From: Guy_Robinson.sbd-e@rx.xerox.com
Date: Thu 13 Jan 1994 - 15:23:50 EET
This is a consensus building mail-note so we can find common ground before
the real task of properly play-testing RQIV comes into play. To acheive
that we'd better sharpen our electronic mail debating techniques, whether
we individually get a copy to review or not.
As it stands I believe that the latest version will be available on
a more controlled basis than the 2nd version of RQIV and hence it will
not be generally available via ftp. Carl and Oliver have explicitly
stated this in several posts.
Who ever receives the latest draft I think we can agree that RQ2 is
rarely available, even second hand, and that RQ3 is passing from
the shops. The last well-stocked role playing games shop I visited
had a few supplements with the RQ3 style logo I seem to remember.
When I visited a UK Games Workshop branch one of the staff spontaneously
expressed his belief in the excellence of RuneQuest when I mentioned it
in passing. I was tempted to ask him which version he played from but I
refrained ... :-)
In order to earn my posting of RQIV to play-test I'm going to visit this
roleplaying shop at the weekend to see what is on the shelves there at
the moment. This might provide us with a better reference in which to
frame the later discussions.
I'm starting to marshal the role-playing groups I plan to play-test with,
flesh out the concepts for some Gloranthan-style cults, lay the
ground work for designing a playable setting and plan some campaign
threads to ensure there is no small element of play in the play-testing.
Seeing how these bare bones translate into something playable, following
the advice within RQIV should be revealing. If people want to talk about
my pre-work I'd be more than willing to discuss it.
Regards
-- Guy Robinson --
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