Topic: Director's Briefing - The Rolemaster Briefing (26 June 2012)

[Hurin]

Fantastic news!

I have a steady gaming group and we mostly play DnD, but only because of the difficulty in getting some of the Rolemaster books. With a new edition, that won't be a proble. I'm really looking forward to the new edition!

[bennis1980]

...I'll support the endeavor with my $...

Exactly, we need to put our money where our mouths are. I'll be supporting also with €€€

[Steel Rabbit]

I'm excited to hear that ICE is throwing their weight behind a singular Rolemaster. As great as it is to see a company support the various gamers that enjoy the different iterations of their game, it doesn't look too cohesive to an outsider. Having a single version that ICE can say "this is Rolemaster, it's all you'll need" really builds consumer confidence. I would also like to see some support behind this product line in terms of convention appearances, and Free RPG Day quickstarts/adventures/whatever.

[GuernseyMan]

...I'll support the endeavor with my $...

Exactly, we need to put our money where our mouths are. I'll be supporting also with €€€

And my £ ...

[giulio.trimarco]

Good news! All the luck to you!

But, will the new version be a collection of "best" rules, or a heavy revision?
Will the weapons table revised? Will the spell point progression tuned down? Bookkeeping lessened, armors more real-world based, locational hits, ecc.?

After three version of RM (RM2, RMSS, RMC) I really have difficulty to buy a new edition of RM that will collect "the best".

[Arioch]

...I'll support the endeavor with my $...

Exactly, we need to put our money where our mouths are. I'll be supporting also with €€€

And my £ ...

And my axe! 

[mistrornge]

Great news guys. Thank you

[Enkili]

I've been following these forums and playing Rolemaster for years, but I don't think I've ever posted anything before.  This, however, definitely deserves a nod.  For the record I will be buying this, at least, as one person put it, for the next generation.  I am incredibly curious to see how it comes out and what rules are kept from each system.  I highly doubt I will use the system in the near future as there are too many "optional"  and house rules I implement regularly that could never be covered in the Core Books, but I'll still buy it.  If GCP continues to support "their" system and put out supplements that's when I'll really get excited.  Until people know the new system will be supported, most won't commit to the switch.

The big questions I have for now for the developers is what is the timetable and will there be a playtest/preview. 

[thirqual]

Oh my. And now I have both a reliable income (so I will be able to support this) and no reliable group (which means I'll have to convince my FLGS that it is fine to introduce people to RM during a D&D meet-up).

[Temujin]

Very nice.  I'm looking forward to this.

[DangerMan]

I'll trown my Norwegian Kroner (currency) at this as well, all though it's gonna be hard convincing some of our players to start learning a new (?) set of rules. It would be great if we could get some hints on where all this is going. E.g. what simplifications will be made?

[DangerMan]

The vanguard of the new Rolemaster edition will be five books - Arms Law, Spell Law, Character Law, Creatures, and Treasures.

No "core rules" book?

[dreameling]

I, for one, cannot wait. Cool!

[Fenrhyl Wulfson]

The vanguard of the new Rolemaster edition will be five books - Arms Law, Spell Law, Character Law, Creatures, and Treasures.

No "core rules" book?

The rules of RM are ultra simple : roll + skill + mod, compare to a table or a value and you are done. I guess everything will be explained in the law books.

[ninja]

These are simply awesome news!

Rolemaster has a huge gaming tradition to back it up, and a new edition bringing all that history together in a fresh and inspiring format, with rules that both build, reform and expand on the older versions, should have no problem putting its unique stamp on the rpg market.

I look forward to this with heaps of enthusiasm and anticipation!

[TeichDragon]

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!
Call me excited, can't wait to hear more.
 

And yes, I want the new edition as print-products. Either PoD or even better as hardcover.
 

[Wōdwulf Seaxaning]

Details before you get my $ but I'm excited & looking forward to it. Since I own only RM2 , RMX & RMFRPG (which I don't use), I'll either buy POD of RMC (if I don't like the changes of the new RM) or the new RM if I do like the changes.

[mocking bird]

I am also of the very excited and a little wary.  While I am curious about what the changes will be made, existing material will have to be modified to fit the new system.  Then again we all have been modifying it for years so that won't be that much of a stretch.

If anything at least it should give some ideas for additional house rules that will be actually be written down somewhere.

So in conclusion would our group play exclusively with yet another version?  Definitely not since we haven't played in a 'pure' version of RM, well, ever.  However it won't stop us from picking up at least some of the books to see what has been changed, or perhaps more interestingly what hasn't.  Am definitely excited about the Shadow World tie in.

[JimiSue]

What I think would be great would be if some of the rules modifications and changes reflected some of what's been happening and been said on these forums - which are populated by dedicated, articulate and experienced RM players. I remember one of the producers of 2nd edition D&D saying that he knew he had got it right when he was talking to gamers at a convention, describing some new rule, and the players nodding, before saying "You know, we've been doing that for years."

There is a huge reservoir of creative ways to get around some of the shortfalls inherent in RM, or to make what is already good so it becomes great. So definitely what I don't want to see is a system produced by a couple of people writing in isolation, or just a reprint of existing rules from both versions, loosely stitched together.

This is a great step forward for the longevity of RM though, whatever happens

[Mordenkainen]

At the risk of sounding churlish, I hope that the team pays utmost attention to the presentation of the new edition: art, layout, graphic design, as well as editing. Issues of organisation aside, I think RMFRP was exemplary in these regards, although of course the look would need to be updated for the present decade. I'd like to hold some really beautiful RM books in my hands, and this would be one of the best things to get new people interested in the game.

It will be hard to equal those Angus McBride covers though...