[RQ-Rules] Re: New RQ

[Peter Maranci]

(I'm posting this on behalf of Steve Perrin, since he can't post there right 
now. It's in response to an email I sent, expressing surprise that while he 
may be working on Mongoose RQ (!), he probably won't be working on the 
rules. ->PM)

There are several reasons why I am not working on the rules.

1. While Matthew and I are on the same industry message board, he did not 
know if I was at all available, or even necessarily who I was, since his 
company just got into the RPG trade with the opening up of the OGL.

2. I'm not really available for extensive rules writing, even if it is rules 
I wrote originally 25+ years ago. I'm a full time technical writer, making 
far more than I ever made in the game industry. And it's frightening how 
what I make is barely enough for two people to live on these days.

3. Matthew already has people he employs working on the rules. From all 
accounts, they are enthused fans of the system - I hope that's an indication 
that it will be okay.

4. And I have, in fact, offered to help in development and maybe for some 
specialized rules. We'll see. So far we have yet to have a conversation/ 
correspondence as such. Just shots fired off into the blue and hoping for 
some kind of return.

5. He did say that he would send me a copy of the playtest rules. I should 
have an opinion in a few days, with luck and depending on how he sent the 
rules.

Steve Perrin