tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post1901604360970425456..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: One Night in ThrangbekTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-13997022554808960412012-02-05T21:59:07.765-05:002012-02-05T21:59:07.765-05:00Definitely. Maybe the game that's seen is onl...Definitely. Maybe the game that's seen is only the beginning?Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-77061070495812775742012-02-05T00:38:14.872-05:002012-02-05T00:38:14.872-05:00None have returned, but do any of these Grandmaste...None have returned, but do any of these Grandmasters communicate with those left behind via telepathy or the questionable agency of channelers/mediums perhaps? It is intriguing as to whom or what might be recruiting these individuals...and for what...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-68767409495286079772012-02-04T09:39:36.119-05:002012-02-04T09:39:36.119-05:00@Saytre - Besides the obvious, the inspiration was...@Saytre - Besides the obvious, the inspiration was a dimly remembered short-story from the mid-80s in the <i>Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy</i>, about a lost Mesoamerican civilization (I think, maybe South American) that had "ascended" through playing some game. However, Marvel does have the Grandmaster and their was a Steranko issue of Nick Fury that had a sort of trippy chess game going on. I tried to mine those sorts for a cool image, but none real worked.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-77575653582308691692012-02-04T06:49:18.031-05:002012-02-04T06:49:18.031-05:00Nice spin on monkish combat there - the idea of pa...Nice spin on monkish combat there - the idea of partly Astral chess battle sounds familiar, early Marvel?<br /><br />Thank God I'm only watching the game, controlling it...satyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479802116614818015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-43007481758710741292012-02-03T12:13:17.103-05:002012-02-03T12:13:17.103-05:00Excellent work -- and nice references to the music...Excellent work -- and nice references to the musical. :)Alex Osiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-2935483913842682142012-02-03T10:38:32.585-05:002012-02-03T10:38:32.585-05:00It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hasti...It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --<br />or this place!<br /> Very cool Trey!Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-15047037528853968472012-02-03T08:30:22.019-05:002012-02-03T08:30:22.019-05:00Exotic. Except that one town is very like another...Exotic. Except that one town is very like another when your head's down over your pieces, brother.Desdichadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-51453703273028538282012-02-03T07:14:40.858-05:002012-02-03T07:14:40.858-05:00I'd go for a holiday.....I'd go for a holiday.....The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-37136086276019193962012-02-03T07:04:51.298-05:002012-02-03T07:04:51.298-05:00One in night in Thrangbek makes a hard man humble ...One in night in Thrangbek makes a hard man humble ... :)<br /><br />That tournament for enlightenment is interesting. Makes me wonder what kind of Lovecraftian twist you can put on the prize ...Darielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806327785685632058noreply@blogger.com