tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post7917508993526126500..comments2024-03-29T00:12:01.885-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: Chaosium fumbles fatally with its plan for a new RuneQuestAkrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-18946262439352830432015-12-14T12:12:27.502-05:002015-12-14T12:12:27.502-05:00Thanks for your comment, MOB. I've posted a re...Thanks for your comment, MOB. I've posted a reply here: http://akraticwizardry.blogspot.com/2015/12/chaosium-comment-confusion.htmlAkrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-86476118591852853952015-12-14T02:18:24.310-05:002015-12-14T02:18:24.310-05:00You are of course welcome to voice your opinion ab...You are of course welcome to voice your opinion about Chaosium's plans for the new edition of RQ. But what's with the OTT headline? Anyone reading just that could come away with the impression the company has been mortally wounded and is about to go under. Which is absolutely not the case. Not cool at all.<br /><br />Despite whatever "insider knowledge" you say you have, the ongoing relationship between Chaosium and TDM continues to be completely amicable: we are not just professional colleagues but long-standing friends. Someone's already posted the link to our Q&A about the new edition, which makes clear it is far from being just a "modified version of RuneQuest 2" and in fact retains many core elements of RQ6. Loz and Pete will rightly feature in the credits of the new Chaosium edition, and we have wished them well for the direction they are taking with the TDM successor to RQ6 (just as they have wished us well). While Chaosium and TDM have mutually decided to work on our own things for now, we all agree the door remains firmly open for future collaborations.<br /><br />MOB<br />VP - Chaosiumrabbithatfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383369504234109777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-88659292790026360092015-12-13T07:25:20.252-05:002015-12-13T07:25:20.252-05:00Real Ship of Theseus stuff.Real Ship of Theseus stuff.UpsidedownAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570231162654452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-69852415091706070932015-12-11T00:17:52.812-05:002015-12-11T00:17:52.812-05:00^ Yes. Golly, why would anyone want to play Call o...^ Yes. Golly, why would anyone want to play Call of Chthulhu in any era but the 1920s?Pat Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787799814630339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-49348998347845980942015-12-11T00:10:19.854-05:002015-12-11T00:10:19.854-05:00Totally agree with your observations. What a waste...Totally agree with your observations. What a waste, when what the fan base was really hanging in there for was new material, not a rehash of old.Pat Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787799814630339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-49607163105761758882015-12-11T00:09:03.745-05:002015-12-11T00:09:03.745-05:00Even worse, they're considering RQ4, which is ...Even worse, they're considering RQ4, which is like a thumb in the eye of a very robust and respectful pedigree of game development. It's like saying L&P never existed.Pat Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787799814630339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-33052121036882496862015-12-10T22:58:08.856-05:002015-12-10T22:58:08.856-05:00When IP companies make a decision that seems total...When IP companies make a decision that seems totally contrary to what they have previously done then there's usually a legal issue they want to keep under wraps.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514960375308285843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-87073896119068835402015-12-07T22:18:14.991-05:002015-12-07T22:18:14.991-05:00I am hoping they have some plan. Considering the h...I am hoping they have some plan. Considering the history of the industry of having too many editions out at one time, they will try to avoid that problem of splitting the fan base with an edition war. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573515239455290988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-80661952127833696002015-12-06T17:47:00.135-05:002015-12-06T17:47:00.135-05:00I found that "further explanation" rathe...I found that "further explanation" rather depressing, to be honest. Producing a 4th version of RQ in less than a decade just does not seem very savvy, IMO, for maintaining the RQ fanbase, let alone growing it. <br /><br />But more generally, it's clear that the "new" Chaosium is really just obsessed with Glorantha, and cannot conceive of why anyone would want to play RQ in a different setting. I think that's quite short-sighted of them, but it looks like the way they're determined to go.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-51675268180971490092015-12-06T12:57:41.189-05:002015-12-06T12:57:41.189-05:00They posted a further explanation here:
http://ww...They posted a further explanation here:<br /><br />http://www.chaosium.com/blog/some-qa-about-whats-happening-with-runequest/<br /><br />As long as the new system retains a lot of the cool features of RQ6, I'm excited for it.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-67308326730461419002015-12-06T10:30:37.154-05:002015-12-06T10:30:37.154-05:00...or just Runequest. I think the Chaosium blog re......or just Runequest. I think the Chaosium blog referred to it at RQ 4 somewhere.Dale Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499145456396606662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-50880713152582225242015-12-05T16:20:41.778-05:002015-12-05T16:20:41.778-05:00I assume that it will be called something else. Pe...I assume that it will be called something else. Perhaps RQ7 or RQG ("G" for Glorantha).Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-43202914349523675412015-12-05T16:14:35.279-05:002015-12-05T16:14:35.279-05:00Just another bad decision that Greg Stafford, in m...Just another bad decision that Greg Stafford, in my opinion, has subjected the fans too. Why would this new version still be called RQ6?Cross Planeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258583245202567276noreply@blogger.com