tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post8991459230336462151..comments2024-03-29T00:12:01.885-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: RuneQuest 6 Core Rulebook InfoAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-77914178001058851622012-06-11T01:26:52.329-04:002012-06-11T01:26:52.329-04:00'Magic World' -- a de-Moorcockized 'El...'Magic World' -- a de-Moorcockized 'Elric!' -- is a game that I thought about proposing to Chaosium myself.<br /><br />I'm glad that an accomplished BRP writer did so instead!Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-48387003292800457092012-06-10T12:30:24.044-04:002012-06-10T12:30:24.044-04:00I'm mostly looking forward to Magic World (and...I'm mostly looking forward to Magic World (and Interplanetary... someday)... but it will be cool to have a RQ back in print and out of the hands of Mongoose... where good licenses go to die. <br />I'll most likely buy a copy if only to mine for BRP ideas.Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-53549521323363942852012-06-08T11:43:34.283-04:002012-06-08T11:43:34.283-04:00I don't have anything substantive to add to La...I don't have anything substantive to add to Lawrence's reply (below). But I would like to emphasize that RQ6 will cover a *lot* more material than RQ2 did (e.g., 5 different magic systems instead of 2; combat manoeuvres; a bestiary appropriate for a wide range of different campaign worlds, not simply Glorantha, etc.).<br /><br />Also, font sizes in RPG books have increased over the past 30 years! :PAkrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-51247431232823126302012-06-08T11:16:21.055-04:002012-06-08T11:16:21.055-04:00@Kyle
I don't think your analogy is particula...@Kyle<br /><br />I don't think your analogy is particularly fair. If you're going to present a complete game, without the need for additional supplements to cover the gaps players and GMs inevitably crave, its extremely difficult to do it in a condensed space. RQ's size isn't a case of bloat due to a lack of editorial control: its a case of providing a comprehensive game in a single volume. That's very different to the page inflation of Fantasy Doorstoppers like some of GRRM's and JK Rowling's outputs.<br /><br /><><br /><br />Gamer tastes and requirements have evolved considerably in this 34 year period. What satisfied then simply doesn't satisfy now.<br /><br />We have no intention of releasing multiple volumes that expand magic, combat, professions, cultures, cults and so on. Its all there in one volume, explained and clarified to avoid ambiguity whilst accounting for the myriad options gamers always want. We will now be focusing on concise settings and scenario books, in the 128-256 page range, that make full use of the RQ6 core rules.Lawrence Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403896741371484098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-24871486424501188162012-06-08T07:05:04.042-04:002012-06-08T07:05:04.042-04:00Alas no.
It's the Bestseller Effect. If the 3...Alas no.<br /><br />It's the Bestseller Effect. If the 300 page Book#1 of a series of fantasy novels is successful, Book#2 is 400 pages, Book#3 is 800pages, and so on. As the authour becomes more successful, the editor has less and less power to make the authour toss away all the surplus crap. <br /><br />And you get series which will never end because the authour will die first (cf Robert Jordan, and George RR Martin will no doubt offer us the same result). Quantity, not quality. <br /><br />RuneQuest has been too successful, so what could be expressed in 120 pages in 1978 will take 456 pages 34 years later. <br /><br />A thing is perfect not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-63381990758661630922012-06-08T01:19:09.946-04:002012-06-08T01:19:09.946-04:00A hardback OQ2 would indeed be great.
I believe t...A hardback OQ2 would indeed be great.<br /><br />I believe that the 'new magic systems' for MW will be appearing in a separate book. Perhaps I'm mistaken?Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-61486841319512206392012-06-08T01:17:29.395-04:002012-06-08T01:17:29.395-04:00I assume that "WTF" is short for "W...I assume that "WTF" is short for "Wow, that's fabulous!"<br />:DAkrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-11632139955586151342012-06-07T05:29:04.934-04:002012-06-07T05:29:04.934-04:00456 pages, WTF.456 pages, WTF.Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-29725480511246331462012-06-05T22:42:36.536-04:002012-06-05T22:42:36.536-04:00I had an IM conversation with Newt (creator of Ope...I had an IM conversation with Newt (creator of OpenQuest), and he was still sorting through the potential changes. Personally, I was most excited about the chance for an OQ2 hardback.<br /><br />Magic World looks pretty awesome, simply because it will be compiling several new magic systems together and providing the beginnings of a setting.<br /><br />RuneQuest 6, though... That's an immediate purchase!<br /><br />Thanks for the details --Gerall Kahlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324435667145977126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-83143774338812868072012-06-05T11:08:59.552-04:002012-06-05T11:08:59.552-04:00Great to hear that there are others similarly exci...Great to hear that there are others similarly excited about RQ6 out there! :)Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-26794494166581517272012-06-05T11:07:53.949-04:002012-06-05T11:07:53.949-04:00I'm not sure when OQ2 is supposed to come out,...I'm not sure when OQ2 is supposed to come out, Dr. Bargle. I'd be surprised if it was this summer.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-43817373637536002072012-06-05T11:04:48.518-04:002012-06-05T11:04:48.518-04:00That certainly makes sense, Loz. I can see how pro...That certainly makes sense, Loz. I can see how producing a quality Quickstarter is more work that it seems.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-80886269936691826192012-06-05T10:28:57.780-04:002012-06-05T10:28:57.780-04:00Thanks for the scoop! If I had only one game purch...Thanks for the scoop! If I had only one game purchase to make this year, RQ6 is it. Very much looking forward to this one, it's just about the only game book I am genuinely excited about right now.Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-14974132937313710932012-06-05T07:04:13.610-04:002012-06-05T07:04:13.610-04:00The idea of a cheap/free Quickstarter is something...The idea of a cheap/free Quickstarter is something we've considered. But there's a complication - let me offer my favourite Winston Churchill anecdote to illustrate.<br /><br />Churchill was about to deliver a speech to Parliament. He rose and turned to the Speaker, and then apologised for the length of the speech he was about to deliver: 'Because I did not have time to write a shorter one'.<br /><br />Producing a Quickstart version take quite a lot more work than just cherry-picking the chunks from the main rules. The Quickstarter has to be internally consistent, pre-playtested, re-edited, re-proofed and re-laid out. It can be done, but its a big time investment (unless we farm-out the task), and, right now, we have other priorities.<br /><br />I'm certainly not ruling it out. I think Quickstarters are great. I just don't know when such a thing would appear.Lawrence Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403896741371484098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-29963173786631452302012-06-05T03:20:11.453-04:002012-06-05T03:20:11.453-04:00Yes, three BRP fantasy games each with a great ped...Yes, three BRP fantasy games each with a great pedigree, and one summer...Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.com