Runequest Classic now in print bundle on Chaosium!

If you're like me, you've been trying not to get involved in too many Kickstarters, and prefer to wait for an actual release copy to show up. Well, Chaosium has at last got Runequest Classic, the 2nd edition of the beloved game, up for sale now right here. At $29.95, which includes a GM Screen and mess of extra pages this is a steal, trust me!

I'm going to run this --SOON-- with Pergerron as the setting. Maybe I'll post some conversion details on the sundry and various Pergerron monsters posted to date....most of them are already in BRP or Legend format anyway!

This idea is an excercise of sorts: to see how adaptable RQ2 is to my own stuff (I did it back in the 80's, so I ought to be able to do so now, right?) and also to give me a chance to contrast and compare the RQ2 mechanics against Mythras.

Right now I can say that I am a bit shocked at how Gloranthafied the 2nd edition rules really were...I totally do not remember them this way (possible my greater time spent with RQ3 has clouded my memories of 2E). Still, easy enough to adapt to a relatively fluid, nonstandard setting like Pergerron. I'll probably need to borrow the BRP Creatures book (which is the reprint for BRP of the RQ3 monsters tome) to flesh out the missing monsters from RQ2 (I also totally did not remember that orcs, as an example, were missing from RQ2). I'll also have to drag Cthulhu: Dark Ages along, but I was already borrowing from that when I was using Magic World in Pergerron so nothing new there.

Runequest 6 News

Thanks to Akratic Wizardry for spotting this info first! If there's one thing that gets me more excited than D&D 5th, it's Runequest 6. Lawrence Whittaker has posted news on RQ6 and what it will contain. It looks like we're going to see a July release date, and it will be in retail chains. They're talking preorders, which is good; I'll be putting my order in for this one for sure.

The Design Mechanism Link

Some highlights:

456 page hardcover rulebook, MSRP $62.00. Is this steep? It's hard to tell anymore. If DCC can sell a deluxe edition for $70 then a game like Runequest with some lengthy history can probably sell for this price. It might deter casuals and new players, I suppose. (Correction: it's soft cover as Erik Tenkar points out below. That seems a bit too pricey for a soft cover edition, not sure why it would cost that much, either, unless they're looking at some expensive binding. This is still a book I'll buy, but it sort of feels like RQ6 has definitely moved into the domain of "for fans only," average Joe Gamer is probably going to prefer to snag the $20 Legend book, or its $1 PDF counterpart) 

They'll be taking preorders soon, and will hand out the PDF if you buy directly. Ergo, I suggest buying direct! In any case, I've had a notorious amount of trouble over the years getting my FLGS to stock or even special order Runequest books in the past, so ordering direct works for me.