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Post by scalydemon on Nov 11, 2015 18:20:30 GMT -6
Chris K of the Hill Cantons blog posted this on g+ today. Thought it would be of interest here. It is an article from a 1978 issue of a wargaming zine that describes some fantasy gaming that was going on in 1972. If you click on the image I think you should be able to zoom it to be able to read.  Zine cover  |
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Post by kesher on Nov 11, 2015 21:26:18 GMT -6
Whoa, is that written by Charles Grant, the author of the game Battle?
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 11, 2015 22:07:09 GMT -6
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Post by kesher on Nov 12, 2015 12:00:33 GMT -6
It is indeed by him! Awesome. He has, shall we say, a unique prose style.  I also found that if you go to the original (Chris Kutalik) G+ posting and click on the picture, you can download as a picture, which makes it readable. I even printed it out... I ALSO just grabbed a copy of the Emerald Tablet game mentioned at the end of the article... Very excited... |
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 12, 2015 14:00:24 GMT -6
Cool! I had honestly never heard of that game before. Interested to see what your thoughts are when you read it over.
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Post by kesher on Nov 12, 2015 16:19:23 GMT -6
Cool! I had honestly never heard of that game before. Interested to see what your thoughts are when you read it over. I will attempt to remember to share them... |
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Post by Stormcrow on Nov 12, 2015 17:36:11 GMT -6
if you go to the original (Chris Kutalik) G+ posting And how do you find that? |
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Post by sepulchre on Nov 12, 2015 17:59:04 GMT -6
Kesher wrote:
Please do. I have owned a copy for a few years. As a piece of table top rpg history it's a great addition to any collection. For myself, I have never found a way to implement the rule set in my own game. Ceremonial magic plays a central role in our games, but in the abstract - as a more concrete insertion into the mechanics I find tends to part with immersion. Nonetheless, it's an interesting read and full of great pen and ink borders, though there is a weighty dose of percentiles...
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Post by Finarvyn on Nov 13, 2015 4:40:34 GMT -6
This conversation is driving me crazy, as I haven't been able to find the article larger and know nothing of the Emerald Tablet.  It's like everyone is speaking in code and I don't have the key.  |
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Post by sepulchre on Nov 13, 2015 10:58:08 GMT -6
Ha! Keys play a part in this game, especially that of Solomon...I believe there is a short write-up in Dragon 27 and boardgame geek provides a fair description and a few images: The Emerald Tablet. No pdfs are in circulation as far as I know. |
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Post by kesher on Nov 13, 2015 19:48:34 GMT -6
@finarvyn: Go to Chris Kutalik's original G+ post and click on the picture. You should then be able to download it as a JPG and either magnify it or print it out (which is what I did.) If that doesn't work, lemme know and I can email you the image file. You can also find the link to Dragon #27 in the G+ thread, if you don't already have access to that issue. It's a...unique...read. As.for the rules, who knows--they may appear at some point... |
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Post by kesher on Nov 13, 2015 21:31:06 GMT -6
if you go to the original (Chris Kutalik) G+ posting And how do you find that? You know, if you don't have a Google account, I'm not sure... See if this works: Attachments:
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Post by derv on Nov 13, 2015 22:04:58 GMT -6
If you click on scalydemon's pic in the OP, it takes you to his Photobucket where you can DL the jpg. Is this a different image then Kutalik is sharing?
Also, no one's mentioned it, but is Emerald Tablet a miniatures rule set?
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 14, 2015 0:08:52 GMT -6
Emerald Tablet the game www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16451/emerald-tabletEmerald Tablet the object en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_TabletIsaac Newton's translation A translation by Isaac Newton is found among his alchemical papers that are currently housed in King's College Library, Cambridge University.[8] 1.Tis true without error, certain & most true.
2.That which is below is like that which is above & that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one only thing
3.And as all things have been & arose from one by the mediation of one: so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
4.The Sun is its father, the moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse.
5.The father of all perfection in the whole world is here.
6.Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth.
7.Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry.
8.It ascends from the earth to the heaven & again it descends to the earth & receives the force of things superior & inferior.
9.By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world
10.& thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.
11.Its force is above all force. For it vanquishes every subtle thing & penetrates every solid thing.
12.So was the world created.
13.From this are & do come admirable adaptations whereof the means (or process) is here in this. Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world
14.That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished & ended.
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Post by Stormcrow on Nov 14, 2015 9:32:01 GMT -6
It does, thanks. Now that I've read the first page, which is purely an introduction, I want to read the rest of the article to see what he thinks of fantasy wargaming! |
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Post by kesher on Nov 14, 2015 13:03:10 GMT -6
Actually, according to Chris, the next two pages switch their focus to what sort of miniatures are available, which is why he only posted the first one...
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 14, 2015 14:05:01 GMT -6
Actually, according to Chris, the next two pages switch their focus to what sort of miniatures are available, which is why he only posted the first one... He did end up posting the rest of that article and a few others, a one page essay also by Steve Jackson that was quite interesting. Now we just need to convince our friend Kesher to post them here using the method he did with the 1st one  |
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Post by Stormcrow on Nov 14, 2015 14:33:19 GMT -6
My search of Google Plus finds Chris Kutalik's page, but none of these posted articles.
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 14, 2015 15:08:55 GMT -6
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 14, 2015 15:17:21 GMT -6
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 14, 2015 15:20:53 GMT -6
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Post by Stormcrow on Nov 14, 2015 16:33:35 GMT -6
Thanks!
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Post by kesher on Nov 14, 2015 17:05:09 GMT -6
Awesome! Looks like you figured out how I put up the first one. |
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Post by ckutalik on Nov 15, 2015 13:32:16 GMT -6
If I shake off the Sunday laziness, I may scan a couple more articles of interest from Battle and Military Modelling (which Battle folded into in 1979).
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Post by scalydemon on Nov 15, 2015 15:06:25 GMT -6
If I shake off the Sunday laziness, I may scan a couple more articles of interest from Battle and Military Modelling (which Battle folded into in 1979). That would be cool Chris. Really dig the perspective, time and place and people this is coming from (and raiment  |
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