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Journey to the Naqsái Lands
Turúgdashe The shore is rocky and sandy. Sometimes the sand is as black as a moonless night.
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Journey to the Naqsái Lands
2 Hasanpór 2372 The New Year begins. There was little celebration over the Intercalary Days, certainly nothing like the celebrations in Tsolyánu. I am a little disappointed, but will make up for it...
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Journey to the Naqsái Lands
4 Hasanpór 2372 The shore was nothing but desert sand and rocks. Up in the crow’s nest, the crew can see that the land is flat, extending many tsán back from the shore. Occasionally people come to the...
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Journey to the Naqsái Lands
5 Hasanpór 2372 We woke around noon. There were plenty of aching heads, but soon the musicians began gathering again. Mridék spent the day trying, unsuccessfully, to find the local harbourmaster’s...
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Journey to the Naqsái Lands
6 Hasanpór 2372 At breakfast I met Mridék and Chatán, who looked a bit haggard. Chatán said that he heard that that the land to the south is desolate and filled with Hokún. I told him my concern for...
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Postscript for the Naqsái Adventure
Clarification and closure from Joe Zottola I have been asked to clarify a couple of things. This is a write-up of an event from the game last night. Kherókh was a Shén played by me (Joe Zottola), Hékpa...
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Another 40th Anniversary…
OD&D Men & Magic cover It’s the 40th Anniversary of the release of Original Dungeons & Dragons (OD&D)! As Jon Peterson has already chronicled, sometime in January 1974 was the original...
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Adventures on Tekumel at GaryCon VI
There were three Empire of the Petal Throne games at GaryCon VI this past weekend: The Jakallan Underworld: a party of adventurers dedicated to Karakan and Thumis questing for gold and glory were led...
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What Every Old School gamer should have
Nice video about Empire of the Petal Throne, Runequest, and Bushido. Very cool – and some fun interference from a VERY young gamer. Kudos to Hedgehobbit for mentioning Tekumel!
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Now make it YOUR Tekumel
The following excerpt is from The Tékumel Sourcebook; Prof. Barker presents some advice about how to approach playing Tékumel: “There is no need for ‘your’ Tékumel to be identical with ‘my’ Tékumel....
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First Fantasy Campaign
From time to time, the Tekumel Foundation blog will feature various items in the Tekumel archives. In this case, Prof. Barker’s copy of The First Fantasy Campaign, written by Dave Arneson and...
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News from Sokátis
[The Foundation has invited James Maliszewski to describe his on-going Empire of the Petal Throne campaign, set in the city of Sokátis. This is the first part of a two-part entry.] By the time I...
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Plans for 2016
The first post of 2016 for the Foundation blog is about the Foundation’s plans for the upcoming year. 2015 was a successful year: it saw a whole range of activities and events, including Tékumel...
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New projects in 2016
This is a second follow-up to our earlier blog post about plans for 2016 – we want to expand and explain in more detail plans for new products for the upcoming year. If you have suggestions or would...
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More Tekumel in 2016
This is the third follow-up to our earlier blog post about plans for 2016 – we want to explain in more detail plans for products from Tékumel licensees for the upcoming year. If you have suggestions...
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October 16th is the day!
The Tékumel Foundation is preparing to release the reprint of Empire of the Petal Throne on Monday, October 16th, 2017. We’re all very excited about this, as it is the culmination of a lot of work on...
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