Mongoose's new RPG License - speculation?

[crazy_cat]

I like the Halo idea, and I don't think it's at all far fetched either.

Only other thing I can really think of off the top of my head would be Warhammer 40k, but I'd imagine that GW would go with the same publisher as WFRP if they wanted a 40k game.

Black Industries (the GW publishing arm) are previewing Dark Heresy, the WH40K RPG at Gencon this year - so I don't think thats the new Mongoose IP.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Settlers of Catan: The RPG

 

[Brown Jenkin]

And, it isn't "gaming IP" (of course, half the suggestions here aren;t).

The Dr. Who suggestion is at least. I have the old RPG book on my shelf at home.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Mongoose aquired the IP to D&D 4th edition. All the previous licenses were brought back in so that they could be bundled into one license for the company that would do fourth edition.

Curses! And we would have got away with it too, if it had not been for that pesky Jenkin!

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

And, it isn't "gaming IP" (of course, half the suggestions here aren;t).

It could be that "Gaming IP" means "IP usage rights for gaming products only" e.g., they aren't buying rights for bedsheets and lunchboxes etc...

This wording is open enough to mean any property really. I think you are needlessly narrowing the possibilities.

 

[Glyfair]

It could be that "Gaming IP" means "IP usage rights for gaming products only" e.g., they aren't buying rights for bedsheets and lunchboxes etc...

This wording is open enough to mean any property really. I think you are needlessly narrowing the possibilities.

Not in the context of the statement though.

Mongoose Publishing is currently getting ready to make an announcement this Saturday about a new RPG licence. Based on an extremely popular gaming IP, this licence will herald a new system which will be utilised for many different settings (much as RuneQuest has been used), and will feature Open Content mechanics, allowing fans of the game to produce their own material.

"Based on an extremely popular gaming IP" refers to the type of IP that the RPG is based on.

The IP itself is "gaming IP" and it is extremely popular in that context. Even if you stretch the definition of "gaming IP" to Doctor Who, it doesn't fit because Doctor Who was never "extremely popular" as a game.

Given the language, I would assume that it's computer game or video game IP. Mario the RPG? Final Fantasy the RPG (the tabletop RPG(?

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Not in the context of the statement though.



"Based on an extremely popular gaming IP" refers to the type of IP that the RPG is based on.

The IP itself is "gaming IP" and it is extremely popular in that context. Even if you stretch the definition of "gaming IP" to Doctor Who, it doesn't fit because Doctor Who was never "extremely popular" as a game.

You may be right - it could mean that it has been a previously popular RPG in the past. Traveller and CoC or similar would qualify under this definition if Dr. Who wouldn't.

 

[Shawn_Kehoe]

Well, Chaosium also has the exclusive tabletop RPG rights to the Cthulhu Mythos as granted by Arkham House.

They did, once upon a time ... but as I noted above, all of the Lovecraft Cthulhu stories are public domain now, and have been for several years. I took a look at the legal sections in CoC 5th Edition (1992) and CoC d20 (2003). The 1992 book had a really thick paragraph citing rights to all the stories, while the 2003 book had none of that.

It's possible that Chaosium still has rights to the more recent Mythos stories of say, Brian Lumley, but the fundamental stories of the Mythos are available for anybody to publish, and I have to imagine the RPG rights are similarly open. Of course, the RPG publishing community is pretty small, so just because somebody CAN make a Cthulhu game without Chaosium doesn't mean they should or would.

 

[Shawn_Kehoe]

The only other serious theory I've seen bandied about has been that they somehow got the license to make a HALO RPG, which would be decidedly different than CoC. However, I (unfortunately) don't think there's quite enought information to confirm or deny either option.

Yeah, I was gonna offer that or Oblivion as my other options, but the post was already getting long. But if they DID get Halo 3, wouldn't a minis game make more sense than an RPG? I wonder.

However, the timing makes sense with Halo 3 releasing next month - synergy is a scary scary word.

 

[Shawn_Kehoe]

You may be right - it could mean that it has been a previously popular RPG in the past. Traveller and CoC or similar would qualify under this definition if Dr. Who wouldn't.

Classic Battletech just changed hands in June, so it's out of the running.