<div>I hate to disagree with you, Lev. </div>
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<div>But RQ:AiG had such a wide playtest distribution as RQIV that calling another system "RQIV" only leads to confusion, I think. And Mongoose RQ is arguably different enough from previous editions of RQ to be placed outside the regular numbering sequence - plus, of course, there's the question of its legal connection to the RQ rule family ("the same rules in different words").
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<div>So I'm just calling it Mongoose RQ, or MRQ. That avoids all possible confusion.</div>
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<div>I completely agree with you about RuneQuest: Slayers, though.</div>
<div><br>->Peter<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lev Lafayette</b> <<a href="mailto:lev_lafayette@yahoo.com.au">lev_lafayette@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>--- Julian Lord <<a href="mailto:julian.lord@gmail.com">julian.lord@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
> Lev :<br>><br>> On 9/1/06, <a href="mailto:rq-rules-request@crashbox.com">rq-rules-request@crashbox.com</a><br>> <<a href="mailto:rq-rules-request@crashbox.com">rq-rules-request@crashbox.com</a>><br>> wrote:
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Perhaps RQ IV will fall into the sidelines after a<br>> few<br>> > months and we'll go back to discussing RQ II and<br>> III<br>> > rules systems. For the time being, given that it
<br>> has<br>> > just been released, it is inevitable that there<br>> will<br>> > be discussion on RQ IV.<br>><br>><br>> Still playing catch-up, so don't know if this has<br>> been mentioned, but
<br>> MRQ is actually RQ6<br>><br>> RQ4 was the aborted and unpublished RQ:AiG<br>><br>> RQ5 was the aborted and unpublished<br>> RuneQuest:Slayers<br>><br>> Ideas from both versions have, as far as I can see,
<br>> made it into RQ6<br>><br><br>RQ: AiG is unpublished and therefore doesn't get a<br>number.<br><br>Slayers had nothing to do with the game RQ and whilst<br>it is an interesting game it is own right, has never<br>
been considered an intrinsic part of RQ discussion<br>groups afiak.<br><br>(and yes, I have read both RQ: AiG and RQ Slayers)<br><br>Ergo, I'm sticking with describing Mongoose's<br>publication as RQ IV.<br><br>__________________________________________________
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