Quote from: QuireRowling, however, is reportedly very against the idea of an RPG. "RPGS rot kids brains, according to her."

Can anyone point to a quote or source for this belief?  I've heard it before but I've never seen anything said by Rowling or from someone who had actually spoken with her people on the matter.

Quote from: QuireThis from Sprange on RPG.net, 13th June:

      Originally Posted by vivsavage
Can you at least tell us whether this Holy Grail license will be a RuneQuest or d20-based OGL game?

   Umm, no, not really

We haven't made any decisions about that yet, and there are arguments for both RQ and D20. However, we'll likely take the third option.


Which is...very intriguing.

It sounds to me like we're looking at a property which both RQ and D20 will "fit", but which would merit its own system.

To my mind, this fits Harry Potter more than the other suggestions so far: I can't see a good reason to brew up a brand new system for, say, Dune, but I can see a good reason to come up with a system for Potter which is simpler than RQ or D20.

Quote from: NicephorusCan anyone point to a quote or source for this belief?  I've heard it before but I've never seen anything said by Rowling or from someone who had actually spoken with her people on the matter.

In this instance, the source is Last Unicorn's Matthew Colville, quoting WotC's Cindi Rice, quoting Rowling.

It is mentioned over three or so posts across a couple of pages in this thread.

Hearsay, chinese whispers, disclaimer, internet, etc.

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Quote from: jrientsT5 is being written entirely by Marc Miller and his apostles.  Maybe Mongoose is on tap to publish it, but I'd expect Steve Jackson to take a crack at it first.  I've heard that SJG's second biggest seller after Munchkin is GURPS Traveller. Besides, I doubt Miller would go to a UK company to publish anything.  And as much as I dig Trav, I don't think any sane person would call it a Holy Grail.  Steve Jackson and several other parties are already producing Traveller material.

I think it's just a matter of how irreperable the split in the Traveller market is now.  

I mean, the game is, supposedly, about the only one that's ever actualyl topped D&D in sales, albeit for brief periods.  

But a string of mismanagement, a dead company, and bad edition decisions, have left it largely the domain of gamers old enough to remember when Traveller was still one of the kings of roleplaying, and those remaining gamers are heavily divided on which edition is "best".

But a really well done 5th Edition, with the slick presentation the youngsters want, but still with that classic Traveller feel to it, and a good push behind it, could grab some attention I think, if whoever got publication had the drive and resources to really push the game.

SF is kind of a bastard child in the RPG industry these days, and maybe that's just because SF fans have become divisive, nitpicky jerks, I dunno, but it would be great to see an SF game really capture the market in a big way.

Allegedly, there was a brief period in the 90s where Vampire (revised, if I remember correctly) managed to outsell AD&D 2e in its worst state.

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Quote from: RPGPunditAllegedly, there was a brief period in the 90s where Vampire (revised, if I remember correctly) managed to outsell AD&D 2e in its worst state.

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I could believe that.  My first few years in college (before D&D 3rd Ed came out in 2000), Vampire players were all over the place, and easily outnumbered the D&Ders.

Quote from: RezendevousI could believe that.  My first few years in college (before D&D 3rd Ed came out in 2000), Vampire players were all over the place, and easily outnumbered the D&Ders.

Yeah I remember here that the local game shops couldn't give AD&D 2nd edition stuff away but White Wolf books were selling like hotcakes.

Quote from: peteramthorYeah I remember here that the local game shops couldn't give AD&D 2nd edition stuff away but White Wolf books were selling like hotcakes.

The market for TSR products in general seemed to take a real nose dive in 1997 where I lived at the time (Topeka, KS). White Wolf games (of all stripes) and Shadowrun seemed to dominate the local game scene there up until (and shortly after) the release of D&D 3e.

The Holy Grail of licensed rpgs would be something sponsored by WD Richter and contained both the universes of Buckaroo Banzai and Big Trouble in Little China.

or it could be Dune.

Quote from: RPGPunditAllegedly, there was a brief period in the 90s where Vampire (revised, if I remember correctly) managed to outsell AD&D 2e in its worst state.

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Yeah. Few months, after ADnD stop the printers.

Quote from: stu2000The Holy Grail of licensed rpgs would be something sponsored by WD Richter and contained both the universes of Buckaroo Banzai and Big Trouble in Little China.

I'd buy that!

Quote from: stu2000The Holy Grail of licensed rpgs would be something sponsored by WD Richter and contained both the universes of Buckaroo Banzai and Big Trouble in Little China.

WIN