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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 4967923" data-attributes="member: 34865">I'm going to go out on a limb and assume the OP meant "1974" and "a manuscript of" not boxes and boxes of 4E books and the year 1970.Because if the latter is the case I think you'd have people writing you off like a nutcase: nobody would be "in to" RPGs and the 2008 copyright (plus the mostly incorrect anyway history of D&D in the books would just come off as weird)...anyway.Firstly, if it were 1974 and it was a manuscript, there's two things you could do with it:One: give it go Gary, Dave et al at TSR.  I'm speculating here but "combat squares" and "push backs" and things like that probably wouldn't fly.  The terminology wouldn't.  Some (a lot?) of the mechanics might.  Again, I'm just speculating.Two: completely rename everything, strip out parts that make it like D&D and market it as a D&D competitor.  It'd probably wind up like TRAVELLER (in a good way!) in that it would have sticking power and be that "other" fantasy RPG.  You wouldn't have to do much pruning; rename the stats and a couple of mechanics and you're all set, really.</blockquote>