Nickbergquist said:Although I'm one of the slavering "It has RQ on it" guys who will buy these, and I am looking forward to real leather covers....I also worry that RQ will suffer a fate not unlike when Steve Jackson Games announced that GURPS 4E would be all hardcover, all color, 200+ page books with every release. A few years later and GURPS releases are a wasteland of PDFs and an occasional B&W reprint.
I'd rather have more price-conscious B&W books for a good game than production standards that are excessive...
...I am also hoping Matthew acquired a cow farm somewhere and thus the reason leather covers will be all over the place this year!
Nickbergquist said:A few years later and GURPS releases are a wasteland of PDFs and an occasional B&W reprint.
Nickbergquist said:...I am also hoping Matthew acquired a cow farm somewhere and thus the reason leather covers will be all over the place this year!
RosenMcStern said:It all boils down to environmental awareness. Paper can be recycled so that you do not subtract oxygen producing biomass from the biosphere. And what is the main cause for CO2 release into the atmosphere? Cows! So, killing cows to make RuneQuest books contributes to the fight against global warming.
To save the environment, buy RuneQuest books!
RosenMcStern said:Nickbergquist said:...I am also hoping Matthew acquired a cow farm somewhere and thus the reason leather covers will be all over the place this year!
It all boils down to environmental awareness. Paper can be recycled so that you do not subtract oxygen producing biomass from the biosphere. And what is the main cause for CO2 release into the atmosphere? Cows! So, killing cows to make RuneQuest books contributes to the fight against global warming.
To save the environment, buy RuneQuest books!
TrippyHippy said:Cows produce carbon dioxide too, by virtue of respiration, whilst their waste is usually covered with biodegrading bacteria which also produce carbon dioxide. Methane gas itself is flammable - when it burns, it oxidises to produce carbon dioxide (and water).
HalB said:I have Blood of Orlanth and held off on getting the RQ I books because the RQ II books were due soon. Looking over the Blood of Orlanth, there are some specific magics from the GL and EWF folks that I would like to know before trying to run it.
Will the Glorantha 2nd Age book have this information. For example: Maintain HeroQuest, Open HeroQuest Gate, etc. or RQ II equivalents?
My player team is looking forward to playing through Dara Happa Stirs and Blood of Orlanth.
HalB said:I have Blood of Orlanth and held off on getting the RQ I books because the RQ II books were due soon. Looking over the Blood of Orlanth, there are some specific magics from the GL and EWF folks that I would like to know before trying to run it.
That's strange. I know my FLGS (Dragon's Lair SA!) has a bunch of GURPS books on the shelves. I don't play it anymore, though.Nickbergquist said:they can not do the same so easily for GURPS anymore, which looks to the average non-forum-lurking gamer like a dead system.
Zedkylan said:That's strange. I know my FLGS (Dragon's Lair SA!) has a bunch of GURPS books on the shelves. I don't play it anymore, though.Nickbergquist said:they can not do the same so easily for GURPS anymore, which looks to the average non-forum-lurking gamer like a dead system.
Gotta admit, I didn't think it through that far!Nostrildamus said:Zedkylan said:That's strange. I know my FLGS (Dragon's Lair SA!) has a bunch of GURPS books on the shelves. I don't play it anymore, though.Nickbergquist said:they can not do the same so easily for GURPS anymore, which looks to the average non-forum-lurking gamer like a dead system.
Same at mine. Problem is, they seem to stay there, lol!