Vedr. [Rq-rules] Signs & Portents

[John Pare']

I for one LOVE Mongoose Runequest.

No RPG pleases everyone.  2nd Edition WFRP Sucked, as far as I am concerned, 
but I know others like it.




John






>From: Styopa <styopa1 at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." <rq-rules at crashbox.com>
>To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." <rq-rules at crashbox.com>
>Subject: Re: Vedr. [Rq-rules] Signs & Portents
>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:40:27 -0500
>
>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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