whaaaa?

[Wout Broere]

At 05:05 PM 03/29/2003 -0900, you wrote:
>P&P uses a descriptive background (printed in Perilous Lands) that
>includes a number of briefly described cultures and places. These are made
>up fantasy cultures based on real or fictional cultures here on Earth.
>Katai is the culture/place that corresponds most closely to ancient China.
>     Most games center around the 'Sea of Tears', Perilous Lands equivalent
>to the Mediterranean Sea. I personally rarely have occasion to pronounce
>'Katai'. I use my best guess of ka-tie when I do.

And the name is obviously derived from Cathay, one of the names for ancient
China.


Wout Broere             broere at powersandperils.org
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Katai wrote:

>um . . . my name is katai and i stumbled across the powers and perils website just
>now and . . . i'm just wondering WHY the game uses the name "katai" for its "golden
>empire."  is there any specific reason?  and how are you folks pronouncing it?
>thanks.
>
>- katai
>
>
>
Interesting.  I''ve never heard that the game was called anyting but
Powers & Perils.

I have always pronounced it:  kuh TIE

Dave