Empire of the petal throne cohort update#

The original set concentrated on Tsolyanu, but the booklets increase character creation for the Red Hats of Mu'ugalavyani, the Salarvya, and the descendants of the dragon-riders of N'luss (No, I'm not putting in the accent marks. TETV is a hand-crafted music box of a 'zine, each issue laying out expanded content for the game. It is a Tekumel fanzine, and even further concentrates on the original TSR (later reprinted by Different Worlds) versions of the game.

One without the other, and the fanzine ceases to be by or for fans.Д®nter The Excellent Traveling Volume by James Maliszewski, who formerly ran the late, lamented Grognardia blog. On the consumer side, they are for a very, very small group who have a deep interest in the particular subject. On the creator's side, they are a labor of love, rarely money-makers, closer to hobbies, and contain only that which the the creators themselves wish to see. I'm a fan of fanzines, in particular since they drill right down to a specific, almost obsessive, level.

Empire of the petal throne cohort update#

I wrote about it way back here, discussing all its updates new rulesets, and probably have to update it further since new and exciting material, like Jeff Dee's Bethorm has shown up on the scene, and Brett Slocum's Heroic Age of Tekumel is in the offing.Д«ut what I really want to talk about right now is fanzines. Barker's Tekumel and its first public incarnation, the Empire of the Petal Throne boxed set from TSR. It should not be a surprise to readers of this blog that I am a big fan of M.A.R. Jeff Grubb wrote: The Excellent Traveling Volume A Fanzine of M.A.R.Barker's World of Tekumel