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If you are going for that DnD feel for your BRP game, Classic Fantasy is an awesome supplement, well worth getting. All of those DnD spells and character classes are already converted for you.

I don't get it.

Yes with the maps already in the file, it would be easy to transfer the maps to FG to make the adventure.

Looks like it was made for a Fantasy Grounds campaign.

Well it isn't a monograph because Chaosium doesn't have a license to publish ME. It is a fan produced document. Check this thread: http://basicroleplaying.com/showthread.php/908-Middle-earth-Basic-Roleplaying-preview?highlight=middle+earth

Well I have both products and I am in the middle of a Fantasy Grounds session using "Escape from the Slavelands" ( which has been fun). I received CoFE after I posted my original question and I have read CoFE once. I am also converting the adventures in CoFE into FG files. As written "Escape from the Slavelands" is not related to CoFE. It takes place thousands of years before CoFE. But having given it some thought, I would like the mutant pcs in my game to get to CoFE, so they might find a dimensional gate or they might get "summoned" by a sorceror to Urth. Ancient technology exists in CoFE, and it could be tailored to suit your taste. From my reading of the book: because this setting is thousands of years after an Armageddon of the Gods, ancient tech is a rarity by default. But as I said before, you could tailor that to suit your game, unless you are stuck on the "official canon". At this stage there is very little in the way of canon. There is more of the setting dedicated to demon summoning and sorcery than there is to ancient technology, but that might change as more material is published. Currently there are 7 pages on ancient artifacts, 9 pages on the gods, and 15 pages on demons and divine powers. I see CoFE as a very flexible setting, that you as a GM could focus on different aspects of it, to create a suitable style, that your players find fun.

Hey that was my question ( see post #14 )

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That's hilarious.

That looks awesome. Paper Makeit is a sweet program for making those sci fi maps. Are you planning on doing anymore conversions ?

BTW I see the PDF of this book is now available on Chaosium's site.

Is the adventure in BRP Adventures "Escape from the Slavelands" in any way related to CoFE ?

http://cid-24754a9c6ae72498.office.live.com/self.aspx/Public/JAGS%20art.gif Not sure who was inspired first.

What is the genre of your adventure ?

I don't think they have to charge for it because there is lots of free stuff on rpgnow or drivethrurpg in fact all of the d6 OGL system can be downloaded for free. You could always mention it to Chaosium, but it has been pointed out on this forum before. And in addition you can download the BRP QS from this web site ( for free ): http://basicroleplaying.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=307

Thanks for the first impression Heath. I don't think your first impression is that different from many of the gamers who are new to the BigGoldBook, and I think it is a definite obstacle for the system. The free quick start rules might be a good place for newcomers to look, but I think that an introductory book that was paired down, and was more affordable could really help. Not sure if Chaosium has considered that or not.

Visited my FLGS yesterday and observed 1 copy of the BGB and 1 copy of Search for Trollslayer down on the bottom shelf. The BGB was shrinkwrapped so you can't even open it to look inside. The store carries the FULL line of MRQ2 and the remnants of MRQ1, plus tons of other rpg stuff. It hard to get it sold when it isn't really out there for sale. Lack of sales equates to lack of popularity. See the pic below for an idea of the amount of stuff they carry. http://www.imperialhobbies.ca/gallery_image.php?i=98

Welcome. Have you checked over the free BRP quick start rules ? And have you seen the Fantasy Grounds software ? There is a ruleset for BRP.

see page for maps and more info: http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=5164

I think the author would acknowledge that it really is adding all the source material together, and it is not a finished document. As you mention it has lots of useful material and ideas. About Openquest: I think there is a scifi supplement for OQ coming out eventually ( or maybe it already has come out ). RQ_scifi and OQ are based on the same OGL, and the same RQSRD with the Traveller SRD add ins for the scifi, so they should be compatible. I bet if you took RQ_scifi and integrated OQ you could come up with something useful. Sounds like a good project for your spare time

Sounds great. Apparently the freighter has landed on the shores of the far off Canadian colony. Amazon.ca has just shipped my copy of C&C that I ordered in the summer. Unfortunately the second book in the series The Alchemist's Wife, didn't make it to the docks in time.

I haven't had much experience with the Creative Commons License but I did purchase a pdf of Eclipse Phase. It uses the CCL and describes it as follows: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to: Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. What this means is that you are free to copy, share, and remix the text and artwork within this book under the following conditions: 1) you do so only for noncommercial purposes; 2) you attribute Posthuman Studios; 3) you license any derivatives under the same license. For specific details, appropriate credits, and updates/changes to this license, please see: http://eclipsephase.com/cclicense Now the Eclipse Phase rulebook is 420 pages long and has lots of Transhuman SciFi goodness. It has it's own setting, and as a bonus it is a d100 system. Is there any interest in the text within it ? By my very uninformed reading of the license, the text of the pdf could be extracted and used in a non-commercial publication as long as the proper credits were given. I might be able to supply that text.

So do I understand this correctly ? CoC is not in hardcover but the BRP BGB will be available in hardcover ?

Are you referring to Chaosium products or are you including 3rd party publishers ? Chaosium has the BGB, Devil's Gultch and Trollslayer as full products ( not including Superworld or Nephilism ) There are approx 20 monographs depending on what you include. Then there are the fine Alephtar and Cubicle 7 products. Before Devil's Gultch came out the ratio was about 1:10 now that Devil's Gultch is out it is about 3:20 . So that is a drastic change in the ratio. If you include 3rd party stuff the ratio is more like 1:2 which is a huge difference. It is good to see, even if some people would like to see it change faster.