tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post5669409596531535593..comments2024-03-28T22:10:04.089+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Seasons Last 1000 YearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-76408903140544569182017-06-16T11:01:41.803+08:002017-06-16T11:01:41.803+08:00Loved those books as a kid but they really have no...Loved those books as a kid but they really have not aged well...Boshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908715118408289864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-69567504375201082722017-06-15T01:43:43.914+08:002017-06-15T01:43:43.914+08:00Um..."winter is coming?"
Personally, I ...Um..."winter is coming?"<br /><br />Personally, I like extended cycles/seasons more when they bring bizarre dangers and weirdness...like McCafferey's Pern books.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-42990216958953778112017-06-15T01:05:55.523+08:002017-06-15T01:05:55.523+08:00You should check out "The Three Body Problem&...You should check out "The Three Body Problem" by Lui Cixin. It's new SF, pretty good, and deals with some interesting star system challenges.Connor W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13152164902819709334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-7670324627334233942017-06-14T21:14:52.750+08:002017-06-14T21:14:52.750+08:00The main issue with the campaign would be that ove...The main issue with the campaign would be that over the course of a year not much would change. Things would be reasonably static. I wonder if there is some way to map the world out and say "At dawn it's like this, at mid-morning like this, at noon like this..." etc.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-90573323376723509812017-06-14T21:12:54.010+08:002017-06-14T21:12:54.010+08:00Yes, there are interesting details about how day a...Yes, there are interesting details about how day and night are also affected.<br /><br />"Intra-apocalyptic" is a good coining!noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-27299077021528277062017-06-14T21:11:59.095+08:002017-06-14T21:11:59.095+08:00Cool. I am taking a bit of a break to re-read LOTR...Cool. I am taking a bit of a break to re-read LOTR now and then going back to Helliconia Summer after that.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-24021182194129271932017-06-14T20:27:01.396+08:002017-06-14T20:27:01.396+08:00I read this as a teenager and found it kind of coo...I read this as a teenager and found it kind of cool but as you say hard to get into. I then reread the whole series as an adult, ironically stumbling across them in a library sale where they were going for AUD$1 each. The planetary seasons was a definite thing that echoed from previous reading and I loved the Fat Death and the Skinning Disease that sweeps the land before the switch. The other thing that resonated were the alterations in the political landscape, i.e. cities/states becoming more powerful/weaker as weather conditions changed. Not sure how you would model that in your City Shining campaign but it would go with the 100 years in a day theme.Pleonexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838283151758002202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-57146532589462178362017-06-14T08:59:43.171+08:002017-06-14T08:59:43.171+08:00Many nights would be bright as well - a star of so...Many nights would be bright as well - a star of some great luminosity being in the distance. <br /><br />Certainly intra-apocalyptic is just as interesting if not more so than post-apocalyptic.<br /><br />With the right rules, maybe Pendragon? you could play a dynastic campaign where each generation plays out in a gaming session. Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-28915205608631208852017-06-14T06:01:14.658+08:002017-06-14T06:01:14.658+08:00Summer is my favourite of the trilogy, there's...Summer is my favourite of the trilogy, there's a bit more characterisation alongside the worldbuilding. (Currently reading The Dragon Griaule)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com