Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!granvold From: granvold@tymix.UUCP (Tom Granvold) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Runequest & other Chaosium games Message-ID: <171@tymix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 18:53:23 EST Article-I.D.: tymix.171 Posted: Tue Jan 31 18:53:23 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 10:00:44 EST References: <4907@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Tymshare Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 41 - I have heard a bit more concerning RuneQuest III, as the Avalon Hill is being called. But first a bit about the relationship between Chaosium and Avalon Hill. Avalon Hill will do the manufacturing and distrubution for RuneQuest III, Stormbringer, Dragon Pass and possibly other Chaosium games. Chaosium will continue to do the development work on these games. According to a local rumor, Chaosium will make more per game sold with Avalon Hill than they did by themselves. It is good to see a company that has made such fine games get a good break. Now maybe RuneQuest will begin to seriously challenge D&D. It sounds like RuneQuest will be going in two directions at once. On one hand it will be usable in any world setting. On the other hand, there will still be Glorantha material being produced. Long live Glorantha! Later this year there are plans to have Avalon Hill produce a Prax pack which will present much of the current Glorantha material converted for RQ III. By the way, the best part of the RQ III rules is in how magic is handled. The shaman rules are suppost to be much better and there will be magic users allowed independent of cults. The table gived for the size of a temple in Different Worlds will be revised by the time the rules are out. As they are given in the magizine, it takes far too many people to make a decent size temple. Chaosium is using Osbornes on which to write their rules. All of the above is rumors, which may or may not have any relationship to reality. Most of this I learned from a friend who has recently visited Chaosium. She is in the process of selling them a RQ scenerio that she has written. Now with Avalon Hill do a lot of the busy work for them, Chaosium may find time to do more development. If you are listening Chaosium, how about finally doing RQ HeroQuest rules? Tom Granvold Tymshare Cupertino, Calif. decvax!ucbvax!oliveb!tymix!granvold RuneQuest is a trademark of Chaosium, D&D is a trademark of TSR.