tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post9161570751703816169..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Basic Role-PlayingJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88854221504610684852021-01-28T22:28:27.661-05:002021-01-28T22:28:27.661-05:00As a youth we dropped D&D like a hot potato in...As a youth we dropped D&D like a hot potato in favor of RuneQuest. Not because we cared about Glorantha, but because the RQ rules were consistent and clearly someone had put some thought into them.<br /><br />What’s the first version of D&D that’s not a mess? 3rd? I dunno as I had been out of the hobby for 30 years before we started playing 5e. 5e is perfectly fine. Dale Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499145456396606662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9520330720667980282021-01-12T14:47:15.140-05:002021-01-12T14:47:15.140-05:00That's an interesting perspective – and possib...That's an interesting perspective – and possibly even correct! James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-92045696987884889672021-01-12T14:32:32.298-05:002021-01-12T14:32:32.298-05:00I have an unusual take on BRP (or at least one I h...I have an unusual take on BRP (or at least one I haven't heard expressed elsewhere). I think part of its relative obscurity is that it is too well designed. Whereas OD&D is kind of a mess and called for new editions and patches and revisions creating a continuing revenue stream for the growth of the game - besides the advantage of being first of course. While with BRP once you have it there's not much reason to buy new editions. I still have 1st edition Runequest, Cthulhu, & Stormbringer and have never felt much need to buy new editions. Though I did buy one of the later deluxe editions of Cthulhu because the hardcover format and layout were so good.Thomas Denmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135075012362548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5698894938667742632021-01-06T06:00:58.047-05:002021-01-06T06:00:58.047-05:00In my gaming roup, we just concluded a 6-year camp...In my gaming roup, we just concluded a 6-year campaign using BRP yesterday :-)<br /><br />But anyway, I also admire BRP very much, also as a historical development. By using a unified %-based system both for combat and skills (and anything else ...), for me it's a major step in moving away from combat-centered designs such as D&D. Early rpgs pretty much were combat only, with other actions added as an afterthought, often with their own special procedures. But BRP has a clean rules engine from the start (at least in theory): everything is decided by a D100 vs %skill.<br /><br />Such design also makes it easier for adding all sorts of other actions (you have a common framework), rather than adding special procedures for all new type of actions you want to use in the game.Phil Dutréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607941040736764291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45504777256237801552021-01-06T03:45:52.061-05:002021-01-06T03:45:52.061-05:00BRP4e (the Gold Book) is an awesome buffet of game...BRP4e (the Gold Book) is an awesome buffet of game mechanics you can cherry pick for you campaign. The abundance of choices can lead to paralysis though, plus all the stuff you don't use make using the book on the fly harder. I find the BRP1e-3e pamphlet with the Worlds of Wonder boxed set a tighter and more approachable package. It might lack in some areas one might find crucial for long term campaigns, but that just whets my appetite for homebrewing. Fingers crossed we'll see a pdf version eventually.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73188508182101636622021-01-06T03:09:03.480-05:002021-01-06T03:09:03.480-05:00Chaosium recently published a concise BRP srd:
htt...Chaosium recently published a concise BRP srd:<br />https://www.chaosium.com/brp-system-reference-document/<br />It is short and close to the original rules. It does not have the very good prose you are referring to.<br />The original text was last published in the early 2000s in booklet form, prior to the publication of the extended version edited by Jason Durall in 2008. Chaosium is making lots of older titles available in POD. They hav said they will at some point release a reprint of Worlds of Wonder box, which includes the BRP booklet.Andrea Roccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698978113775905706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6702119990912123612021-01-06T02:13:15.339-05:002021-01-06T02:13:15.339-05:00One thing I love about Call of Cthulhu is that sam...One thing I love about <i>Call of Cthulhu</i> is that same rules economy; the essential rules of the game run to about 20 pages and that's all you need. I adore the efficiency of it.<br /><br />That's not true of the current 7th edition, which is why I'm a great deal less fond of it, in a similar way to how you see the current version of <i>RuneQuest</i>. Overly elaborate rules must be in fashion at Chaosium.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com