actually get up to on the ground. This is wonderful stuff.
Note that Vulpes' scroll was surely numbered 'Ten', in an ancient Peloria=
n
numerical system... (think Roman).
> Chaosium (and Avalon Hill) should have no qualms about people published=
=
> their own combined RQ/Glorantha material for these older editions just =
> the same way people always have prior to the "split".
Chaosium have *encouraged* the publication of amateur RQ/Glorantha materi=
al.
AH have *advertised* an amateur RQ zine in their own supplements. Neither=
company has ever attempted to censor, veto or control the contents of fan=
periodicals. If a RQ2-supporting periodical came into existence, why do y=
ou
think this policy would change? (And, if it's unrealistic to think there'=
d
be a large enough market to make it economical printing anything for RQ2
nowadays, why do you expect any new material to be printed for it?).
Now, if these companies can Do Nothing Right (by definition, 'cos they're=
the
buggers who sold RQ2 down the river), then why keep expecting them to cha=
nge?
If not, why not look at what's *actually happening*, and not create some =
vast
conspiracy against the pristine original system, manipulated by sinister =
and
evil masterminds at Chaosium, who are reading your every word and keeping=
notes on potentially disloyal customers in their capacious filing cabinet=
s,
right next to the complete unpublished manuscripts of RQ2's "Fronela", "S=
hips
and Islands", "Wizards of the West", "The Sartar Campaign", etc. etc.?
Like I keep saying, *surely* you have something that'd be worth printing,=
even if it's rules-lite or rules-free: look at the cameos in "Tales"! (Or=
do
you not read Tales, 'cos it's too recent or has too much RQ3 or something=
?).
You want to print something yourself? Go ahead! Just give Chaosium a ring=
or
a letter first, to let them know what you want to do, and ask if there's =
any
trademark acknowledgements or disclaimers or the like you should put on i=
t.
Or open a website: Chaosium have said what words you should slap on the f=
irst
page to comply with their (entirely reasonable) requirements, and after t=
hat
you'll have no trouble from anyone.
It's the impotent whinging that gets my goat: "I don't *like* RQ3! I don'=
t
*want* to be pwinted in Tales! I'm going to hold my bweath until Gweg say=
s
I can pwint anything I want to pwint! I'm going to thcweam and thcweam...=
"
You ever see another major games company with such generous and encouragi=
ng
policies towards amateur publishers? You see any other "Golden Oldie" gam=
e
with quite so many fan publications? Well, you can keep on looking... or =
keep building castles in the air, laying into the intellectual property l= aws, =
and copyrights, and trademarks, and all the other underpinnings of author= s' =
rights, and *not* write anything for the rest of us to enjoy.
C'mon, Brian, post something *useful* to the list, pretty please?
::::
Nick
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