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I think this was addressed in the thread for the new edition, but please keep this available including the hard copy on DriveThru. I'm still wanting to pick up a hard cover of the BGB.

Loving the cover design. A great updated take on the familiar.

On 10/19/2022 at 4:41 AM, BakerDE said:

 We dedicated it to him (along with Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone) 

 

UK Steve Jackson, I assume?

https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/19458/alan-lavergne

I enjoyed his SoloQuest efforts from the early 80s. He has a couple of other credits from the same time period, then disappeared. Looks like a nom de plume. Anyone know who he was/is and where he went?

I wanted to like the original BRP Future Earth, but it was a bit of an unfinished product in my view. Sarah Newton is a great creator but the slim volume seemed a product of time/page count constraints. Sadly I'm not a fan of FATE so that's where it will remain for me unfortunately. This type of setting is right up my alley but I think I'll need to do my own to get what I want.

Vale Mr Stafford. I had the pleasure of an online interaction with him where he impressed me with his sincerity and the strength of his ideals. He and his works will not be forgotten.

I did meet someone who thought it was pronounced "BURP" and was a derivative of GURPS.

Thanks for that Brian!

As I understand it, SB1-3 are basically the same game, as is Elric!/SB5.

So how does SB4 differ from them?

Nice layout.

Consider a consistent capitalization scheme in the subheadings. At the moment words seem capitalized at random.

Hence the cover painting, "Standing on the shoulders of giants".

Of course!!! Can't believe I didn't see that before. Well played.

Just a comment, I thought the dedication to Lynn Willis and his name getting first billing was an excellent tribute.

I see that "culture" has been added by hand to the character sheet.

Does MW have rules for character culture?

I'm ridiculously impatient for this release...want to have the hardcopy of the main book and advanced sorcery NOW...!

You might want to check the posting date on that one - 25th September 2011...

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up then.

Can be found on our News page...

Jon Hodgson and Russ Nicholson art!!! Nooooo! Now I have to spend money......

Just saw this, from September, on Chaosium's site:

Project 8 has been lost in editorial for far too long. I let this unfortunate affair play out well past the point of reason. The project is now being assigned to a new editor. My sincere apologies for the delay to everyone involved. We're now expanding the manuscript to include material that was originally slated to be in a follow up release. I'm confident this will lead to a better book. The new editor is keen to get started. The additional author material should be in house in November. This is a BRP title.

Can anyone confirm or deny whether this is Magic World?

Still impatiently waiting for Magic World. :-)

I want to rationalize my RPG collection down to a few books, and I'm hoping that MW will be able to replace half a dozen other BRPish books I don't have space for, like Stormbringer 5 and RQIII, MRQII, which are great, but looks like MW will actually be more useful to play in the future.

I've spent too much time fiddling with the Chaosium site only to be rejected a a customer because I live in Japan and apparently this causes a system meltdown. I guess they just don't want my money.

Thumbs up.

I was always going to buy RQ6, but now I'll probably buy multiple copies (I'm not kidding, I have 2 copies of MRQ2 and about 7 of RQIII)

This thread has totally sold me. I'm was planning to order the core hardcover and Chronicles of Future Earth as soon as they're available, and I'll add Lords of Tarsa to that order now. Can't wait!

I love Asahi Super Dry.

I'm with you there. Also the gold Yebisu is good stuff.

So Gencon has come and gone, and still no sign of Chronicles...

Overall, I am really enjoying the modest stream of high quality supplements and settings we are seeing. It's a good time to be a BRP player. However, my feeling (admittedly as an isolated gamer here in Japan) is that BRP is not gaining any real traction. There's no growth in the RPG marketplace and increasing fragmentation. Over the last 3 years we have seen D&D fragment enormously into 4e, 3.x holdouts, Pathfinder and the retro-clone players, and we have seen BRP fragment into Chaosium's and Mongoose's adherents, as well as OGL options like OpenQuest. It's a confusing time, and I think the dust will not settle into a pattern with BRP as a major component. It's just one option among many, and that's OK for me. BRP has dedicated and talented writers and fans, and is not going anywhere for a long, long time.

Perversely, the chronically resource poor Chaosium seems to be a good haven for the game. Their high standards and genuine cred make up for a lot, and even if they were given a million bucks to market BRP I don't think it would change the profile of today's RPG market.

Is there a release date yet? Or even better, some previews...