Which differences between RQ Deluxe and the 3 separate books

[The King]

beside the corrected rules, are there any true difference between these books?

 

[gamesmeister]

No

 

[The King]

thanks for the swift and short answer

 

[hdrider67]

I disagree. I have the deluxe book and the organization alone was worth the price.

 

[Wolverine]

There are a few minor changes, such as a couple of spells have changed ever so slightly. What you can do, is download the MRQ PDFs, which are basically the open game content presented a nice format, from the Wiki, and compare the two set of rules.

 

[Tal]

The monsters book was color and Deluxe is all balck and white/grey scale.

 

[sidkfjjteidlkkf]

Overall, there is not much difference in them. Like mentioned above, they are essentially the same books Core Book, Companion, and the Monster book..

Just a lot eaier to look things in one book then three...

 

[Rurik]

There are a few minor changes, such as a couple of spells have changed ever so slightly. What you can do, is download the MRQ PDFs, which are basically the open game content presented a nice format, from the Wiki, and compare the two set of rules.

Hmm. I wasn't aware of that. Do you know which spells were changed and how?

 

[soltakss]

So, two answers so far:

No.

and

Yes.

Hmmm, which is it? I haven't bought the Deluxe book yet, something deep inside me says "why bother when I've bought the others as well?".

 

[weasel_fierce]

if I end up with spare cash, I might get it, just to have a solid reference. The individual books can be used by players to paw through

 

[The King]

And are there any problems with the books/binding?

 

[gamesmeister]

So, two answers so far:

No.

and

Yes.

Hmmm, which is it? I haven't bought the Deluxe book yet, something deep inside me says "why bother when I've bought the others as well?".

The only differences that I'm aware of are the integration of the Player's Update and the combat examples being fixed and/or updated.

The OP asked "are there any real differences besides the corrected rules?", to which the answer is no.

If I were you, I wouldn't bother. I don't even find the re-organisation that great - if I want a monster, I go to the Monsters book. I don't need to find a chapter somewhere in Deluxe. The contents of the other two are also very different, and I find it much easier to look in a slim book than a great big thick one with slightly iffy binding.

 

[Wolverine]

Hmm. I wasn't aware of that. Do you know which spells were changed and how?

We're only talking a few minor changes, such as the casting time of a handful of spells being changed. I cannot remember off the top of my head, but there was a post in a thread a while back, which detailed the small list of changes.

 

[sidkfjjteidlkkf]

I had problems with binding, bu tI was given another book after a PM to Mathew. Second one is just fine.

 

[Nickbergquist]

I'm one of those people who like big, fat complete one-book rulesets, so moving to the Runequest Deluxe edition was very appealing to me. I much prefer it's organization and format, although I miss the full-color monster stuff. I gifted the older books to one of my players.

Basically, for me it's just ease of access and portability....3 books instead of one. Also, no binding problems on my book, and it looks good; almost every other Mongoose book after this one that I've purchased either has a bowed cover problem and/or weak spine. I've also found most of their new books to be very, well, dark for some reason, as if the printing ink is set too high or something, but not in this book.

 

[Tal]

It lookst me like there was corrections made to the monsters book as well. It looks like formating has been fixed and all the monsters have resilience% now.