Re: List Name (was Runequest 4th Edition)

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_...>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:57:48 +0200 (CEST)


Trotsky

> Jane:

>> This one is described as "Here we focus on how to play
>> HeroQuest (formerly Hero Wars) in Glorantha, and are
>> especially concerned with introducing newer players to
>> the game" and in the rules that come out every month,
>> "intended to support people who know about Glorantha
>> primarily through the HeroQuest product line".

>> If there's enough demand for "how to use the RQ4
>> Second Age material with HQ rules", then maybe there >> should be a separate list for that?

In that case we should return to the forme list name, herowars-rpg, since the hero wars are the setting we have been discussing here.

Heroquest is as appropriate, since the Other Side will behave mostly the same way regardless of Second or Modern Age.

> Speaking for myself, and not with my List Mod hat on, I think that would
> be unnecessary forking. Discussing Mongoose material as it relates to HQ
> games seems on-topic for this list to me. And MRQ to HQ rules
> conversions belong on the hq-rules list, of course, as I assume most
> people would agree. I think the 'primarily through the HeroQuest product
> line' clause was, at the time, intended to exclude long-out-of-print RQ
> material,

With Griffin Mountain, Borderlands etc. in print, what does this exclude? Trollpak and companion material? Always worth a discussion if you want to experience trollishness beyond playing life action trollball. Sun County, River of Cradles, Strangers in Prax? Supplementary material to the Gloranthan classics.
Dorastor, Lords of Terror? Hardly system relevant, could easily come up in play.
Gods of Glorantha, Genertela: Crucible of the Hero Wars, Elder Secrets: it is legitimate to ask whether these have informations otherwise unavailable.

King of Sartar and the unfinished works don't belong here in the grisly details, but that's about it, right?

> We might want to change the phrasing a little, but I don't see a
> problem, and I *certainly* don't want to see Yet Another List set up. It
> must be pretty confusing for newcomers as it is, having three lists and
> all (not even counting Open HeroQuest, etc.)

There definitely should be some pointer for new players of RQ to these Glorantha discussions.

BTW, isn't there a RuneQuest rules discussion list, too?

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