Recent content by Stewart Stansfield

Re: Darran's informative map... Ah, I always knew the ducks were Berks.

Never fear--among ducks the two forms of government can be somewhat synonymous.

I've had malaria (p. falciparum). It wasn't that bad: my healing spirits consisted of being attended by pretty nurses for a week, and watching Magnum P.I. and Bargain Hunt on my own little hospital room's telly. God bless the NHS. Stu.

I've not seen Apocalypto yet, though will ASAP! One little thing I have done with Caladraland is play up the ceremonialised, ritual nature of combat. Through a variety of reasons, not least the imposing terrain and the enemies it harbours, Caladralanders practise an art of body-movement that is...

In my defence, I've never tried to paint the Caladralanders as a Mayan -- or indeed any Mesoamerican -- analogue, though I can understand why Jeff perhaps says the above! :) [I have, however, drawn Aztec ducks...] For me the concept of direct cultural analogues is anathema, and I find that...

Whatever shall a broo do, When faced with such a remarkable hullabaloo? For it’s so very hard to emote, When one has the countenance of a goat, And one’s cousin thrice removed is a ewe! Whatever shall a broo do; Why have you tried to fit this hoof inside a shoe? One’s hide does not entice, Its...

I'm convinced he was really Doug McClure, escaping from a foundering U-boat. Stu.

Here's the basic score, from a metagame perspective. At the Dawn, the Caladralanders were a Fire- and Heat-oriented society who worshipped the Big Daddy, Veskarthan ("Great Father"), who came from the Sky to the Earth. In many ways cognate with Lodril, in Caladran society Veskarthan is more...

Whilst obsidian is often used to describe a dark volcanic glass, DD, particularly speaking us volcanologists (lapsed or otherwise) use the term to refer to glassy material of more silicic composition (and often different form and emplacement) than is found on Hawai'i - though there is indeed a...

Cheers, Jeff, I look forward to it! Don't worry, the snippet reads great [and we are all humbled by Chuck Huber's mammoth cult write-up(s)]... though when I first read it I hadn't woken up properly, and even in light of Moray and Telerio's jiggery-pokery was thrown by the sudden appearance of...

Hi Richard, I'm a bit uncertain of Second Age Hendriki matters, I'm afraid (!), but The Durengard Scroll quotes Hendrikiland as being "between Ililbervor in the north and Durengard in the south." Erm, I'm fully aware that neither of those appear on the maps, but basically Ililbervor is...

This was unfortunate, but perhaps arises from a little misunderstanding in the final stages of publication, rather than owt else. Though I'd have hoped Caladraland might have given it away... :) As you'd probably noted, Simon, Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars 'germinated' a couple of...

Hey, Newt, if there's an opening (and our mutual friends continue to be useless) I'd happily pop across for a hack. I created a Dara Happan when first playing about with MRQ. Cheerio, Stu. P.S. Charlie, there is a group (actually two, at present) that meets at The Midway in Stockport, every...