[RQ-Rules] Re: New RQ

[Stephen Perrin]

Just a note re who created and who owns BRP. BRP was Greg's creation, 
modeled extensively on RuneQuest. So we have the situation of Greg's game 
being owned by Chaosium (but not Greg). So if you buy both or either you are 
being loyal or disloyal, depending on your perceptions, to the creator and 
owner of BRP.

There was also a small print game many many years ago called something like 
Elemental Masters. The author gave a copy to Greg saying "You'll like it. 
It's exactly like RuneQuest except for the magic system." And sure enough, 
he had copied the entire RuneQuest game system and appended his magic 
system.

Plagarism is the sincerest form of flattery.

Steve Perrin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Phipp" <soltakss at yahoo.com>
To: <rq-rules at crashbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [RQ-Rules] Re: New RQ


> snip><
Peter Maranci and Simon's notes:

>> The whole thing bothers me. If the Mongoose RQ is being made against the
>> will of the creators and owners of BRP, then I don't know if I could
>> support
>> it in good conscience - even if it IS a well-made version (which I don't
>> know, since I haven't seen it).
>
> A lot of people turned their backs on RQ after the Avalon Hill period. 
> Some
> will turn their backs on it after this. Personally, I don't care who owns 
> it,
> makes it, stabs whom in the back. If RQ comes back and is a good version 
> then
> I will be happy.
>
> I don't have any particular loyalty to Chaosium, except to recognise that
> they've produced some very good work in the past. But for RQ that was 20
> years ago. How loyal do you have to be to a company that has been out of 
> RQ
> for so long?
>
>> Damn. Stupid political infighting. Why the hell do people always have to
>> screw everything up with their personality issues?
>
> Because that's life. Money is involved as well.
>
> See Ya
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
>
>
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