seneschal Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 What if Runequest had won out? - RPGnet Forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 We'd all be robbing convenience stores to pay for our addiction ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aycorn Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thread looks like another excuse for D&D devotees to whine about RQ: "Waaah ... you can kill yourself with your own weapon .... waaah ... it's got ducks ... waaaaah ... the rules are (clunky/broken/suck/insert negative of choice)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Alternatively, there's this thread over on the Order of The Stick site (heavily D&D oriented), bemoaning the unrealism of that system's Hit Points mechanism... How Hit Points Ruin SoD - Giant in the Playground Forums So is there hope the tables may yet be turned, one day? Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'm with the sentiment that if RQ/BRP had been the top of the pile it would have gone the path of D&D... namely, it would be crushed by it's own ponderous ponderousity... bought up by some huge corporation and sapped of what had me playing it in the first place. Sometimes it's better to stay in the shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aycorn Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yeah - not to come off as a jerk, but I love BRP, have since I first played it, and I'm really not interested in what it's detractors have to say. I'd rather converse with people who share my interest and enthusiasm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalaba Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yeah - not to come off as a jerk, but I love BRP, have since I first played it, and I'm really not interested in what it's detractors have to say. I'd rather converse with people who share my interest and enthusiasm. There should be an emoticon for hitting the nail on the head. Quote "Tell me what you found, not what you lost" Mesopotamian proverb __________________________________ Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkape Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I looked at the first few pages of the thread and was quickly bored with the typical DnD blah, blah, better system, blah, blah. Don't get me wrong, I think you should use the system you like best and various systems do certain things better than other systems, but I just get so tired of the typical DnD fan boy reactions. Course, I might see more of that type of reaction due to the amount of market share the system has. Quote Skunk - 285/420 BRP book You wanna be alright you gotta walk tall Long Beach Dub Allstars & Black Eyed Peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Sweet lord jeebus That reminds of every mac vs. pc* argument I've stumbled across on t'net and not been quick enough to navigate away from. Al * grrrr a mac is a pc you numbskull, you mean 'wintel' or some other lame descriptor grrr Quote Rule Zero: Don't be on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyvim Matt Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I don't know why, but the thread linked to in the OP reminds me of when I was about 13 or 14. At the time, I was playing DnD (that's when it was still "Advanced") and while I knew there were other RPGs out there, I couldn't find a reason why I would try them out. They're all the same, right? Plus, who wants to play in a game where you can die from just one sword hit, right? Then I played Top Secret: SI, HârnMaster, Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Elric!, Shadowrun, Pendragon, various World of Darkness games, Heavy Gear, and Arioch knows what else. From that point on, I could not go back to DnD even if it was a matter of life or death! After all, who wants to play a silly game where you don't even feel the effect of ten sword hits on the head, right? So, to answer the OP's question: What if Runequest had eclipsed D&D? Well, I would not have wasted 2 years on DnD, that's what! (Of course I realize it's a matter of taste and DnD fans all have the right to play what they want and like, but I have the same right, and I will not play DnD ever again, unless one specific friend of mine is DM. And I will accept nobody else as DM!) Quote Proud pen-and-paper roleplayer since 1991! Blood and Souls for Lord Arioch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 We'd all be robbing convenience stores to pay for our addiction ... You mean we're not supposed to do that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedopon Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I play both and have fun with both. I think Runequest was too "out there" for a lot of mainstream success. Funny thing is, that was my group's favorite thing about it (that and we could easily port over Call of Cthulhu monsters). I will say this however: There is NO BETTER system for one shot games than BRP. Quote 121/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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