In my Tékumel Thursday post last week, I talked about making a decisive change to my Tékumel, essentially creating my own branch on the Tree of Time. I did this by eliminating one character and their later actions from the campaign. Put another way, I decided that the starting “canon” for the campaign would come… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday 4: What About All Those Player-Characters?
In my earlier post about my Tékumel campaign, I mentioned that in my timeline, the High Princeps of the Temple of Thúmis, Gámalu hiBeshyéne, had died in a shipwreck late in 2355 AS. After some behind the scenes political maneuvering, he had been replaced by Lady Nátluna hiVaisúra, the High Administrative Priestess of Thúmis in… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday 3: A Disaster at Sea
My World of Tékumel Having played in the world of Tékumel for over 25 years in the original campaign, I never fully understood what Prof. Barker meant by his statement in the Tékumel Sourcebook, “…we cannot keep your Tékumel from drifting away from mine. This is as it should be. You have just bought MY… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday 2: My World of Tékumel
The Egg of the World is my guide to gaming in the World of Tékumel. I have been working on it since 2011, but only in earnest since October 2021. It started as a thread of discussion on the ODD74 Discussion Board, “You, too, CAN run Empire of the Petal Throne” back in August 2011,… Continue reading The Egg of the World
The Sandbox of Doom is back. After a two-and-a-half year hiatus, I am bringing my blog back into production. The Sandbox is where I will post my views on various issues in tabletop roleplaying games and gaming in general, as someone who has been playing for a good long time. There are a number of… Continue reading A Fresh Start
