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SE's Essay: "The World of the Malazan Empire and Role-Playing Games"

#1 Malaclypse

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Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:05 PM

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MODGOD EDIT TO ADD: There's a minor, or arguably major, THE CRIPPLED GOD spoiler in there. It won't ruin anything, it just tells the reader a... setting... i suppose... but if you're a 'don't wanna know' type you may not want to read it. You are warned.

Personally, i geekspasmed. in a good way.

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Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:25 PM

Cool stuff.

Also NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDS

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

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Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:48 PM

WARNING WARNING THE CRIPPLED GOD SPOILER
HOLY FUCK SPOILERSPOILER
OMG BASTE ME IN AWESOMESAUCE I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW SPOILER
SPOILER
SPOILER
DOESN'T RUIN ANYTHING BUT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO SPOILERS SPOILERS
SPOILERS

Spoiler

AHHHHHHHHH

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Posted 19 October 2010 - 07:06 PM

*nerds away*

Also, love the last paragraph:

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For what it is worth: all you gamers out there, go to it. And if I dare offer advice, make a point of creating characters unlike you and unlike each other—stretch yourself. Step into unfamiliar shoes and see out from unfamiliar eyes. It’s good for the soul.

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#5 Defiance

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Posted 19 October 2010 - 07:20 PM

Sweet! I was recently looking around for interviews where he further discussed his RP roots, couldn't find anything that good though.

uhm, that should be 'stuff.' My stiff is never nihilistic.
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Posted 19 October 2010 - 07:29 PM

I love the man. He went probably thru same "learning curve" as me and ended at GURPS. Ok, I moved to Vampire: the Masquerade, but thats too specific and nasty game...

Wicked game...

And the lil spoiler...well its not spoiler, just ... things will go way we suppose, wont?

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Posted 20 October 2010 - 01:21 AM

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(now some eager student is bound to plunge into examining the dates of release for some of this stuff, or indeed all of it, and find … timeline issues).

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Posted 21 October 2010 - 01:04 PM

What??!?!?!?

The Crippled God will be the last book?!?!?!?

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#9 Thel Akai

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Posted 21 October 2010 - 02:34 PM

The plan was 10 books, yes. So it'll be the last one. Or the last one in the series 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen'. SE could presumably come up with lots of other books while still staying inside the same world. There are already some other books outside of the Fallen series.

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Posted 21 October 2010 - 02:55 PM

Someone doesn't know about the two trilogies Erikson is doing after TCG is released! One about Kharkanas the Early Years and one about the Toblakai, each book taking about 18 months to do rather than a year. That's SE's version of a slow casual writing pace.