Q&A with Jeff Berry

[Havard]

We played our Tekumel selves, as they were. We arrived in the bay, Gertie showed up, and I made instant contact with her as Chirine is a magic users descended from the ancient Dragon Lords of Tekumel's past. It was pretty smooth sailing with the locals after that, aside from the language problem. I'll go back to my notes and get the rest of the details for you; I kept a log book of all our games, starting in 1976.

What else can you tell us about Chirine? I am really interested in those details from the game! Wow that would be amazing to see.

Do you remember anything more about Gertie?

Dave's 'old' group were a lot of the Napoleonics guys that he was gaming with; his newer players were more receptive to fantasy then some of the old guys like Greg Scott, who was frankly hostile to the whole notion. Dave Wesley was one of the historicals guys who wasn't, and who ran very fun games of his own, the 'Brownsteins'.

I knew some of the guys from the U of MN group where they played; I'm responsible for the "No Cannibalism" rule in "Source of the Nile"; I did some historical gaming, mostly WWII and medievals, so I didn't play a lot with them; they were always happy to play in my large games like the Star Wars series, though, and had a lot of fun.

What else can you tell us about Maker and Wesely? What were they like in roleplaying situations? Do you remember any specific episodes?

Sorry it took me a few days to get back to this thread Chirine, I really appreciate you taking time to answer our questions

Havard