[Rq-rules] New Runequest Question

[Peter Maranci]

Personally, I'm boycotting Mongoose RQ and Glorantha products. But that's
me.

Having said that, I will point out that Chaosium is still selling the
RuneQuest III Players, Gamemaster, Magic, and Creatures books. They're
word-for-word copies of the Avalon Hill originals with the two alterations:
1) all Glorantha references have been removed, and 2) the word "RuneQuest"
has been replaced with "Basic RolePlaying" throughout. I assume that this is
because Issaries/Stafford managed to get the trademark to the RuneQuest name
(although NOT the RuneQuest system - they "acquired" that by making a poor
copy "using other words").

The books are being published as "monograph" editions. You can find them on
the Chaosium website.

It's also worth noting that Chaosium is going to be publishing a multi-genre
system under the name "Chaosium's Basic RolePlaying System" (possibly also
going by the name "d100", I'm not sure). It consists of the best rules taken
from many iterations of the Basic RolePlaying system. A modular rules system
allows the duplication of virtually any previous BRP-derived  game - and
yes, that includes RuneQuest III.

I was a playtester for both Mongoose RQ and the Chaosium d100/BRP, and in my
opinion d100 blows the doors off of the Mongoose system. I just hope
Chaosium comes out with it soon, and manages to sustain and support it.

->Peter

On 4/28/07, John Pare' <parejf63 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Yall, after losing my copy of 3rd edition, I decided to get the new
> one
> (4th edition?).
>
> I have read a few reviews regarding it before purchasing it, and I
> understand it is NOT as Runequest as the previious editions, but playable
> none-the less.
>
> My books come today or Monday...
>
> I order the core book, Monster book, DM screen, Companion, and the two
> cult
> books.  I plan on doing the campaign in Hyboria, since I have all the
> supplements for Conan RPG...  I will not publish it, as I am not wanting
> to
> deal with licensing.
>
> QUESTIONS:  Is the combat different? is it lacking anything from previous
> editions?
>
> Does the Monster book cover other playable races for the game?  This seems
> to be lacking in some reviews.  How many can be used, and what is the
> detail
> gone into making them as PC's...
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
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