Quote from: Claudius;452306*= I borrowed the name of this post from a post in Akrasia's blog. Akrasia, I hope you don't mind!

I'm outraged!

Quote from: PaladinCA;452363I picked up the BRP Rome book the other day at my FLGS. It is awesome sauce.

I've never even run BRP. The book is just great.

Yeah, it's the best single book on 'Rome' for RPGs ever written.

Quote from: Doom;452392...IHOTO.

What does "IHOTO" mean? :confused:

Quote from: Doom;452311You know, just one mention that BRP is short for "Basic Role Playing" would be cool.

Sorry, I took it for granted.

Quote from: Claudius;452306Lately I have been thinking how great it is to be a fan of the BRP system nowadays. BRP was in its heyday a very loved and successful system, games like RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu or Stormbringer come to the mind.[...]
What do you think? Is there a BRP Renaissance?

There is a Renaissance of manliness. BRP is the system Real Men(TM) use. So, BRP is on the rise. It's obvious.

Quote from: Imperator;452427There is a Renaissance of manliness. BRP is the system Real Men(TM) use. So, BRP is on the rise. It's obvious.

Check Ramon's manliness (he's got a construction hard hat)

Quote from: boulet;452437Check Ramon's manliness (he's got a construction hard hat)

Classic I'm more prone to sport a beard than a moustache, though.

On the subject of Mongoose Runequest.

Does anybody know why the MRQ2 "Monster Island" book has been taken off the release schedule?

Mongoose has no Runequest books officially listed on the release schedule for rest of the year, other than a MRQ2 adventures compilation book.  (Nothing new is even listed on amazon.com).

There's no mention of any upcoming titles like Hawkmoon, Corum, land of samurai, etc ... which were mentioned in the "State of Mongoose 2010".

Wasn't Ringworld BRP?

Quote from: Werekoala;452455Wasn't Ringworld BRP?

Yes!

Quote from: Elliot Wilen;452314Not all of the offerings grab me. I don't get the point of Wraith Recon, and Deus Vult seems like a waste of a good title. Clockwork & Chivalry strikes me as a clumsy mashup. But in addition to the ones you mentioned, Chronicles of Future Earth and Celestial Empire (semi-historical China) at least have gotten my attention. There's also the forthcoming Age of Treason for MRQ.

So far, I'm not interested in Deus Vult and Wraith Recon, although maybe I should, I just saw Pete Nash's name in Wraith Recon.

What I would like to see, is MRQ Greece, and Corum and Hawkmoon. And if they ever get the rights to Conan, that would be glorious.

QuoteNot sure what to make of the fragmentation of the core rules across 2-3 companies. It seems it can have both positive and negative effects. But the overall effect is a little like what GURPS promised, but with a set of mechanics that I think may be a bit more accessible, and--I suspect--greater room for customization so that the resulting books have more individualized flavor instead of seeming like reskinned versions of a generic rules set. The downside of this, though, is that there's no "central repository" of major rules options.

For me it's great. Having several companies means every one will expand the system in different directions. The greatest strength of the BRP system is its different subsystems, things like Sanity, or the Cult Rules, or the Demon Summoning rules. The more companies, the more subsystems we will get.

Quote from: Claudius;452469And if they ever get the rights to Conan, that would be glorious.

Probably not likely, considering Mongoose literally threw the Conan rights/trademark holders under the bus in a very public manner last year.

Quote from: ggroy;452453On the subject of Mongoose Runequest.

Does anybody know why the MRQ2 "Monster Island" book has been taken off the release schedule?

Mongoose has no Runequest books officially listed on the release schedule for rest of the year, other than a MRQ2 adventures compilation book.  (Nothing new is even listed on amazon.com).

There's no mention of any upcoming titles like Hawkmoon, Corum, land of samurai, etc ... which were mentioned in the "State of Mongoose 2010".

My impression is that MRQII isn't selling as well as Matt Sprange had hoped.  I think it's selling 'okay', but not nearly as well as Mongoose's Traveller stuff.  And Mongoose, of course, is all about moving product.  

(If MRQII had been produced by Chaosium, in contrast, we would have seen only one-third as many products, but the quality of each would have been much higher.  And Chaosium, obviously, does not care about maximizing their profits, Arioch bless them.)

So it may be that Mongoose is keeping further products in Limbo for now (although Cities of the Young Kingdoms was just released, so the line isn't completely frozen).

I wouldn't be surprised if Pete Nash quit in the near future (this is just speculation on my part, but he's been absent from all relevant MRQII fora for some time now).  That would leave the MRQII line without either of the two people who made the game so good (Lawrence Whitaker and Nash).

Even if Mongoose does drop MRQII, though, I am confident that the game will reappear in the hands of people who care far more about quality than Mongoose does.  

Ultimately, Mongoose have only themselves to blame for RQ not being more popular, as they did such a crap job with MRQI (and have a reputation for producing a lot of crap more generally). :mad:

Quote from: ggroy;452453On the subject of Mongoose Runequest.

Does anybody know why the MRQ2 "Monster Island" book has been taken off the release schedule?

Mongoose has no Runequest books officially listed on the release schedule for rest of the year, other than a MRQ2 adventures compilation book.  (Nothing new is even listed on amazon.com).

There's no mention of any upcoming titles like Hawkmoon, Corum, land of samurai, etc ... which were mentioned in the "State of Mongoose 2010".

I'll highlight the most relevant bits.

Quoteand we will also be bringing Hawkmoon back with a scattering of supplements.

Certainly interested. Maybe they will delay it to 2012.

QuoteCorum, regrettably, will have to wait for another year, as will likely the Multiverse book as well.

Very interested! I like Corum more than Elric. Well, at least I'll get some time to save money.

QuoteWe will also be releasing new titles in the 'core' RuneQuest range, starting with Monster Island. Like Monster Coliseum, this is a monster book but one with an added twist. Whereas Coliseum had arena rules, Island will provide a complete location for you to encounter, oh, weird things! This one will be pretty early in the 2011 line up.

Not interested, although I might end up getting it.

QuoteWe are also expanding the 'historical' range of RuneQuest books, starting with an updated Land of the Samurai, combined with the Price of Honour campaign, giving you everything you need to start playing in mythical Japan. Pete also has a hankering to cover mythical Greece and after his sterling work on Vikings, how could we say no?

Land of Samurai and Mythical Greece for MRQ2? I want them!!

Quote from: ggroy;452472Probably not likely, considering Mongoose literally threw the Conan rights/trademark holders under the bus in a very public manner last year.

I wish I could say you're wrong, alas...