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I don't particularly care for the changes they made to RQ in 6 but this sure is tempting.

Quote from: hedgehobbit;729409I don't particularly care for the changes they made to RQ in 6 but this sure is tempting.

Compared to MRQ2, RQ3, or RQ2? I'm curious.

Quote from: Bilharzia;729395Taken with everything else at this price I would almost recommend it if you aren't using the RQ rules since it sets up a wonderful arrangement cultures and powers ripe for adventures to crash into and precipitate catastrophe into that delicate balance.

I agree. I plan to use Book of Quests and Monster Island with Atlantis: The Second Age. Both supplements are top notch.

I already have RQ6, but got it for all the extra stuff, that's been tempting me for a while anyway.

I've got it, and it's a great deal.

Quote from: Claudius;729492Compared to MRQ2, RQ3, or RQ2? I'm curious.

Compared to Chaosiums Runequest. I guess most of the changes I don't like occurred originally in the Mongoose version.

I got the bundle of holding. Not sure how that thing works but I'm pretty sure the price went up from the first time I looked to when I bought it.

Quote from: hedgehobbit;730083Compared to Chaosiums Runequest. I guess most of the changes I don't like occurred originally in the Mongoose version

Agreed. MRQ/Legend/RQ6 is a continuing iteration of the Whitaker/Nash vision of RQ, and there are bits I don't care for; but respect for the authors' dedication in making RQ6 so comprehensive.

I have my RQ3 books (plus Stormbringer/Elric!) and I prefer them.

QuoteI got the bundle of holding. Not sure how that thing works but I'm pretty sure the price went up from the first time I looked to when I bought it.

You pay the minimum and get the core offering. You pay more than the average to level up to the extras, and the initial average is calculated based on so many purchases of X dollars. If you offer less than the average the site will tell you before you click the paypal button.

Great deal, but I've got so many pdfs I'll probably never read, let alone play.

I also don't care for some of the changes such as action-counting, and I'm ambivalent about doing away with skill checks. Not to mention these days I prefer the Elric! approach to injury which simplifies armor and does away with hit locations. But the newer RQ editions continue to elaborate the culture/profession approach to chargen that was first used in RQIII, along with expanding the "anthropological" breakdown of magic to reflect different belief systems. I'm also intrigued by the Special Effects system they've added to combat, which provides opportunities for decision-making and maneuver without resorting to D&D 3e/4e feats.

There's one thing though that gets under my skin and that's the use of decorative ligatures throughout the text. As one commenter says here, these things distract from reading for no apparent purpose other than drawing attention to themselves. I notice that I'm also not the only person to feel, specifically, that the RQ text would be better off without them. (Just google runequest ligatures.) I hope RPG writers and publishers will think twice before choosing this approach in the future.

In short aside from that one concern I think this is a fantastic deal and thanks to Loz & Pete for making it possible. Of course they and BoH are also contributing to some (IMO) worthy charities through this.

It's a lovely development of the d100 trope. It isn't always the one everyone wants to play, but it has a charm and style of it's own and I am appreciating running RQ6.
I also like the brevity of OpenQuest and the more Elric!/Stormbringer feel of Magic World.
I find Legend to be a halfway between OQ and RQ6 and don't bother with it, but it is a good cheap and well supported ruleset.

d100 gamers are very well served by these 4 iterations of the engine, alongside the monster that is Call of Cthulhu.

I like the ligatures and English spelling.

Quote from: tzunder;730634I also like the brevity of OpenQuest

I had been thinking about purchasing the new OpenQuest PDF; is it worth the money?

The Runequest 6 book is a thing of absolutely beauty, as is the system. About the only reason I'd use RQ2 (my previous favourite RuneQuest) these days is for Glorantha, because it's more tied to the setting than RQ6 is.

I find the crying in some quarters about the ligatures to be beyond laughable.

I'd do the bag of holding thing, but I already own everything in it LOVE me some RQ6.

Appreciate the tip off on the Bag of Holding.

I bought a second hand copy of RQ2 for pure nostalgia, and read it.
This was just after reading and starting to run RQ6, and after 30 years of d100 gaming.
Wow! They are so much the same game, but reweaved.

it is perhaps the Chaosium BGB line that has introduced the widest range of changes and options.

But if you wanted you could merge RQ2 and RQ6 into each other using either as a base with relative ease.

Is RQ6 better or RQ2? The question is almost irrelevant, it's still the same game with settimgs adjusted. The one thing that feels better is that RQ6 magic, although very comprehensive, has a more nuanced touch and is open to cleverer interpretations.

But RQ2 is entrenched in Glorantha. RQ6, when the Glorantha book is done, may bring me back to Glorantha gaming.