[RQ-Rules] RE: where are you from, fellow addict

[Rjmeints at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2003 7:30:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
rq-rules-request at crashbox.com writes:

> Message: 1
> From: "DG" <dungeon_dweller at earthlink.net>
> To: <rq-rules at crashbox.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 19:39:48 -0500
> Subject: [RQ-Rules] Newbie + US?
> Reply-To: rq-rules at crashbox.com
> 
> Hi,
> I am new to this list, and just got addicted to Runequest.  Really 
> addicted.
> How many of you are from the US?
> From my assumptions, this game is more popular in the European Countries?
> 

I now live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For the seven years prior to 2002 I lived
in London, England. Having seen the US and European side of the market
first hand, I believe that the European side of RQ is bigger. I'm mainly
basing this on the sales figures of recent Runequest related products,
like the Gloranthan Classics reprints line, Tradetalk, Unspoken Word, and
Tales, all of which sell far more of their print run in Europe than in the 
US.
If I had to bet money, I'd say that the UK probably has more RQ/Glorantha
fans and players than the US does, even though the UK only has one-fifth the
population. I wish there were more RQ/Glorantha fans in the US, but I
just haven't seen the numbers proven through any sort of activity. There
are more European based RQ related publications, more RQ related european
conventions, and more european stores stocking RQ related products.
Bless 'em for sticking with the system through thick and thin. I get more
people from Sweden who want to buy a copy of the Griffin Mountain reprint 
than I do from any state in the union.

Rick Meints
<A HREF="www.glorantha.info">www.glorantha.info</A>
Moon Design Publications - Gloranthan Classics reprints


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