From: Graeme A Lindsell (gal502@cscgpo.anu.edu.au)
Date: Thu 02 Sep 1993 - 22:06:45 EEST
Graeme replying to David, lots deleted.
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> I think that this could almost not be necesary with a well designed RQ Lite,
> just ignore the spells that mean little to you (like Enchanting spells, and
> Bless Crops), and you do not need the hit location chart, just use the HP
total,
> maybe one or two lines of simply calculated stats.
>
Yes, thats what I meant: the RQLite stuff shouldn't have to be more
than one or two lines of extra data with each NPC.
> I thought that Ken said that RQ4 was 'in limbo', not dead, and that that it
> could well appear in some form, such as a companion. I am personally more
> interested in better game systems that just simpler ones, and that was what
> I thought the RQ4 effort was about.
Agreed. To me RQLite - the base beginners unit - is irrelevant: as a long
time player I would want a complete set. There is one part where better =
simpler for me, and that's combat. There are many fights that take up
most of a playing session for our group, and while that can be fun for
a climactic battle, it can be tedious in other fights.
> Many games companys live from supplement to supplement, like Steve
> Jackson Games, AH and Chaosium are both doing better than that. Glorantha is
> definately not about to disappear, and I strongly doubt that RQ is going to
> either. The worst that can happen is for AH to not renew their RQ license,
and give it back to Chaosium.
Speaking of which: how much does/did AH pay for RQ. Does anyone outside
the companies know.
One thing about AH: have they ever had a successful RPG? Nothing I've
seen really seems a huge success. I don't think they have marketed any
of their RPG's well: they have performed the Cardinal Mistake - all
of their RPG products are shrink-wrapped. I'm quite serious here, if
I can't see a new rules system before I buy it, I don't buy it since
I don't have that much disposable income. Most other RPGs tend to be
published as books (at least the rules are) that prospective buyers
can browse though on the store shelves.
> > Cheers
> > > Dave Cake
Same here
Graeme Lindsell a.k.a gal502@huxley.anu.edu.au
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