"Introduction: Since the first Tekumel Track at the U-Con game convention held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in November 1998, a regular part of that program has been a telephone conversation between the Track participants and the creator of Tekumel, Prof. M.A.R. Barker (referred to in the subsequent text as "MARB") of Minneapolis, Minnesota. During these conversations, the discussion usually focused upon the nature of clan life and various more advanced Tekumel topics. We were fortunate that one of the Track participants, Robert Dushay, had the forethought to take notes at these conversations, and the energy and the time to transcribe tapes of the 1998 and 1999 conversations. The text of these conversations are presented herein."
