RosenMcStern Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 So, Pedro won his deserved prize with Mythic Iceland. But this thread is not to congratulate him (there is FB and the other thread to do so). Here I would like to highlight that this event provides us with some quantitative (albeit deductively determined) data about the appreciation of BRP among the fandom. Have a look at the Silver winners for the last four years: 2010: BRP Rome 2012: Cthulhu Britannica Shadows over Scotland 2013: Mythic Iceland ...and we could add Cthulhu Invictus to the list. So, I think there are two undeniable fact to be acknowledged here: a) BRP has a large enough fandom to consistently grab the silver prize when the judges nominate a product. How to make BRP more popular? It _IS_ popular!!! BRP (and Cthulhu as a BRP derivative) distinguishes itself for historical or fantasy/historical products rather than high fantasy; Magic World was also there but the judges prefer Eberron or Dark Sun when it comes to elves and dwarves. Historical, instead, has become a synonim of d100 lately. Enough food for thought here. For my part, I will continue to publish historical supplements with some regularity. BRP Steppe is in the pipeline. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Yes, your company has succeeded where RQ3 stumbled - to keep producing Fantasy Earth, and with a realistic bent on it, even the magic is interpreted accurately according to the cultural outooks of these settings. I look forward to you returning to the mythical-historical earth settings; I think it is perfectly married to the gritty mechanics of BRP, and you keep the BRP flames burning admirably. The Alephetar Games books are certainly a valued resource for my BRP collection, the system would fare much worse without many of your titles. Personally I can't wait for BRP Steppes, it should be brilliant! Edited August 19, 2013 by Mankcam Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Er, in fact that was NOT intended as a shameless plug. The Design Mechanism has at least two more RuneQuest Fantasy Earth supplements in the making, and I am willing to bet they will rock, and be a great complement to the ones using "classic" BRP. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Enough food for thought here. For my part, I will continue to publish historical supplements with some regularity. BRP Steppe is in the pipeline. So, it is prairie plain that historical supplements are a steppe in the right direction? (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Nothing wrong with shameless plugs, BTW. Small publishers need all the buzz they can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp42 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Prefacing this with the fact that I'm a fan of all three game systems, it was interesting to note that this year, neither Hero Games nor Steve Jackson Games won any ENnies - in fact, SJG wasn't even nominated (Hero had five nods). In the realm of small companies making generic systems, BRP and BRP-alike games seem to have done very well for themselves in this annual contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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