Yea, back in the pre-Internet days, a local games dealer convinced me that the Empire of the Petal Throne RPG was just another name for the Midkemia games. I promptly forked over my money and ordered copies of the game and some other related material. When it all arrived, I opened it up and found out the truth. I remember thinking "This map doesn't look anything like the map in Magician. Where the hell is Krondor?" :-).
Ben On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 18, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Ray Chiang wrote: > >> Got the news of MAR Barker's passing on ENWorld. This article points out a >> link (correct?) between Tekumel and Midkemia. REF, any comment on that? >> >> http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/03/mar-barker-1929-2012 >> >> -Ray >> >> > > > > Very long story, but the short answer was, yes, it was an indirect influence. > Some people blew that out of proportion for a while. Needless to say, the > issue's been moot for over 20 years. > > Phil Barker was well known in the gaming community and had a loyal group of > fans and followers in the 1970s and beyond. His death is untimely and sad. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > >
