Recent content by CruelDespot

Yes, and being winked at by the genius who wrote both BRP Rome and RQII just makes the lack of Roman cults more aggravating. ...Unless the "very good reason" is some forthcoming RQII supplement of historical cults... A RQII "Deities and Demigods" so to speak?

What are you using for cults in your "Exodus of Rome" game, Jujitsudave? Please!

It is. Very. I have BRP Rome, and I'm using the heck out of it. Thanks for suggesting it, anyway. But how many RQII cults does it have stats for? I'll give you a hint: it's a round number... Thanks to Ultor, also. That's an interesting point about the Aeneid.

I'm working on a long-term RQII game set in a mythical version of Republican Rome circa 300-250ish BC. If anyone else has already invested effort into creating cults for ancient Greek, Celtic, or other pertinent cultures, I would greatly appreciate being able to use it. Otherwise, I have a lot...

In addition to whatever interest customers may have in MRQII Conan specifically, this would make MRQII the common system for Howard, Moorcock, and Lieber, the three most popular Sword and Sorcery authors. The MRQII brand would gain a real claim to fame as the go-to system for the Sword and...

I am interested. I am preparing to run a MRQII game at some point later this year, but I don't have experience with the rules. This would give me a chance to practice the combat rules. Please contact me crueldespot@yahoo.com if and when this gets firmed up.

The product description here at Mongoose and at Drivethrurpg says "Land of the Samurai is a stand alone RuneQuest game" What a lie! It is not stand-alone. It is just a sourcebook. Total false advertising. I was expecting a stand-alone game like Elric of Melnibone. Not so. It does not repeat...

Wouldn't that risk action from Conan Properties LLC, owners of the Conan trademark?

Well certainly if you want to put it that way, nobody every really needs anything published- we could just make it ourselves. But for those of us with jobs, families, and other hobbies, we would rather buy supplements than write them. So to answer your question, the mechanical stuff that needs...

Here are some key differences in the nuts and bolts of the game mechanics. Elric uses the RQ system, with some adjustments to fit the flavor of the novels. In RQ there are no classes per se. There are some background options during character generation, but they aren't restrictive. Any...

On the Wolverine vs Grrr side topic of Napoleonic tactics, I side with Wolverine. I don't think it is too far off topic, since it is still germaine to Napoleonic era roleplaying. It might seem silly to line up and march around in formation, but consider trying to control a crowd of 10,000+...

Why not make the Conan books dual-stat? It would still be the same "game", right? And maybe some d20 fans would get curious and pick up an RQ book.

I've seen some posts from players that imply Mongoose will never publish a Conan/Hyborian version of RQ. Is that really the case? I had been expecting it would come eventually, since Mongoose already has a license for Conan materials. If not, then why? I would love to see Conan RQ.

I also recommend the Sharpe series. Good adventure books. The British movies with Sean Bean are OK in a low-budget British sort of way (I'm pretty sure most of those penninsular battles had more than 20 soldiers). Sharpe is usually trying to rescue a Spanish princess, intercept secret plans...

Overall, I like the elegant simplicity of MRQ. Fewer skills, easier to calculate starting skills, quick character generation. I like the revival of Lankhmar, Elric, and Hawkmoon under the same rules system. Plus Glorantha, and Slaine, and pirates. Good support. Lots of options. Looking forward...