Uncle Ken comments on Glorantha

[Blackyinkin]

Hi All,

For those that don't know him Ken Rolston was once one of the driving forces behind RQ in its Avalon Hill days and one of the leaders of the Runequest Renaissance. He was also one of Bethesda Software's driving forces and worked on Elder Scrolls:Morrowind and Oblivion. Here is an article I just stumbled on that may be of interest to you all....

http://www.narrativedesign.org/2008/09/masters-of-narrative-design-6.html

Cheers Simon

 

[The King]

Thanks for the info and the link. I didn't know Ken worked on The Elder Scrolls. May be this is a reason for the success of the game.

After Sandy who worked on Doom, it seems many RQ designers have put their touch to influence computer RPG's.

 

[Itto]

A cool link.

Also the page contains a rather nice map of Glorantha, which print to A3 quite well.

 

[The King]

A cool link.

Also the page contains a rather nice map of Glorantha, which print to A3 quite well.

This map is already available in the goodies IIRC

 

[Cleombrotus]

It was a good article, wasn't it?

The 'system'of Morrowind always felt very runequest, as did the soul gems, since they were just storing crystals. Of course the big nod was The Puzzle Canal in Vivec.

I still think that Prax and the Zola Fel valley would make a perfect setting for a Gloranthan computer game using Elder Scrolls as the engine. You have three natural boundaries to the play area - the wastelands to the east, the Rozgali Sea to the south and the Rockwoods to the North.

I can dream, right?

 

[Voriof]

It was a good article, wasn't it?

The 'system'of Morrowind always felt very runequest, as did the soul gems, since they were just storing crystals. Of course the big nod was The Puzzle Canal in Vivec.

I still think that Prax and the Zola Fel valley would make a perfect setting for a Gloranthan computer game using Elder Scrolls as the engine. You have three natural boundaries to the play area - the wastelands to the east, the Rozgali Sea to the south and the Rockwoods to the North.

I can dream, right?

At Gloranthancon several years ago, Ken gave several talks about his just-released Morrowind and how he really wished that there was a "Gloranthan" skin for the game.

Jeff

 

[RosenMcStern]

There is nothing that prevents fans from creating a Gloranthan total conversion for Morrowind or Oblivion, like I did for Age of Wonders. It is just a matter of time and dedication.