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Thanks for the resources. I didn't even know 13th Age existed until I saw the 13th Age Glorantha deeply discounted book on Chaosium's web store. Yeah, I think sharing those art previews would be a fantastic idea. Cheers.

Well that's a bummer. Glad I got the hardcopy before it became a rare treasure, though.

I do not remember saying the books where racist, but the racial attitudes of the 20s are evident. The Footprints under the Window, The Mark on the Door and The Hidden Harbor Mystery are probably the worst offenders. For the time most of the stories are quite liberal. Though whether or not this stems from an attempt by the authors to be more inclusive or the publishers drive to appeal to a wider audience is up for debate. I would agree. The original tales are superior to the rewrites. But I prefer the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series.

I would agree, mostly. But we're not talking about the system.

As long as the insanity is the result of a Mythos encounter (the final straw) it doesn't really matter. But not a lot of non-Mythos encounters will deprive a PC of a 1/5 or more SAN in the span of a hour. If you find this happening you or your players may want to slow down a bit. This is really up to you. But Elder gods, Outer Gods and Great Old Ones will definitely qualify. Independent and Servitor Races in all probability should count as well. Just remember that having some Cthulhu Mythos skill is a good thing, having a lot of Cthulhu Mythos skill is not. I like long campaigns so I award Mythos skill very slowly. I also take it pretty easy on the characters with SAN loss, unless they do something obviously fool hardy.

I've seen d1000 used in wargames and some random-roll rpg charts. You can get them in stores or roll three d10s. The thing I like best about d100, flip-flop dice in Unknown Armies. Edit: They also sell d10000s, never seen them in use though.

The Improvement Roll Modifier is supposed to reflect on the relationship the adventurer has with the community and peers. I think this is better handled through role-play. I always thought aging rules where silly, more so now that I'm actually aging. But I suppose if your playing a generation spanning campaign they have their place. So players know when to retire their characters.

Granularity comes to mind as the biggest difference. I imagine this is the sort of thing the OP poll was looking for.

And the racial attitudes of the 20s. Though not nearly as harsh some of those early Hardy Boys books would have sat well with a few of Lovecraft's views. That aside, the early books where also somewhat anti-establishment.

"...and from that point the conversation got weird."

Sure. That was brought up in the original thread.

I always thought Shaun Cassidy had a certain Innsmouth look about him.

In a blizzard, with two sprained wrists.

That sounds cool. I don't think I've ever seen one of those. I gave one of those a roll in store once. Hated it. But then again I'm getting a little old. I agree, d10s all the way.

The poll isn't about the system. It is about the dice, the mechanical portion. Not D&D vs. BRP.

Like cast the PCs as re-animated US soldiers, part of the CIA's shadowy Project West. Fighting crazed Nazi scientists, alien threats and the commie menace. I see potential.

OK. I'm pretty excited about Atomic Age Cthulhu so I'd probably go with a mixture of Boys from Brazil and Amazonian Bat-People tribe legends. A crazy Nazi scientist has devised a way to turn people into bat-monster super soldiers via the bite of specially irradiated vampire bat carriers. Perhaps he has devised a way to control his batty minions through high-frequency sonic waves. This same scientist may be unwittingly influenced by Mi-go or some other alien conspiracy. Well, its an idea.

That's cool. With the prevalence of bat based mythology and deities in South America... The Bat-people of Peru. But the Mayan's have the best bat related legends. Right into present day Chiapas. Including some awesome tales of men that are seduced by a female bat, slowing becoming a bat monster themselves. I Peru, the Incas associated bats with royalty.

I never use the Improvement Roll Modifier and I thought everyone ignored the aging rules.

Some friends of mine have been playing BRP sans Characteristics for some time now. They seem to like it.

You know, I really like the heft of the d20. Something satisfying about rolling it. But I seem to have a boatload of d10's all over the place. Probably from playing ORE, Nemesis/Reign. And Unknown Armies, Call of Cthulhu... Anyone ever actually use a d100? I mean like one of those Zocchihedron's you see at stores every so often.

I like d20. I like d100. Which one we would play is entirely up to mood.

Wow! They really are going for something other than the regular cosmetic changes. This sounds really interesting. I hear the folks behind Delta Green are also planning their own version of the CoC rules system as well. I'll sort of miss the Resistance Table though. Sort of.

I've played 2nd, 4th and 6th edition over the years. Looks like 7th will be breaking my run on even.

I don't think this sort of thing is really going to come as a surprise to anyone. If their is one thing I've learned in 50+ years, prices do indeed go up. In this instance RuneQuest6 has outpaced my budgetary constraints. I posted this on RPG.net day or two earlier: The price seems reasonable for a RPG product from a small publisher in this day in age. The reason I will not be buying it at this price point is because it is largely the same set of rules I purchased in RuneQuestII and Legend and OpenQuest (and Elric of Melnibone and BRP). While I'd like to see Mysticism, the various tweaks and rules for investigation...not for $62.00. I had trouble convincing myself to pick it up when I was expecting a $40.00 price tag. Also, not in the market for a huge amount of GM and player guidance. But if it's anything like Loz and Pete's other work I expect it to be excellent. ~~~ I haven't decided what I'm going to do with that $40.00 yet. Either pick up Unhallowed Metropolis Revised or have my Danners resoled for an up-coming mushroom picking excursion to the Olympic Rainforest. Maybe RQ6 will be more successful competing for my $$$ next year.