The complex was located inside the largest mountain on the island. But Saturday afternoon's explorations of the tusked giant frog god's underground shrine complex (apparently - at least in part - built by the non-Tsolyani islanders): these explorations brought everything together, resulting in both a rude surprise and a revelation. So I have to admit that a bunch of noisy and edible frogs didn't concern my two mage characters, Akho-Akho (the 1 HPer) and Tsuralnali (6 HPs), very much. Some of the party were quite paranoid about the frogs, but, hell: they were edible, and unlike going out on the water in fishing boats, gigging frogs didn't put our lives at risk from predation by Tekumel's abundance of carnivorous sea creatures. Mysteriously large and fecund frog populations. These humans are indigenous non-Tsolyani, most of whom the marines had relocated off of the island long before we arrived. We also discovered the presence of other humans on the island. Wildlife was plentiful we even had an encounter with a Serudla some time ago. We say 'desert island,' but it was anything but deserted. Several sessions ago, we completed our basic training, and began our two week survival stint on the desert island that the marines' use for recruits' capstone 'do or die' field experience. In Rob's campaign, our party are fresh-off-the-boat tribal islanders who arrived in Penom, and shortly thereafter signed up en masse with the marines. It had been a couple of months since I was last able to play it was great to get back in the game. Saturday afternoon at Jeff Berry's house was once again devoted to GM Rob Leduc's EPT campaign. That was a much bigger dose of Tekumel for me, and sharpened my interest in getting the game. Not too long after then, I think, Dragon 4 came out. With that little review, I was bitten by the Tekumel bug. If memory serves, the Dnelu, 'the Concealed Leaper', the Kuruku, 'the Small Giggler', were cited as examples, but I have no idea why the reviewer didn't mention other worthies, such as the Hli'ir, 'the Beast with the Unendurable Face' of whom we are told: 'These mad creatures are hideous to look upon, and anyone who does may go insane' (EPT p.67). The reviewer was quite amused by the clever names and fanciful (dare we say Vancian?) titles that Professor M.A.R. So I am not sure where that review occurred.

But in recent years, people have told me there was never a capsule review of EPT there. My recollection was that the review was in Strategy & Tactics magazine. What was your first Tekumel? My first contact with the world of Tekumel was in a capsule review of Empire of the Petal Throne in a gaming magazine.

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