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<blockquote data-quote="yojimbouk" data-source="post: 3647350" data-attributes="member: 14836">I came to BRP (Basic Role-Playing, a percentile based game engine derived from RuneQuest which was used in Chaosium's RPGs) via Call of Cthulhu and Stormbringer. I bought the Games Workshop version of RuneQuest III but I felt it was overly complex compared to Stormbringer (with its fatigue points and 3 different magic systems).My favourite version of BRP is Elric!/Stormbringer 5th Edition which manages to be fast and fun yet avoid some of the problems inherent in CoC (like the unbeatable dodge).That said, MRQ isn't bad. I get the feeling that it was somewhat rushed through playtesting and that more recent iterations of the system such as Elric, Hawkmoon and the forthcoming SpaceQuest will have a more solid rules base. I bought it because I love Glorantha (which I got into in the early 90s). My major gripes are with the thin pricy books and the unappealing layout (which doesn't seem to have improved much from Mongoose's early days).Anyway, I'm looking forward to &quot;Basic Role-Playing: Chaosium's d100 System&quot; which is supposed to be due out this Autumn. It's core is based on CoC 5th/6th Edition and Elric!/Stormbringer 5th Edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yojimbouk, post: 3647350, member: 14836"] I came to BRP (Basic Role-Playing, a percentile based game engine derived from RuneQuest which was used in Chaosium's RPGs) via Call of Cthulhu and Stormbringer. I bought the Games Workshop version of RuneQuest III but I felt it was overly complex compared to Stormbringer (with its fatigue points and 3 different magic systems). My favourite version of BRP is Elric!/Stormbringer 5th Edition which manages to be fast and fun yet avoid some of the problems inherent in CoC (like the unbeatable dodge). That said, MRQ isn't bad. I get the feeling that it was somewhat rushed through playtesting and that more recent iterations of the system such as Elric, Hawkmoon and the forthcoming SpaceQuest will have a more solid rules base. I bought it because I love Glorantha (which I got into in the early 90s). My major gripes are with the thin pricy books and the unappealing layout (which doesn't seem to have improved much from Mongoose's early days). Anyway, I'm looking forward to "Basic Role-Playing: Chaosium's d100 System" which is supposed to be due out this Autumn. It's core is based on CoC 5th/6th Edition and Elric!/Stormbringer 5th Edition. [/QUOTE]

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