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Originally Posted by Jason Durall
If it's being based on the OGL version of Mongoose's version of the Runequest system, it's not a "BRP" game.
Basic Roleplaying is the name of the new core book based on the core system used in Chaosium games for 30 years.
Chaosium and Mongoose have been very careful to distinguish the two games. There may be a high degree of compatibility, but the systems are not identical. I am told that the Mongoose game diverges from BRP in many ways.
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From a legal and commercial point of view, yes, RuneQuest and BRP are completely different games and there is no connection between them whatsoever.
However, historically, RQ and BRP were closely linked and form part of a wider family of games that includes games such as Other Suns.
From a player point of view, I don't really see the distinction.
It's like the difference between Swedish and Norwegian - they are different languages, they are politically different and they have different grammar and vocabulary but most Norwegians and Swedes can understand each other pretty easily (I think/hope).
I can see no problem, for instance, in using Land of Samurai with BRP or BRP Rome with RuneQuest.