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Bêthberry · 03-23-2004, 09:18 AM

Writers of the Mark and Shirelings,

Some of you have been wondering how gamers become accepted as Gondorians. Just as members of the Fellowship found, the route lies through Rohan.

Gondor is reachable if you make use of the resources available to you in Rohan.

The minimum requirement is to manage successfully at least one game in Rohan. Simply playing in games in The Shire and Rohan does not give one enough experience about gaming. You need to know how to choose gamers, how to provide constructive advice, how to keep the game alive.

Gondorian gamers are people who delight in writing, who understand how to write for an audience, and who also understand story or plot stucture and characterization well. They can create original characters and plots.

Rohan is the place where gamers can extend themselves in these areas, developing complex or multiple plot lines for games and developing aspects of characterization such as motivation, psychological complexity, and exploiting weakness as an avenue for psychology. Rohan is also the place where you can explore various genres such as comedy or romance (serious), tragedy, even melodrama if you wish. The Rohan team of advisors is here to help you run games and extend your writing in any of these areas.

Currently, Gondorian membership consists of the following gamers. The list is not closed, however. When new names are added, I will be announcing them here.

Amanaduial the Archer
Aylwen Dreamsong
Barrow-Wight
Bethberry
Birdland
Child of the Seventh Age
Cuthalion
Estelyn Telcontar
Fordim Hedgethistle
Gandalf the Grey
Gilthalion
Mark12_30
Mithadan
Piosenniel
Rimbaud
Susan Delgado
Thenamir

If you have any questions about how to become a Gondorian, or how to develope your writing skills or a game proposal, please post them here. If you feel your questions are personal rather than general, please PM me.

Bêthberry,
Moderator for Rohan

PS Apologies to Robert Browning for this thread's title.

03-23-2004, 09:18 AM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,983	How they brought the good games from Rohan to Gondor Writers of the Mark and Shirelings, Some of you have been wondering how gamers become accepted as Gondorians. Just as members of the Fellowship found, the route lies through Rohan. Gondor is reachable if you make use of the resources available to you in Rohan. The minimum requirement is to manage successfully at least one game in Rohan. Simply playing in games in The Shire and Rohan does not give one enough experience about gaming. You need to know how to choose gamers, how to provide constructive advice, how to keep the game alive. Gondorian gamers are people who delight in writing, who understand how to write for an audience, and who also understand story or plot stucture and characterization well. They can create original characters and plots. Rohan is the place where gamers can extend themselves in these areas, developing complex or multiple plot lines for games and developing aspects of characterization such as motivation, psychological complexity, and exploiting weakness as an avenue for psychology. Rohan is also the place where you can explore various genres such as comedy or romance (serious), tragedy, even melodrama if you wish. The Rohan team of advisors is here to help you run games and extend your writing in any of these areas. Currently, Gondorian membership consists of the following gamers. The list is not closed, however. When new names are added, I will be announcing them here. Amanaduial the Archer Aylwen Dreamsong Barrow-Wight Bethberry Birdland Child of the Seventh Age Cuthalion Estelyn Telcontar Fordim Hedgethistle Gandalf the Grey Gilthalion Mark12_30 Mithadan Piosenniel Rimbaud Susan Delgado Thenamir If you have any questions about how to become a Gondorian, or how to develope your writing skills or a game proposal, please post them here. If you feel your questions are personal rather than general, please PM me. Bêthberry, Moderator for Rohan PS Apologies to Robert Browning for this thread's title. Last edited by Bêthberry; 09-15-2005 at 07:09 AM.