to just have to do that now.
ReplyDeleteWhat do yall think of "Drink Deep of Battle" (from Homer) as the title??
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeleteGood title. We playing this soon
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