Lacking Natural Simplicity (Posts about rq:aig)https://tkurtbond.github.io/categories/rqaig.atom2024-01-23T18:49:58ZT. Kurt BondNikolaRuneQuest Versionshttps://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/runequest-versions/2012-06-11T21:41:57-05:002012-06-11T21:41:57-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>I can never remember the publication dates of the various versions of
<cite>RuneQuest</cite>, so here's a list:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite> (1978), <a class="reference external" href="http://www.chaosium.com">Chaosium</a>. AKA RuneQuest I, RQI, RQ1. Was set
in the world of Glorantha.</p></li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite>, second edition (1980), Chaosium. AKA RuneQuest II,
RQII, RQ2. Was set in the world of Glorantha.</p></li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite>, third edition (1984), Avalon Hill. AKA RuneQuest III,
RQ3. Used Fantasy Europe as the example setting, but also had
a lot of Glorantha publications.</p>
<p>Originally published as a box set, it was republished as a paperback
book in the US in the early 1990s during the brief but productive
RuneQuest Renaissance ushered in by the new RuneQuest editor at
Avalon Hill, Ken Rolston.</p>
</li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha</cite>, (never published
commercially), Avalon Hill. AKA RQIV and RQ:AiG on the Internet.</p></li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite> (2006), <a class="reference external" href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/">Mongoose Publishing</a>. AKA MRQ on the Internet.</p>
<p>This was published as an setting-independent fantasy system (under
the OGL), but Mongoose also had a license to publish material about
the “Second Age” of the world of Glorantha and published a lot of
Glorantha specific books.</p>
</li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite>, second edition (2010), Mongoose Publishing. AKA MRQ2 on
the Internet. (Mongoose called this “RuneQuest II”, and books for
this edition usually have a RQII logo on their cover.)</p></li>
<li><p><cite>RuneQuest</cite>, sixth edition (announced 16 July 2011), <a class="reference external" href="http://www.thedesignmechanism.com/">The Design
Mechanism</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I'll not go into the related histories of the related <cite>Basic
Roleplaying</cite> games from Chaosium, nor the completely different system
<cite>HeroQuest</cite> which also used the setting of Glorantha.</p>
<p>For more RuneQuest history see Pete Maranci's <a class="reference external" href="http://www.maranci.net/rqpast.htm">The History of
RuneQuest</a>, and <a class="reference external" href="http://www.maranci.net/rq.htm">Pete's RuneQuest & Roleplaying!</a> for more on
RuneQuest in general.</p>
<p>Mongoose released a new RPG, <a class="reference external" href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpgs/legend.html">Legend</a>, using the mechanics from their
RuneQuest, second edition, under the OGL.</p>