Re: Cookie cutting

From: Zachary Kline <zkline_at_z88KWFK8B3cx_UaB1u007nPr6m_day9Ly1jVfVLMvJ8snrOZlK3DfvZq7oIkxCGqwfFm->
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:47:12 -0800

As someone who can appreciate the meatiness of RQ and the narrative slant of HQ both, I agree. RQ appeals to a certain kind of gamer, HQ to another. That's all there is to it. In some ways I prefer the specificity of RQ to the vagueness of HQ, yet I'm preparing to run an HQ campaign because that's what the players I've found want. I'm sure I'll have fun, but I could have fun with an RQ campaign just as easily. Yours,
Zack.
On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Andrew Larsen wrote:

> I wholeheartedly agree. I vastly prefer
> RQ to Heroquest in many ways.
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> Andrew E. Larsen
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> On Dec 20, 2011, at 11:59 AM, bernuetz <bernuetz_at_sNBAmKjN6_Uej-yq7lbIKL-y9CG-tw8st32Il_qttAMlmG8T0x5onHDb0dvx2XWq2AJGVZJ9sRY.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > As a fan of RuneQuest I'm really getting tired of the seemingly constant jibes against it. Just because it's a different approach to Glorantha doesn't make it worse. It's a bit rich and frankly insulting to assume that with the advent of HeroQuest Glorantha is so much better. If I were inclined to run a HQ campaign (which I'm not) I could make it as rigid and lifeless as I wanted and stick by what the books state. Conversely I could make a RQ campaign as rich and variable as any HQ campaign if I wanted. It's not the system that makes the world.
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> > RQ presents a more structured approach to Glorantha and role-playing which is what a lot of people want. You never have to be rigid in your use of it. If I want to make my vampires pink with gauzy wings the size of a person's hand I can do that but if I want to I can go by the book too.
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> > Just like in HQ I can put as much thought and customization into my campaign as I want or have time to. I can even wing it and make stuff up as I go along (just ask my players). The amount of background and thought about how things are the way they are doesn't change just because I'm running a different system.
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> > When I write a myth about Glorantha (and I've done a few) I'm not writing it with RQ in mind but Glorantha.
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> > It's fine to state that HQ has a different approach from RQ but please try and be less dismissive of it. Last I checked this was the World of Glorantha group.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Oliver
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