Re: Runequest

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:39:26 +0100

On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:20:44AM -0400, Warren Creighton wrote:
> Did Greg ever have the trademark ? I thought it might
> have been a trademark of Chaosium ?

That's right.

> This is actually old news on RQ mailing lists. It has
> also been pointed out that Chaosium is selling an
> advanced BRP rules set (monograph series) that is RQ3
> with the references to RQ replaced with references to
> BRP (Players book and Magic book).

So one can get the trademark, and one can get the rules, but "some assembly required".  

> What does all this mean for Glorantha and Runequest ?
> Who owns the trademark for Glorantha ?

Greg/Issaries.

I have no idea what it All Means, though. A 'BRP/Glorantha' would require Issaries and Chaosium to both green-light it; a "Runequest Glorantha" with 'BRP'(RQ3...) rules would require the same, and also dodging the flak from Hasbro, who might be that much more upset about that combination, than either separately.

Cheers,
Alex.

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