jdrakeh01

The original Basic Roleplaying (1980, I believe) was 20 pages long. It's no longer in print, but you can occasionally find copies of it on eBay for a reasonable price. 

On 4/3/2022 at 12:45 AM, g33k said:

Unfortunately(?) for your own quest, wasn't the original quote "at least" 5 systems?

Hypothetically, you may learn of the sixth system -- or the seventh, or ...?  -- played, and one one of "the five" he was originally considering.

Ray Turney's own system was titled "Fire and Sword" & sometimes called "Rayquest" (I am only hypothesizing that early Perrin may have used early Turney for this).

True! But I know the identity of four systems conclusively (there were conversion notes for all of them in the archive that I procured). 

On 3/29/2022 at 7:15 PM, g33k said:

I assume "SPQR" (Steve Perrin Quest Rules) was one of the systems.
Maybe Ray Turney's HR?  There may even be a copy of that in the downloads.

SPQR is definitely a very likely candidate. Perhaps HR. That said, I now know for certain that four of the five systems were OD&D, AD&D, Arduin, and Runequest. 

5 hours ago, AndreJarosch said:

If you own the bid softcover you are fine. 
The 2010 edition just fixed some typos. 
Nothing to worry about. 

Excellent! 

Oh, I got the big one (softcover). Title page has a copyright date of 2008. I know that there was also a hardcover, but I wasn't sure which came first. 

Is the softcover or hardcover printing of the big gold book the most recent? 

I'm trying to find as much information as I can about Steve Perrin's North Coast campaign. He mentioned it in an interview, where he said it had been played under at least five systems and I personally know that D&D and Runequest account for two of those systems. I don't know much else (yet). Any information you can provide would be much appreciated!