From: Bryan J. Maloney (jacobus@sonata.cc.purdue.edu)
Date: Fri 25 Feb 1994 - 21:35:31 EET
> I fact I believe that this is probably RuneQuest`s Big Concept,
> just as Vampire has modern day Goth vampires and Werewolf has
> eco-guerilla werewolves. Add to this the good old Gloranthan
> ambiguity where there even the most commonly acclaimed Evil,
> Chaos, is just trying to roll back Glorantha back to it`s
> natural and natal state of Chaos and you have a clasic game.
We only need to get this across to a newcomer, e.g. your fifteen year
old son.
Okay, I'm going to say this once agin, please listen:
TRY TO GET IT THROUGH YOUR SKULLS! THE VAST VAST VAST VAST VAST VAST VAST
RuneQuest doesn't have shit for market share--not compared with games that
How can I convince people of this? How can I show them what is so PAINFULLY
VAST VAST UTTERLY COMPLETELY WITHOUT A DOUBT OVERWHELMINGLY CRUSHING
MAJORITY OF GAMERS ARE MERE "NEWCOMERS" TO RQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
actually SELL, like GURPS, Hero, Vampire, D&D, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
No, I don't have numbers at hand, but that was the impression I got when
I spoke to Ken Rolston et al. at GenCon last. The RuneQuest Renaissance
didn't do all too great in the bottom line of sales. Sun County sold no
better than did Eldarad!
obvious? Waldonbooks carries AD&D, DC Heroes, Shadowrun and Vampire, sometimes
even GURPS stuff. I have NEVER seen that major chain carry a SINGLE RQ
product. To sneer about "newcombers" or the "ignorant" is about as smart
as playing russian roulette with a Colt M1911A1 and two bullets!
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