[RPG]: Northwest Frontier Gazetteer and Maps, reviewed by Fritzef (2/3)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13912.phtml

Fritzef's Summary:

A rare 'official' look at a region of Tekumel, but with spare descriptions and somewhat problematic maps.

Go to the full review for more information.

[Old Geezer]

"some entries on pp. 15-16 record the underworld explorations of one Korunme hiChaisyani, presumably a player-character."


You rang?

[Fritzef]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

You rang?

Now that is cool!

So, O.G., what's the story behind "the rumor of the Molkar (Korunme) running straight into the Yan Koryani camp, around one of their campfires, and then disappearing into the night is rather hard to believe"? If you happen to remember it--I know I couldn't remember details from games I was in 25+ years ago.

More broadly, was the gazetteer actually distributed to Barker's players in some form? Are these excerpts from campaign newsletters or something like that? And what period of Barker's campaign does this represent? Some parts of the gazetteer refer to details of the Swords and Glory maps, which didn't come out until 1984. But I'd guess that Korunme's exploits must have taken place back in the 1970s, and using E.P.T. rather than S&G.

Of course, if you'd rather defer all this sort of thing for your column, that's cool too.

[Old Geezer]

Whoo.

Man, that was like... 25 or 30 years ago. I seem to remember one of the players writing up notes and actually selling a little newsletter or something.... but DANG, that was a long time ago.

I have a vague memory of popping out of the underworld right into a Yan Koryani camp and deciding that the Formation of Expeditious Proceeding might work to disengage while the Yan Koryani were still trying to figure out what the hell was going on.

[Fritzef]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

Whoo.

Man, that was like... 25 or 30 years ago. I seem to remember one of the players writing up notes and actually selling a little newsletter or something.... but DANG, that was a long time ago.

I have a vague memory of popping out of the underworld right into a Yan Koryani camp and deciding that the Formation of Expeditious Proceeding might work to disengage while the Yan Koryani were still trying to figure out what the hell was going on.

Thanks! That's more than I'd be able to remember about games I was in that long ago. I hope you'll include some memories of E.P.T. in the columns you'll be writing.