What does it take for an RPG to die?

[Micah Sweet]

It’s the front man of the RPG book. I’m not saying it’s going to be the reason people buy a book, but it certainly entices someone to take a look at something they might not have otherwise.

Rolemaster is already fighting against the current, being a (relatively) rules intensive game compared to what the majority prefer these days. The cover is just creating another barrier to potentially pulling someone in.

Just my experience in marketing and business.

Oh, I understand it. I just don't care about art personally. Publushers, unfortunately, need to care more than I do.

 

[chuckdee]

Rolemaster 2 100%. Accept no substitutes. RMSS adds a heap more complexity for little reason, and all subsequent editions appear to have been poisoned by the need to somehow merge the different threads together. RM2 is also the closest to MERP itself, you could very easily just take MERP and add the additional spells from Spell Law and the additional attack and crit tables from Arms Law as you saw fit.

I'm with you on it, but not that RMSS doesn't add anything for a reason. Training and character creation is easier to grasp in RM2 for non-RM players in my experience.