[Runequest] List description

Lev Lafayette lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au
Wed Apr 2 11:46:43 UTC 2008


--- Nick.Middleton at wrsl.com wrote:


...

> In general my assessment would be that this list has
> always discussed the
> RQ family of derived games, but with the emphasis
> firmly on the rules, and
> mostly focused on RQII/III. That remit quite clearly
> DOES include the new
> BRP (as, with the right options selected, it is a
> near carbon copy of
> RQIII), and shouldn't be hostile to the odd mention
> of other BRP related
> RPG's _where their rules content is relevant_. MRQ
> is (*grits teeth*)
> clearly as on topic as the _rules_ of RQIV:AiG or
> the new BRP; it's simply
> another rule set directly "related" to RQII/III. But
> Elric, Hawkmoon,
> Slaine, Call of Cthulhu etc _as settings_ are off
> topic (in the sense that
> this ISN'T  a list about discussing settings, but
> rules), but if their
> _rules_ content is interesting, they clearly are.
> Likewise Pete's Rome,
> Jason's Interplanetary, Charles' Fracture Hopes or
> Gwenthia are only
> relevant in the context of rules discussion here.


Nick has managed to express my feelings on the matter
far better than I probably could have managed :-)

All the best,


Lev

(PS: Only a few hiccups on the transfer, but I'll let
you all know about it soon...)


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