Re: [dq-rules] On Flames and Publishing [long]

[Bruce Probst <bprobst@netspace.net.au>]

On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:28:05 -0700, Rodger Thorm<dqn@earthlink.net> wrote:

>With SPI long gone and dead, there is no one to judge what is 'official' DQ and what is not, and some reluctance (my own included, it must be admitted) to publish based on that.

I don't think that's hard to decide at all.  "Official" is what was actually
printed, with a further modifier of being qualified for each edition;
"Official 3rd edition" and "official 2nd edition" being not quite the same
thing after all.

Technically, "Arcane Wisdom" is not "official", except for those portions of
it which were reprinted in 3rd edition and elsewhere (issues of Ares
magazine, for example).  However, the combined publication of "Arcane
Wisdom" was so close to being published that I'm happy to call it "official
2nd edition material".

Everything else is "house rules".

In my DQ game, for example, I base everything on 2nd edition, supplemented
by stuff "stolen" from other works, modified by what my experience says
"works" and "doesn't work" (in terms of rules and play balance).  The whole
mess comprises my "house rules" and works for me and my players; if someone
were to "officially" publish a new edition of DQ I would find that
interesting, but barring any new ideas I could steal for my own game it
wouldn't have any great impact on the game as I play it now.

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