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I won't answer directly (cos I'm biased ;) ) but a really nice comparison was made between MRQ2 and OQ. http://akraticwizardry.blogspot.com/2010/03/runequest-ii-versus-openquest.html There's also a ton of reviews linked from this page http://d101games.co.uk/books/openquest/openquest-reviews/

Ah yes the Design Mechanism's forum. One last thing on the whole RQ6 Gateway license issue, if you have any questions about it you are best asking there. http://www.thedesignmechanism.com/forum.php

Unfortunatly both the Fan Policy and the HQ Gateway licence do include some pretty severe legalise that can sometimes be incomprehensible to the layman - because they are legal documents that were created to protect Issaries INCs and Moon Designs intellectual property. This is why you should...

Ok what that line means, and I did check with Jeff Richard who wrote the HQ Gateway license myself before publishing Ye Little Book of HeroQuest Dungeoneering, is that say I create a new version of the core mechanic that uses D6 dicepools instead of the current D20 one, I can not say that it is...

Nope, you can do this with HQ Gateway. I'm currently working on a commerical product that does just this, and I've run it past Jeff Richard of Moon Design and he's said yes. Again you can include OGL and Creative Commons material along side material you write under the HQ Gateway liscence. I...

Yup I can figure that one out ;) Bear in mind that I already have a full commercial product out and have a 'fan' site under the HQ Gateway license. What opportunities as a publisher and fan am I missing because I have to use the HQ Gateway license instead of an OGL?

Just out of interest how could the HQ Gateway in your opinion made any better by making it a bit more open. Not being snarky here just intrigued?

If you are worried email Jeff Richard to get the definitive answer.

I've deliberately stayed away from Glorantha with my OpenQuest. The one exception was a one shot scenario in HiG #3 where I expressly got Issaries Inc's permission. Ducks are generic, but I also passed that one past Issaries just to be sure. The big lesson here before you start anything...

No he is categorically wrong. I've based what I've said upon discussions with Jeff Richard from Moon Designs who knows from sales both current and past how 'Glorantha is doing', not from idle speculation. I'm not going into any more detail, because that's for Jeff to say ;)

Duncan what you say in your post that is speculative and just plain wrong with regards to the reality of Gloranthan publishing. I'm not going to speak for others here, but I am going set the record straight on regarding the following. When Moon Design took over publishing HeroQuest from...

Thanks for the kind words re:OpenQuest. You'll be happy to hear that I've got two complete books : Empires Rising & Here Be Dragons lined up for release this year. There's also the possibly of some smaller pdf adventure releases as well. However, don't count Mongoose out yet. There's been...

Another clarification, HiG has never struggled for content. If anything I'm currently sitting here with two issues worth at the moment :) It has been slow of late, but only because I've been busy with a host of other publications and as much as I like to think I'm a great multi-tasker its very...

To clarify, that's not true. Myself and Matt had an exchange of emails before HiG#1 came out in 2008 and it boiled down to that fan MRQ Glorantha stuff should go via Signs and Portents. The handful of D100 stuff I've published has either been for RQ3, which had Greg's approval, or OQ. Whether...

I'm brewing a longer review, but quite simply in my opinion Clockwork and Chivalry is the best British Fantasy setting since WHFRP 1st ed. Its more fantastic than fantasy, there are no orcs, using the supersistions of the time as a basis for the magic in the game. It uses the MRQ2 framework to...