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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Tell me about it.
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Back before MRQ was released and things started heating up over at the MRQ site, I noted that there were seven authors credited in the MRQ rulebook and drew a Gloranthan Red Goddess parallel that could have been used in the RQ fans didn't like the forthcoming product. As far as I'm concerned, the parallel stands.
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
I have to admit after my last experience with doing work for the game industry, I'd also be prone to looking at someone else and going "You go first." One of the things that will be somewhat telling to me is how long it actually takes for it to get out. In the game industry, releases tend to run to about five tiers:
1. "We're more or less on time"
2. "We're late, but at least here it is"
3. "We're backed up because of product in the pipeline/cashflow/personal problems, but it is coming out"
4. "We're going to try really hard to get it out"
5. "We've cancelled it/gone out of business".
Outside of a couple big names, I almost expect the third; I'm pretty much astounded when I get the first.
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I expect the third, am not surprised by the fourth, and am pleased by the second. The first doesn't thrill me, as it usually means the product is so shoddy it wasn't worth buying. It's when something goes into the 41/2 limbo that scares me. Things like Chasoium's HEROQUEST, in limbo for over a decade (I had coffee go up my nose when I heard the Greg was releasing an HQ RPG, even if through a different company), or pretty much the entire Decipher RPG line (not dead, but as good as).
As far as writing for an RPG goes, well, I sorta need a rulebook. If I offer to write something I wonder if Dustin would send me some rules?
