[RQ-Rules] Re: New RQ

[Leon Kirshtein]

>The real question that no one seems to be asking is
what this means for HeroQuest. 

IMO, who cares. I never liked it. I do not wish it
ill, but I wont cry if it goes away.

Leon
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<jdurall at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> This is my first post to this list, I think, and
sadly I must delurk then 
> go back into hiding (I'm leaving town for a couple
of weeks tomorrow and 
> will be away from the internet for most of the
time), but the announcement 
> of a Mongoose RQ seems to have stirred a lot of
confusion and 
> consternation, so I'd pitch in with a voice of
reason.
> 
> I don't know what the situation is between Greg
Stafford, Steve Perrin, 
> Charlie Krank, Mongoose, Chaosium, and Issaries, and
I'd caution about 
> ascribing motives or malice to anything any of these
folks is doing without 
> statements from the parties concerned.
> 
> However, it seems clear that:
> 
> a) Chaosium is doing a generic. deluxe version of
the BRP system (which I 
> am co-writing, taking time out for this post). They
have no further 
> interest in Glorantha material. They are publishing
a new BRP specifically 
> to serve as a nice core book for further game
expansions and as a 
> entry-level game product.
> 
> b) Issaries has published HeroQuest, which, though
being very cool, was/is 
> NOT RuneQuest. Different system entirely. It was
designed for a 
> dramatically different style of play, with radically
different goals and a 
> distinct view of the game world of Glorantha.
> 
> c) Issaries has licensed Mongoose to do a new RPG
set in Glorantha that 
> harkens back to the pre-HeroQuest Glorantha. Many
people feel that charm of 
> RQ 2 (and even 3) was the system. The Mongoose
system will be similar to 
> BRP, but how much so is undetermined at this time.
> 
> So, there are three different products, with three
different audiences: the 
> BRP corebook, HeroQuest, and the new RuneQuest.
There does not seem to be 
> much overlap there. If anything, the real conflict
should be between 
> HeroQuest players and the new RuneQuest audience,
but Messrs. Perrin and 
> Stafford seem to be quite fine with that.
> 
> My thought is that the new BRP and the new Mongoose
RQ will probably 
> cross-fertilize each other after release, with fans
taking bits and pieces 
> from each to synthesize their ideal system.
> 
> The real question that no one seems to be asking is
what this means for 
> HeroQuest. 
> 
> 
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