![]() The other book, the rules, appealed less. My group switched for a while, but it was the S&G Sourcebook that was getting dog-eared from use. I began constructing my own set of Tékumel rules from the fragmentary description in the Professor’s letters, like reconstructing an unknown animal from just a few bones.įinally “the new EPT” appeared. “We now have one roll to hit, one to get past the shield, one for damage (minus armour) and if one rolls 0 on a 10-sided die on this last roll, then a critical hit for more damage.” We were hungry for a more authentic experience of Tékumel, so we would pass around the Professor’s letters (he was always incredibly generous with his time) and pick endlessly over comments like this: This was the era of RuneQuest and The Fantasy Trip. The original EPT had served its purpose for a while, but my group were moving beyond those D&D-inspired mechanics. ![]() Barker in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, I was treated to tantalizing glimpses of “the new Empire of the Petal Throne” he was writing.
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