*** JUNK MAIL ***Vedr. Re: Vedr. [Rq-rules] Signs & Portents

[sverre larne]

Mongoose RuneQuest is quite inferior to the Classical RuneQuest. I was very entusiastic when it came out and have almost all their books. I haven't played a single session though, and probably never will. The quality of their products is pretty bad. 
   
  But you're right. This isn't the place to discuss MRQ's failings, but the brilliance of classical RuneQuests!
   
  SGL. 
  

Styopa <styopa1 at gmail.com> skrev:
  On 7/26/07, Peter Maranci <pmaranci at gmail.com> wrote:    Hmm. It would be a pity if a whole new generation of roleplayers got the idea that all  RuneQuest sucks just because Mongoose is ruining it and producing bad supplements! That would be pretty unfair, considering the dubious provenance of Mongoose RQ. 

->Peter

Maybe it's just me, but "ruining" is a bit strong of a word; perhaps you want to rein back the  Mongoose-hatred-bias leaking in there?

Runequest has been a wonderful game system for a long time, but let's be honest: "Runequest" and "moribund" have been synonymous since the early 90's. 

Certainly one could be one of the orthodox (if not downright Talmudic) Runequestophiles who believe anything tainting the Sacred Word shall be apostasy (would that be the Sacred Word 2nd Ed. or 3rd?).  For my money, it's a worthwhile exercise to have SOMETHING even marginally Runequesty to be out on the gameshelves again, if only for people to see that there is SOMETHING other then d20.  

Even if I agreed with you that Mongoose was putting out particularly crappy product (you've apparently forgotten Daughters of Darkness?  Elderad?  Dobyski art? the previous RQ legacy was hardly untainted...) the idea that people might be just thinking about Runequest again is, IMO, a good thing. 

And please, "dubious provenance"? - you've got to be kidding.  Compared to what?  HQ?  RQ:Slayers?  They both have presumably better "claims" to the mantle of 'current successor to RQ' than Mongoose's, neh? 

-Steve
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