[Rq-rules] Mongoose Runequest

[Thomas Zunder]

Sven, darling, how could you think I was dismissive or insulting? I  
simply said 'let us not be grumpy old men' and dismiss the game out  
of hand when it is a valid incarnation of RQ. How can you say you  
have given it a fair trial and then claim it is a d20 variant, when  
it is definitely a BRP variant. Could I ask which version of the  
rules you gave it a fair chance with? Again this suggests to me that  
trying an open playtest was a mistake that a game company shouldn't  
make again. By the way, Sven, sweetheart, did you think I worked for  
Mongoose? Oh dear, you should be with me when I lay into Sprange at  
Continuum 2006 tonight.. I don't think MRQ is great, but it is  
competent and some of the differences may actually make it a fun game  
for some rpg-ers..

On 28 Jul 2006, at 02:53, Sven Lugar wrote:

> Despite your dismissive & deriding comments (bordering on insulting  
> - but that's been par for Mongoose) of those of us who don't feel  
> the way the "Company Flack" does, we have given MRQ a fair trial &  
> we found it wanting. I prefer to be a "grumpy old man" & either use  
> my old copies or use DBRP which so far seems to integrate the  
> original with it's variants in its mechanics & spirit. If I wanted  
> to play a D20 variant (despite Mongoose labeling it RuneQuest), I  
> would buy a D20 variant.
>
> Takk,
> Sven
>
> Thomas Zunder wrote:
>
>> No, it's very much RuneQuest. Not quite the same, but definitely a  
>> RQ.
>> We need to decide, do we want to be grumpy ld men or not?
>> Give it a fair trial, forget the playtest, see how it plays..
>>
>> On 27 Jul 2006, at 16:04, Nick.Middleton at invensys.com wrote:
>>
>>>> One of the key concepts of the original RQ was that everybody  
>>>> had  access
>>>> to some kind of magic for their daily lives. I wonder how they  
>>>> can  call
>>>> it RuneQuest if this isn't the case.
>>>
>>>
>>> Because Mongoose have paid Issaries Inc a tidy sum (with probably  
>>> a  per
>>> book component) for the right to use the Trademark...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Nick Middleton
>>>
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