Not sure about an errata sheet - I think you are thinking of What Price Glory?!.

by the way, do you know how close to the original "BM&G" rules are these rules?

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/danwell/Hgaming.html

teuzzo wrote:yes, but the benefit of sharing is that anyone in the world will get the opportunity of trying/enjoying this game again.

Sharing in this case may mean distributing a pdf copy or printing a real copy one more time.

What is the purpose of it all- if only a few person currently have this game in their hands in the entire world?

Each of us should be given the chance of enjoying such an experience.

Yes, I see your point. Personally, I'd like to enjoy the feel of a small bowl of diamonds, but Debeers think differently and control the flow of that commodity to the market. They don't even hold patent or copyright over that product. You can't really complain that no-one will pirate or rip-off a writer or designer just because you cannot be bothered buying your own copy. If you felt so strongly about it, you'd pony up your $100 and take the chance of legal repocussions yourself.

i sent a mail to Bill Underwood 20 days ago and he hasn't still replied to me.

my mail was as follows (more or less):

First of all, thank for your reply.  I own a blog dedicated to "old-school gaming", (ad&d in particular)

followed by enthusiasts of previous editions of D&D and the like.

I would like to ask you a few questions about the rpg you wrote in the eighties.
Firstly, i would like to know (briefly, if you can summarize) its mechanics. Which kind of game it is?

Is it just a "clone" of original dungeons & dragons (or an improved version, based on your personal point of view)or is it a completely different game?
Did you just modify some existing rules and provided a more realistic version of d&d or is it something entirely different?

Don't you think is it possible to spread your game to the world again? I mean, nowadays it seems that many persons are disappointed by 4th edition d&d and they crave to come back to the glorious old-school days and feeling. (see for example the phenomenon of "dungeon crawl classics" by goodman games, or "sword & wizardry", "labyrinth lord", etc...)

I would very much like to have the chance of writing something about your game on my blog, and maybe to spread the knowledge of it.

I was wondering if you might be interested in this. Maybe just a scan of a few pages to put on my blog, if you don't mind, so that people can have a glimpse of it.
I don't know if you have ever considered that your game might be asked for again and printed again?
Or maybe selling it again in electronic format (pdf) through paypal...i would be the first to buy it.

I don't know if you think you can still earn money from your creation or if you just would like to keep it for posterity.

Personally, i think it would be  a pity to lose old-games forever.
Even if it will not be printed again, it would be fantastic if an electronic version existed.

I never played your game, but the cover inspires me and i'm sure it can still be payed today.

waiting for your reply,

cheers

Vault keeper wrote:Any advice? Do you think it is clumsy as for its rules, or still playable after 30 years?

I haven't given this a thorough read but it seemed okay.  I don't think I would call the rules polished so if you are going to use them on a regular basis there is probably a number of alterations you would make along the way.

As for price, $100 is not crazy for this book but there are probably only 2 or 3 people here that would pay that much for it (and probably most of those individuals already have it).  So it may not be easy if you want to try and get that $100+ back if you decide to sell the book later.

underdog wrote:We sold out of the first 500 copies and printed 1000 more but that was about it.

Tough to say how many still exist but they do show up periodically.  As far as number of people actively playing, I'll guess at under 10 worldwide.

3 is under 10

Brette:)

And did your group enjoy the game mechanics, Serleran?

You found it attractive, exciting? Or slow and uninteresting?

I know that the book is long, like 224 pages or so.

Is it because it contains some long monsters description/listings?
Or some long spells list description?

I can't believe it's just 224 pages of rules