tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post4398289502990371076..comments2024-03-29T01:07:22.708+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Missed Classic 22: Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon (1985) - IntroductionThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-44419615142592022052016-08-01T13:54:53.641+10:002016-08-01T13:54:53.641+10:00I did end up donating to the Sherwood Forest Trust...I did end up donating to the Sherwood Forest Trust personally, per my promise to Alex. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-57861554504883322462016-08-01T13:23:04.696+10:002016-08-01T13:23:04.696+10:00Nice, Joe.
Obviously we've done nothing about...Nice, Joe.<br /><br />Obviously we've done nothing about this since May, but if someone did want to organise something I'm all for it (I'm just too damn lazy to do any actual organising myself.)<br /><br />Having said that, I think I copped enough uselessness and whingeing from Cedric over the month I played the game that I have little sympathy for any abuse he gets.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-75458188030239757182016-06-01T13:09:17.207+10:002016-06-01T13:09:17.207+10:00That scene happened at least twice during the show...That scene happened at least twice during the show. On both occasions there was also a surprise flame shooter at the end: "Oh, we got a new mysterious regular!"Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-61796878530038441412016-06-01T05:21:39.161+10:002016-06-01T05:21:39.161+10:00I have vague memories of that show from when I was...I have vague memories of that show from when I was a small lad. I think there was a scene where the merry men were all sad about one of their friends who had died, so they all lobbed flaming arrows into a pond. It was pretty cool.<br /><br />Rating: 42?Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-85080015343043530652016-05-29T06:25:00.083+10:002016-05-29T06:25:00.083+10:00I had to check up on this and apparently it was in...I had to check up on this and apparently it was inspired by a witch with the same name from a book called Triad by Mary Bartlet Leader. Stevie Nicks didn't realise until afterwards it was a celtic goddesses and picked the name because it sounded interesting. So maybe the witch had scarfs in the book.Niklashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994906056143612738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16007556764747274882016-05-28T23:50:31.916+10:002016-05-28T23:50:31.916+10:0040!40!TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-11448271381376596752016-05-28T12:26:05.668+10:002016-05-28T12:26:05.668+10:00I'm guessing 75 myself.I'm guessing 75 myself. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-10043269547090342562016-05-28T12:25:37.887+10:002016-05-28T12:25:37.887+10:00I've got a feeling hat Rhiannon must have worn...I've got a feeling hat Rhiannon must have worn a lot of scarves. Otherwise, why would Stevie Nicks have taken an interest?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-8138501371591365562016-05-28T12:24:50.709+10:002016-05-28T12:24:50.709+10:00Ilmari, given your knowledge of the genre, I'm...Ilmari, given your knowledge of the genre, I'm sure you'd be a fabulous game designer. <br /><br />And thanks for the recap of the show this game is based on! It seems like the game is hewing very closely to the show's plot. Very cool. <br /><br />And I just had a though: maybe I could have done something to keep the sword, like slide it through the grating before Robin exits...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-82174387749534651292016-05-28T12:22:41.713+10:002016-05-28T12:22:41.713+10:00@Joe
That is awesome and I think donating to char...@Joe<br /><br />That is awesome and I think donating to charities or otherwise raising money a la AGDQ is a fantastic idea. We'll all have to brainstorm ideas, but if we can use our blog to help kidney-punch cancer, I'm all for it. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-7465944234521287082016-05-28T01:49:48.908+10:002016-05-28T01:49:48.908+10:00And I thought FleetwoodMac actually sang about som...And I thought FleetwoodMac actually sang about some woman, not a celtic god. Probably should have known it was some mysticism involved with the other songs Stevie Nicks sings on. And the dice says 37.Niklashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994906056143612738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-7285048828596477302016-05-28T00:08:55.884+10:002016-05-28T00:08:55.884+10:003232Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-13924725766410978832016-05-27T23:59:51.413+10:002016-05-27T23:59:51.413+10:00Oh yes, I should probably guess the score. This do...Oh yes, I should probably guess the score. This doesn't look that much different from Seas of Blood, let's say 29.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-48179667758122869862016-05-27T04:21:20.489+10:002016-05-27T04:21:20.489+10:00Alex, I think you are flattering me when you compa...Alex, I think you are flattering me when you compare me with Corey Cole - he makes games, I just occasionally write about them (and mostly I leave even that to more capable hands and just do the nitty gritty of publishing them).<br /><br />Up to this point, the game seems to have followed the plot of the first episode of Robin of Sherwood - well, at least a small part of it. If you are interested to see the episode, it appears to be on Youtube, although I'd encourage buying the whole series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOuD5j95rI<br /><br />Lot of the exposition from the manual is more fleshed out in the episode. Aelric of Locksley, Robin's father, is killed by the future sheriff of Nottingham, whose men also burn down the village of Locksley, which Norman rulers then consistently denied ever existed - rulers don't want to remind their subjects of past centers of rebellion. But nothing's forgotten, nothing's ever forgotten.<br /><br />Young and orphanized Robin is left to the care of the local miller, who eventually has a son of his own. You guessed, he's called Much. We know your opinion of the character in Longbow, and in RoS, many people call Much a halfwit - whether he truly has some mental problems or whether he is just so young and innocent, we are never revealed.<br /><br />By the time when Robin and Much are locked in the cell, they are not yet an official gang. Much just killed a king's deer, Robin found it out and scolded Much for breaking the law. When they were carrying the dead deer away, they were caught by Guy of Gisbourne, who at the time worked for abbot Hugo, brother of the sheriff. (Later on in the series, Gisbourne becomes the second hand of the sheriff. Gisbourne in the series has clearly more brawn than brains and is basically the butt of all Nottingham).<br /><br />Robin and Much met Will Scarlett only at the cell. Originally named Scatlock, he changed his name to Scarlett after his wife (coincidentally also from Locksley) was raped and killed by soldiers. Basically he became a vigilante and was locked away after having killed "three of those bastards".<br /><br />There were other prisoners in the cell with them and they even had names (Dickon and Tom Fletcher). They definitely followed Robin from the cell, but got killed in some of the first episodes. There was one nameless prisoner, who did leave voluntarily behind, mainly to look after his pet rat, Arthur (this man becomes a kind of running joke in the series, he is always in the cell, saying the same lines every time: "Feet first, it's the only way out").<br /><br />Closing of the courtyard gate happens also in the first episode. Other outlaws get out, Robin is left as the only one inside the castle. Like in the game, Robin finds his way to Marion's bedroom. Marion is the daughter of supposedly deceased Richard at Lea, and now at the custody of abbot Hugo, who is about to marry her to Jesus (i.e. send her to nunnery), in order to get the lands of her father to church. Looking at the picture in the game, she's not really to be compared with a May morning, but I guess the artists had their limitations.<br /><br />As for Herne the Hunter, he is a bit more impressive in the series. He is actually just a druid, who occasionally is possessed by the spirit of Herne. Especially in the later series, in these moments the face of the man under the deer head is shrouded in the mist and you only see a vague shape with a deer head rising from the deep - very effective (especially if you are in the tender ages of six to seven, when you first see the series).<br /><br />In the episode, Robin doesn't at first accept the mission Herne gives him - and there's no mention of any touchstones of Rhiannon. Instead, he is meant to help the poor and the dispossessed and to fight for the England against the Norman rule.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40980292452046875392016-05-27T02:10:50.221+10:002016-05-27T02:10:50.221+10:00Hey guys, I've held the interview with Mike Wo...Hey guys, I've held the interview with Mike Woodroffe open until this came out (thanks, Alex!). So if, after reading this you want to ask any more questions, please add it here: http://advgamer.blogspot.com/2016/05/call-for-questions-for-mike-woodroffe.html (or send a note to the admins on the left).<br /><br />Back when I challenged Alex to play this game, I made a promise: If he played his first Missed Classic, I would make a donation to the Sherwood Forest Trust, a group dedicated to preserving the history and beauty of Robin Hood's favorite stomping grounds. I have made good on this pledge and donated $30 in honor of "The Adventure Gamer" to their cause. Please check out their website and consider donating. It's a worthy cause. http://sherwoodforest.org.uk/<br /><br />I know this is more my thing than anyone else's, but I'm considering if there's any way we can make charities like this a part of TAG culture. Back when we played KQ5, we did a group donation to an owl sanctuary thanks to our abuse of poor Cedrick. I can't come up with how it would work, but groups like Games Done Quick have been very successful at giving back in their own ways. We're tiny tiny tiny compared to them, but I always feel good when we can make a small impact on the world. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.com