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From: granvold@tymix.UUCP (Tom Granvold)
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Subject: Re: Runequest & other Chaosium games
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 18:53:23 EST
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     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.