I am glad that I have found this forum. I have already delved into several posts and I am glad to read that Hârn and Kelestia are alive and thriving.

Good Yule to you all.

by_the_sword

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May your Hârn game never want for players!

Welcome!

Just out of curiosity... from your "I am glad to read that Hârn and Kelestia are alive and thriving," I get the impression that you've been familiar with Harn for quite some time?

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Welcome, bienvenu, bienvenudo, etc... I don't know other one.

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Back in 1988 a friend of mine "found religion" and gave up playing RPG's. He gave me all of his Hârn material and after seeing the map of Hârn, I devoured the accompanying books. I was hooked. It was the best Fantasy setting that I had ever or would ever find.

I immediately went on a quest to get as many of the books as I could and amassed a decent-sized collection within a couple of months.

By the summer of '89 I was ready to run my first campaign in Hârn. I began it in Harden, Elorinshire, Melderyn and made the PC's start as 8,9 and 10 year old children. I took some liberties and made them related to prominent citizens and or nobles. They had a series of Goonies-style adventures which involved a Naveh-worshipping cult and a trip to Telumar (no I didn't have the article, I just made it all up as I went). The campaign spanned about 9 years in-game and the PC's developed as they went. I started them with low stats and no skills or classes (I was using D&D as my system and gradually transferring things to Hârnmaster). I increased (or in some cases reduced) player's stats and added skills based on the decisions that they made in-game. By the time they had reached adulthood each character was pretty well-rounded and the party included, a cleric of Save-K'norr, a wandering minstrel who had attended the Herald's college, a Laranian knight who had become jaded from fighting in the Solori Crusade, a Shek P'varr who had a Sindarin ancestor, a Melderyni noblewoman who took up arms and went on adventures and was publicly estranged by her father but who secretly had a great relationship with her old man (the Earl of Harden).

It was the best campaign I ever ran and I could not have done it without N. Robin Crossby and the rest of the Hârn developers.

These days I do more reading than gaming, but I dream of one day running the perfect campaign... Set in Hârn of course!

Awesome story.... sounds like it was a fun game to boot.




Well, maybe this board will help you find some interested folks! The "Clan Moot" board is where folks look to find other nearby Harniacs.

P.S. You mentioned you do more reading than gaming... which suggests that you still do at least *some* gaming. If you don't mind my asking, what have you been playing?

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Welcome the Forum! Lots of good people here no matter what flavor HM you run!

Sounds great. I'm new to Hârn, but I have been reading as much as I can. Hearing about other people's campaigns give me inspiration and hope that I will eventually get something going.

Welcome, and to you 'By the Sword'

Welcome, BTS!

That sounds like a great campaign! This forum is easily one of the most collegiate gaming forums (I mean uh, fora) out there. I've been playing Hârn since '98 and I'm still a "baby" compared to many here.

And of course, and user name with the word "sword" in it is OK in my books.

Best regards,

-Mark

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Thanks for the warm welcome folks.

I just got done reading "101 encounters" and I wish I could have had that back in the day. I downloaded it and read it while I was out of internet range for a couple of days. I also brought a bunch of my Hârn books with me and I must say that the juices have been flowing and I am dying to run another game set in Hârn.

I'll need to get another copy of Hârnmaster.

I am really enjoying the posts on this board.

It is a remarkably positive environment for us to exercise our collective OCD!