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Tékumel Thursday: Gary Con XVI

Just got back from Gary Con XVI, so this is about how to run Tékumel convention events and how to attract players for a Tékumel campaign. At Gary Con XVI I ran three different adventures, all based out of the northern Tsolyáni city of Khirgár. Here is the description for the second one: Deep in… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday: Gary Con XVI

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Tékumel Thursday: Fresh Off the Boat

Probably the biggest issue that people have with running Tékumel is that the setting is an unknown and foreign land, and nobody is actually from there.  Original Dungeons & Dragons seemed to assume that the adventurers were on the edge of civilization, and beating back the forces of darkness.  Tékumel, by contrast, seems like you… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday: Fresh Off the Boat

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Tékumel Thursday: A Disaster at Sea

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 After some behind the scenes political maneuvering, he had been replaced by Lady Nátluna hiVaisúra, the High Administrative Priestess of Thúmis in… Continue reading Tékumel Thursday: A Disaster at Sea