[Rq-rules] MRQ "A Real Runequest Game"

[Steve Perrin]

One other difference between RQI and RQII was, in the words of Steve 
Henderson, "We exchanged one unplaytested set of Shaman rules for another 
set of unplaytested Shaman rules." :)

Steve Perrin, who is still looking for some decent Shaman rules...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Shaw" <shaw at caprica.com>
To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules." <rq-rules at crashbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] MRQ "A Real Runequest Game"


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>>Er, not so much. The changes between RQ and RQ II
>>require a fanatic to know the difference (I believe
>>the spelling of Glorantha and the use of d12 changed).
>>RQIII was significantly different. RQIV was somewhat
>>different to III, iirc. MRQ is very different. It's
>>still in the family, but a very distant relation.
>
> There were a few other things here and there, but you're correct that the 
> two editions were substantially the same.
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>> >  Now, look at the changes in D&D, AD&D, AD&D
>> > 2nd Ed, and 3.0, 3.5 and
>> > god knows what they will do with the rumored 4.0.
>>
>>An interesting thing about D&D is that in each edition
>>were improvements to the previous. I'm not sure one
>>can say that MRQ is an improvement to RQ III or even
>>I/II. Indeed, I am personally certain that it is not.
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> As someone who played OD&D at the time AD&D came out, I can't say I 
> considered much they'd done with it an improvement (AD&D2 and 3e were a 
> different story).
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