Talk:Basic Role-Playing
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I have removed the following paragraph:
- Many of the BRP-based games are no longer in print in November of 2001. Currently available systems include Call of Cthulhu and Stormbringer from Chaosium, and the distantly related Pendragon, now published by Green Knight Publishing.
I don't think it adds anything, and seems out of place in an encyclopedia. In addition, the artcile has already mentioned that Pendragon is sufficiently different to be considered a different system, which I agree with. I will add the Green Knight reference to that part of the article. PhilHibbs 15:29, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Removed the word "only" from Pendragon ... "has sufficiently different mechanics that it can be seen only as a separate system" as that's not NPOV IMHO.213.112.249.111 08:55, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Also, this:
- Additionally, some note that the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, released in the fall of 2000, resembles nothing so much as a reworking - or perhaps melding - of Dungeons & Dragons with the rules of RuneQuest (the first BRP-based game), which was first published in 1978. Dividing percentages by 5 and rounding to the nearest whole number results in values ranging from 1 to 20.
I disagree with this, and it's not that well written either. D&D is less of a derivative of RuneQuest than the other way round, and I say that as a RQ fan. Just because D&D skills use a linear scale, that doesn't mean that it is a derivative of the percentile system. You could lay the same claim about MERP/Rolemaster, Cyberpunk, or a dozen other systems. — PhilHibbs | talk 10:45, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Role-playing games
There has just ben started a new Wikiproject regarding Role playing Games. If you would like to join, please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games and add your self. Angelbo 13:13, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Basic Roleplaying: The Chaosium System ?
In the article, it mentions a book published in 2004 called the Basic Role-Playing Players Book and Magic Book. I didn't see that book listed on Amazon, but I did see Basic Roleplaying: The Chaosium System published in 2003. Is that the book you mean? If that's the book the article means, someone probably should correct the spelling and year in the article.
(FYI, Chaosium apparently used to use the spelling "role-playing" in its products, as depicted in the article on the first edition cover. But its more recent products like the book above and Stormbringer 5th edition use the spelling "roleplaying". There's a discussion about the change in the spelling of the word in some of the Wiki articles and the Wiki RPG portal, in case you're curious.) Dugwiki 17:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
