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- Jimm.Iblis
- Adventurer
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- Registered: 12/08/2017
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Hello and welcome! 
"Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game." ~ Gary Gygax
- Caveman
- Warlord
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- Registered: 11/11/2015
- Posts: 1,457
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Picked a winner here, ya cannie lose... 
- JoeDameron
- Vagabond
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- Registered: 5/18/2022
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Hi I'm Joe. Never played Hyperborea but did the 3e Kickstarter.
- rredmond
- Rogue
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- From: South Jersey
- Registered: 3/03/2014
- Posts: 104
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Hey Joe!
Welcome!!
"No interruptions! I am El Jefe!"
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- Ghul
- Dread Necromancer
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- From: Isle of Ghul
- Registered: 3/01/2014
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JoeDameron wrote:
Hi I'm Joe. Never played Hyperborea but did the 3e Kickstarter.
Welcome aboard!
HYPERBOREA- A Role-Playing Game of Swords, Sorcery, and Weird Science-Fantasy
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Thread Starter- BlackKnight
- Swordsman
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- From: Central MA
- Registered: 1/24/2018
- Posts: 348
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Welcome!
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Older than Dirt. Been playing TTRPGs Since Jan 1976 (49 YEARS!!)...
- Matteus
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- Registered: 7/18/2022
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Hey. I'm Matteus. I have always loved Robert E. Howard's Conan stories. My love for Sword and Sorcery fiction eventually led me to D&D. I was introduced to the game during the 4e period with Pathfinder 1e. I played a lot of 5e until I found out about B/X and OSE (which I think are far superior). I had also developed an interest in the Greyhawk setting because it was the most "Sword and Sorcery" of the standard TSR settings.
When I heard about Hyperborea, I thought it might be something I'd enjoy based on my fondness for Howard Sword and Sorcery fiction. I'm glad I did check it out. What I love about this setting, (beyond it's pulpy goodness), is that it is just detailed enough. There is lots of room to expand, explore, develop, and "make it your own". There isn't a "expanded universe" of lore you might run afoul of. There are whole sections of the map which are yours to do with as you will. That's awesome.
I wish I'd heard about it during the kickstarter! But, at least I've put in the order for the 3e bundle. In the meantime, the PDFs will do! Great to be here.
- mabon5127
- Pure-blooded Pict
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- From: Ptarmigan Rock
- Registered: 3/02/2014
- Posts: 1,239
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Welcome good Matteus!! You have hit on my favorite thing about the game. There is "just enough" leaving lots of room for the ref to fill in. Great to have ya!
“How can I wear the harness of toil
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?”
- Gort
- Vagabond
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- From: Toronto
- Registered: 8/03/2022
- Posts: 4
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Hello! Gort is the name of a DCC gong farmer character I played once. He got unceremoniously struck down by a cleaver-wielding hairy half-man.
I'm new to Hyperborea and am really looking forward to playing it!
- Chainsaw
- Warlord
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- From: South of Heaven
- Registered: 3/02/2014
- Posts: 2,143
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Welcome!
Blackadder23: Insanely long villain soliloquy, then "Your action?"
BORGO'S PLAYER: I shoot him in the face
- Ghul
- Dread Necromancer
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- From: Isle of Ghul
- Registered: 3/01/2014
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Greetings Matteus and Gort!
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Thread Starter- Caveman
- Warlord
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Hail and greeting to the weary worn travellers!
- rhialto
- Sorcerer of the 21st Aeon
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- From: Shenandoah Riverbank
- Registered: 3/03/2014
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Welcome to Hyperborea, cosmic travelers...
"It is all very well to point out that the man lacks facility; as he asserts, sheer force can overpower sophistication."
Jack Vance, Rhialto the Marvellous
- rredmond
- Rogue
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- From: South Jersey
- Registered: 3/03/2014
- Posts: 104
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Welcome, though I do protest -- I have never wielded a cleaver!
"No interruptions! I am El Jefe!"
www.unseenservant.us for all your PbP needs.
- Aelric
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- Registered: 12/26/2022
- Posts: 25
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Well met denizens of Hyperborea.
New to this game: just ordered the physical 3E books. Been playing D&D, though, since the late '70's (my AD&D 1E PHB is missing the yellow stripe) and have several other systems on the shelf: PF 1E & 2E; WFRP4E and Warlock; OSE and LotFP; DCC.
Can't wait to dig in to the system and milieu.
- rredmond
- Rogue
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- From: South Jersey
- Registered: 3/03/2014
- Posts: 104
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Ooo! You’ve played a nice few systems!
Welcome and enjoy the forums!!
"No interruptions! I am El Jefe!"
www.unseenservant.us for all your PbP needs.
- BlackKnight
- Swordsman
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- From: Central MA
- Registered: 1/24/2018
- Posts: 348
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Welcome to Hyperborea Aelric...
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Older than Dirt. Been playing TTRPGs Since Jan 1976 (49 YEARS!!)...
- Aelric
- Ruffian
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- Registered: 12/26/2022
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Thank you @BlackKnight and @rredmond.
- Rex
- Vagabond
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- From: Northern Vermont
- Registered: 3/19/2023
- Posts: 4
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Hello Everyone! I am Rex, started playing Hyperborea with 2e in a pbp game on the unseenservant.us. It has since transitioned to 3e and is still going. Backed 3e and started playing with my in person group. I have been lurking here for a while but joined to post on the reference sheets thread, but will probably post on occasion now that I have an account.
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