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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Rasputin" data-source="post: 2745309" data-attributes="member: 8410">My understanding of Jo Rowling's position on a Harry Potter RPG is that she thinks there is already enough Harry Potter merchandizing as it is. I can't see her having problems with RPGs -- many folks have homebrew Harry Potter RPGs as it is, and Rowling has to know about them, being as she reads the major fan sites (Mugglenet, the Leaky Cauldron, Godric's Hollow and others) and there are many mentions of Harry Potter RPGs on those.As for a dislike of other folks "putting words in her characters' mouths," this can't be true. She has also said that she reads and likes Harry Potter fan fiction.Anyhow, as for playing it in a game, there is an excellent <a href="http://www.sabledrake.com/2002/0205_harry_potter1.shtml" target="_blank">GURPS Harry Potter</a> conversion.  It regrettably shows a bit of rust -- it was written two Harry Potter books, three Harry Potter movies and one version of GURPS ago -- but all of this is easily fixable, and the work is extensive.I'm a die-hard GURPS fan, so obviously I'm biased to this conversion, but were I looking to make a simple version for an RPG, I'd use Fudge. Heck, my daughter will need a good RPG introduction in a few years, so maybe I'll take the time then.One final bit. Thomas Barnes, the author of the aforementioned GURPS Harry Potter, writes this as his opening graf: Food for thought.</blockquote>