zhowar wrote:Post your questions for Greg Stafford here.Welcome to the Acaeum, Greg.
JohnGaunt wrote:I'm an Acaeum newbie, so I can rush in where angels fear to tread.
What stories can you tell about (1) Favorite Chaosium RPG games or settings that you created while at Chaosium?
JohnGaunt wrote: What stories can you tell about (1) Favorite RPG games that were created by other companies during that time?
JohnGaunt wrote:I'm an Acaeum newbie, so I can rush in where angels fear to tread. What stories can you tell about (2) Favorite current products (RPGs, CCGs, books, viceo games, whatever) that are related to gaming?
JohnGaunt wrote:I'm an Acaeum newbie, so I can rush in where angels fear to tread. What stories can you tell about (3) So what was the deal with Cthulhu and TSR's Deities and Demigods? First he was in the book; then he was gone, and Chaosium was thanked on the credits page. Was Chaosium willing to let TSR use Cthulhu? Was some handshake or official deal made that was later not used?
Greg Stafford wrote:JohnGaunt wrote:I'm an Acaeum newbie, so I can rush in where angels fear to tread. Many questions! I have only a little time right now, so I will break them up to reply. What stories can you tell about (1) Favorite Chaosium RPG games or settings that you created while at Chaosium? My personal favorite is King Arthur Pendragon, which I consider to be my masterpiece. This is mainly becasue I did just about all the design and writing work on it, whereas most games we did were rather by committee. I'd been fascinated by King ARthur and things medieval since I was a little kid and saw a picture of a castle. I remember thinking, "Gee, they sure had tall wals! And I wonder why it has no roof?" And of course, RuneQuest is way up on my list too. I'd begun writing about Glorantha in 1966 while at college. I was dissatisfied with D&D, and so when other guys offered to do a rpg based on WB&RM I took them up on the offer. Naturally, too, I am most proud of having published Call of Cthulhu. I had notthing to do with writing it, per se.
killjoy32 wrote:so even though they cut it from D&DG, were you still allowed to use their TM in your TW material? or did they force you to withdraw it...or were them contracts never finalised in the end?
this is quite interesting actually - dont think most ppl would have ever known all this and it places a nice piece in the history-puzzle so to speak.
Ethesis wrote:Pendragon is still ground breaking, after all these years.
Marinagh wrote:I have a question that I've wondered about ever since I picked up the Dieux Nomades reprint of Nomad Gods. In the introduction to the rules it mentions a third Glorantha boardgame "Masters of Luck and Death".
Was this game ever close to being published? Is it ever likely to be published in future?
El Diablo Robotico wrote:Hi Greg, great having you on the Acaeum forums!
As you probably know, Mongoose is releasing a new edition of Runequest pretty soon, and an accompanying Glorantha setting book. I was curious what your thoughts are about it. Are you involved at all in the project?
MShipley88 wrote:Did you have a part in the creation of the Stormbringer/Elric line of games?For instance, how did the contract with Moorcock come about?Mark