As I posted previously, I have begun learning how to play Bethorm: The Plane of Tekumel from UNI Games. Any references I make to playing in the Tekumel setting are derived from Bethorm and are not intended as a challenge to copyright. I have been searching the Web looking for reliable information on Tekumel. References in later posts may come from the sources I have found.
Tekumel is the creation of Professor M.A.R. Barker. It is a science fantasy setting far in Earth’s future. Professor Barker primarily created material related to the Tsolyani Empire. Tsolyani values are far different from those of 20th Century Americans. Slavery is a fact of life. A Tsolyani person is aware of their part in society and acts to play out their assigned role. The value of a person’s life is determined by their social status.
Tekumel is an unusual world. It was terraformed by space faring humans and colonized by them. They were joined by alien allies. There are two intelligent species native to Tekumel, who were conquered by the human colonists. The time period for play using Bethorm is long after the discovery of Tekumel by humans. Human civilization on Tekumel is tens of thousands of years old. It has fallen from the technological high point of the colonists. It is now savage, from a 21st Century person’s point of view.
Dover Cook 