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Personally I liked the intercharacter relationships, the internal dynamics betweene ach of the characters and I think the magical side fo the tale is something that has helped it hang around. Was he bless by some unknown force and the mystery of living wild in the woods. Also there seems to be a slightly diffrent slant on some of the people involved. Marion for instance caused scandal, not only did she fall for a rogue and run of to live with him his men in the forest but before this she cut of all her hair and pretended to be a man in order to fight against her uncle. I get tired of the rather insipid Marions out there, she was the orginal Xena.
I also think it's romantic angle is another of the aspents that's kept it hanging around, can't beat a good old romance story.
The only trouble with Robin Hood games is that the characters are preset. Only one Robin only one Marion (and she's the only female character so girls are rather short of options) so it doesn't provide a great deal of scope.
I would rather the "original" tales were kept just as that, stories they related around the camp fire and the game focused on new adventures as this avoids the re-enactment feel.
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| Heth will be pleased to hear the players will not be playing the merry men. Robin Hood and his fellows will be unknown to the players, they don't exist yet, maybe the legends stem from the players characters? Players can create whatever character background that they want (within reason). The rules system? There isn't going to be one. The rule will be to roleplay. There will be a lot of emphasis on atmosphere (Living Historyish) and relaxation. Working title 'Legends of the Greenwood (LOG)'.
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Shelford (6/26/2006)
Heth will be pleased to hear the players will not be playing the merry men. Robin Hood and his fellows will be unknown to the players, they don't exist yet, maybe the legends stem from the players characters?
Players can create whatever character background that they want (within reason).
That sounds like an excellent idea. I know from the Robin of Sherwood game sin the past that the character limitations ahve caused some issues. I also like the idea of the player possibly being the source of the romancified tales.
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| Read Mythago Wood- Robin Hood et-al are cultural stereotypes representing a variety of conflicts experienced by the people of Britain since the earliest times-waves of imigrants with technological/military superiority, new religions superceding old ones, a desire to retain traditions. Just like the Welsh Mabinogion, Robin Hood was an evolving story, eventually pinned down in the early middle ages- hence the flavour-but the incidents described and the characters used come from succesive earlier cultures. Every community in England, which used to be Greenwood,claims to be the true home of Robin Hood- that can't be a coincidence. Robin of Sherwood is probably one of the best modern interpretations, and the period does give you a lot of scope, with the crusades and its associated imports, the Black Death giving serfs a new sense of their own value, the conflict between Church and State- plus all the Saxon/Norman, Pagan/Christian/Muslim/Jew conflict. I really want to play this now!
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I'll second the "read Mythago Wood" recommendation. 
Another good (non-fiction) source is a book called "Outlaws & Highwaymen" which traces the outlaw & highwayman as one single British tradition through history, legend, and story from Norman times to the era of coaches and flintlocks. As you'd expect there's extensive info on Robin Hood.
http://www.hyboriantales.com
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| Andy & Ian - I'll hunt down the suggested reading. This is going to be a bit of a long term project but hopefully it will get off the ground. I truly believe there is a place for this kind of LRP (especially after reading the 'Historical LRP' thread.) The BBC are currently filming a new Robin Hood series, details are sketchy but it might be good.
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| Back to this old chestnut- has anyone read Stephen Lawhead's "Hood", I keep waiting for the paperback but it never seems to appear. Shelford- how are you getting on with this?
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