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DUNE: The Landsraad
The Great Houses or Houses Major are the most powerful and important houses with voting right in the Landsraad. Their number was not fixed; they varied in history with political…
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DUNE: The VICINIS of the Spacing Guild
The question of the lack of alien life in the Dune universe has been asked many times. The coverage of the Known Universe is still small enough, in the massive scale of the universe that the Fermi paradox does not hold. But that’s not the reason there are no aliens in Dune.
The Vicinis are a military arm of the Spacing Guild. They’re forbidden to act officially on the planets of the Landsraad. The Vicinis Agents are tasked with “clearing the way” and “keeping the borders”.
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Dune – The Sobaki
Hasimir Fenring has to be one of the most interesting minor characters in the book. A "might have been", deadly, BG-trained, and seemingly with fingers in every pie. But it…
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Dune – preparation game notes
It must be noted that I have no direct plans to run a Dune game. But I am a little forced by my mind to examine the game and the…