RE: Re: Evil plans to increase Glorantha sales

From: John Machin <trithemius_at_...>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:54:52 +1200


Ian Cooper:
> Folks, please understand, while Glorantha may be very big as far as
> you are concerned the majority of gamers have never heard of it, and
> have never played Runequest, nor have any desire to do so. Most do
> have some idea there was a Basic Role Playing, but only know that it
> is an 'old 80's game, pretty broken and well past its sell by date
> that really drags down that great setting Call of Cthulu; which would
> be so much better if Chaosium just accepted everyone wanted to play
> D20.' There is a huge marketing hurdle to cross. Glorantha may not
> have died during those wilderness years of fan support, but it lost
> huge amounts of brand value.

Increasingly OT: You are aware that there now is a d20 version of CoC? It is (courtesy of my local university rpg society's success at grant applications) sitting only a few feet away from me as I type this.

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John Machin
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