> David Dunham wrote:
>
> >This seems to be a common misperception. Actually, it's Wizards of
> >the Coast who are doing a d20 conversion of Call of Cthulhu.
>
> I'm not sure of the specifics but I know there is something called a "D20
> Open License" with the idea that other companies e.g. Chaosium could apply
> the D20 system to various modules and, I suppose, their main RPG system. If
> WotC is doing the conversion, that is welcome news to me since the quality
> of the 3rd Edition material is superb.
The errata list ran a mile and a half. Also the game is immensly rule and chart heavy. I wouldn't touch it with a sarissa.
> Personally, I prefer the Runequest rules to the 3rd Edition "D20" rules for
> a simulationist/rules heavy system.
I heartily agree. But I don't think D&D is simulationistic in any of it's incarnations. It's a boardgame.
-Adept
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