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Old April 27th, 2008
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Oh, there are many similarities.
Similarities, certainly. I was questioning peterb's assertion that:
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... Mongoose was able to reproduce large parts of RQ II and III in MRQ...
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The RQ Companion is almost thorough copi... - erm, I mean, paraphrased from the RQ3 Gamemaster Book. It appears someone did not realize they could have made a RuneQuest Ships out of it.
I don't know the (M?)RQ Companion, is it just Ship rules that are 'paraphrased'? I wouldn't call that 'large parts' - so is there anything else?
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In any case, I am pleased with the situation as is. I have seen the RQ Slayers PDF and the thought of the trademark being owedy by WotC makes me shiver (RuneQuest D20?).
Um, I must say I'd much have preferred Chaosium to keep RQ. But better Mongoose than Wizards, agreed!
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