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Gurkhal reacted to Scifitimewriter's post in the thread Do you ever have story ideas that are 'too silly' to write at the moment? with
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I had a short story idea that I thought was too silly to write, but I wrote it anyway just for the practice. I sent it out to a few... -
We have created a new forum entitled Mythic Roleplaying. It is a place to set up a game world that others can join, like Mythic Worlds...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread How Is Your World Like?.To be honest I haven't watch the TV series. When I wrote "Game of Thrones" I made a reference to "A Song of Ice and Fire", which is the...
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For Game of Thrones, I think it's less that it's extremely low fantasy, and more about the tone. It's too cynical for my liking. Most of...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread How Is Your World Like?.It seems you have the same preferences as me, except for Game of Thrones because I think it has a bit to much magic in it to be perfect...
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My settings tend to be more grounded and down to earth, but not as much as some other settings. For instance, I think Game of Thrones...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.Maybe "realistic" wasn't the best word. Perhaps "believable" would have been better.
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Oh yeah, you could also do what a lot of authors do and write parts of the character before giving them the name and, then kind of have...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.To me it depends on how realistic you want it to be. If you want me to buy into a society which is obviously formed by the influences of...
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Gurkhal reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
This one sets my historian's teeth to itching every time. I reckon I can scratch, once in a while. Place is one; Mad Swede has...
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Gurkhal reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
Anyone who thinks that mainstream fantasy assumes a western European culture and aesthetic hasn't read enough. For a Byzantine style...
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Just started playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Really enjoyable game so far. Like if someone took Dark Souls but made you fight like a...
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Gurkhal reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
>when I say medieval style fantasy, it’s a loose definition. No worries there. If I fretted over definitions, I don't think I'd read...
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Gurkhal reacted to D. Gray Warrior's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
In some ways, I think there's no winning, at least if your a Westerner/European. Don't write Medieval fantasy, because it's been done to...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.I don't think its a problem with building a world for itself. Maybe it will inspire stories or maybe it will train you in world building...