> Why bother criticising RQ when praising HQ is far
> more important. I don't feel the need to tear apart
> what came before to justify the improvements found in
> something new. If we're in a winning situation with
> something new, why worry about whether the old
> situation was a failure. I find that akin to "I only
> want to win if all others fail" or some other zero
> sum game. I like the accelerated play that is possible
> with Heroquest, and the variety of abilities it lets
> you use at great levels or relative power. I can
> revel in that without also saying "and RQ sucked at it."
> The only reason I could see for bashing RQ would be if
> you were afraid it was an evil that would return unless
> it was kept in disrepute. It's not like both are still
> in print and competing for the same market.
Hold them horses, Rick! As one of the two people guilty of "bashing RQ" let's remember what I actually said that got people all defensive:
>One thing I've been
>trying to think through is what the various tribal or clan "temples"
>are - as I continue my decade long task of breaking down the RQ
>approach to the Orlanthi cults.
As you know, this is something I've worked on for quite sometime. I think that the Thunder Rebel approach to the various aspects and subcults of Orlanth is quite good, but is a little skimpy on on information as to the various tribal or clan "temples". People tend to fall back on RQ ideas about temples, which I think is wrong and probably misguiding.
Jeff
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