By the Book

It is our intention to create a game environment that is suitable for By the Book Gorean role-players. We have carefully curated our selection of mods and scripts with this in mind, and intend to continue doing so. However, there are limits on what we are willing to enforce.

There is simply no single interpretation of the books on which to create the perfect set of by the book rules. Further, many of the disagreements on interpretation are valid on both sides of the argument.

Lets take the Torvaldsland home stone for example:

To some, the concept of home stone is so core to the fiction that it is assumed every Gorean has a personal one and is loyal to one unless they are an outlaw -- and thus assume those of Torvaldsland must also have them. To others, the fact that the home stone is never mention in reference to Torvaldsland, and similar 'Home Stone-like questions are phrased as "Who is your Jarl", strongly implies that homestones are not culturally relevant in Torvaldsland.

These particulars and many others may be important to individuals and we support their right to their interpretation within THEIR Home Stone (aka Clan or allied Hub) but we are neither going to rule on them, nor are we going to mediate arguments. The only valid forum for such discussions is in a scheduled in-game discussion forum for the purposes of exploring and learning more of the fiction we are such fans of.