Enpeze said:This theory has been batted around a bit, but it seems to me that MRQ would be an odd choice for a "house system" because it is not a "universal" system, but rather is geared toward the fantasy genre. Since Chaosiom still retains the rights to the BRP, RQ is kind of boxed in as a house system.
this is correct. but only at the moment. BRP has a great non-fantasy tradition too. Just think of Ringworld, Nephilim or Call of Chtulhu. Its so flexible that its easy to convert it to modern settings. So if Mongoose decides to use it as "house system" we will see a modern version in no time. (provided MRQ is selling well, that is)
Understood. But BRP is still owned by Chaosium not Mongoose. Seems like it would be a touchy legal issue to expand a game that was based on the BRP but not have it be BRP.