New Hawkmoon Game

[Hapimeses]

Interestingly, the folks at Mongoose Games seem to have the rights to produce a Hawkmoon game. Indeed, Amazon even lists it now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RuneQuest-Ha...e=UTF8&s=books

I thought I'd ask if Mike was aware of this. And, if not, would he like contact details to the people concerned, just to make sure?

I'll admit that I pretty excited, assuming that it is all above board.

[David Mosley]

There's a thread in the Mongoose forums about this game. Doesn't sound like there's been an official annoucement from Mongoose about it though, and there's some doubts over where Amazon have got their information from. There's also some discussion over the whole rights issues, with references being made to this very site, and people taking various sides on the whole thing (some pro-Chaosium/anti-Moorcock, others more open-minded (imo)). Lawrence Whitaker also contributes some constructive comments as well.

[voilodian ghagnasdiak]

From The Mongoose Forums

AKAramis Wrote

To be honest: I loved the Stormbringer game the few times I played it... I loved the Elrik Boardgame... but I found the Novels to be poorly written trash wrapped around a few really cool ideas.

My reply to that statement would be for AKAramis to perform a Colonscopy whilst poking his/her head around up inside there.

[devilchicken]

From The Mongoose Forums

AKAramis Wrote
My reply to that statement would be for AKAramis to perform a self Colonscopy whilst poking his/her head around in there.

Wow. A second rate RPG noone has ever heard of is apparently better than the source material which has been consistently popular and well regarded for 30-40 years. What a tit.

[johneffay]

One man's meat and all that. However, anybody who thinks the Elric novels are poorly written has already ruled their opinion out of court having demonstrated a complete inability to distinguish between good and bad writing.

[Michael Moorcock]

No, I'm not bloody aware of it. Oh, bugger. Here we go again.

[Hapimeses]

No, I'm not bloody aware of it. Oh, bugger. Here we go again.

Ah, not so good.



Well, if you want any contacts, drop me a PM - although most email addresses can be picked up here:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/contact.php

Also, it is possible this could be an Amazon mistake.

[Reinart der Fuchs]

Ah, not so good.



Well, if you want any contacts, drop me a PM - although most email addresses can be picked up here:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/contact.php

Also, it is possible this could be an Amazon mistake.

Post a link to what your talking about. I just search their site for Hawkmoon and Moorcock and nothing came up.

[Hapimeses]

Post a link to what your talking about. I just search their site for Hawkmoon and Moorcock and nothing came up.

As it stands, there is nothing beyond the Amazon book link mentioned in my first post. Mongoose are currently saying nothing publically, the author of the recent Hawkmoon monograph knows nothing about it, and speculation is rife.

In short, beyond the Amazon link at the beginning of this thread, there is nothing. That's why I suggested Amazon may have it wrong. Having said that, Amazon may often get small details incorrect (several of the roleplaying books I've worked on have the wrong cover imaged, no cover, or have the author listed incorrectly), but I've rarely seen them get an entire listing with an ISBN code incorrect.

I'm sure we'll find out soon.

[David Mosley]

I just search their site for Hawkmoon and Moorcock and nothing came up.

Publication (if the Amazon listing is correct - and how long have they been listing the now-cancelled Moorcock's Miscellany anthology?) is some six months away, so I'm not wholly surprised that there's nothing 'official' on the Mongoose site for the time being.

Clearly the best people to get to the bottom of this are Mike or Mike's agent, Howard Morhaim. No-one on any of the relevant forums knows anything more than anyone else at the moment.

[opaloka]

If anyone wants to risk the bottomless morass of rpgnet, here's a thread:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=283811

[Reinart der Fuchs]

Mike has had problems with Chaosium. Lawrence Whittacre knowingly did business with Chalie Krank despite Mike telling Lawrence that he was being ripped off. Lawrence seems to be a decent guy to me, so I hope this turn doesn't create a big problem for him. Chaosium has the reputation of chewing up talent and treating them unfairly.

[Michael Moorcock]

The matter is being sorted...

[Hapimeses]

The matter is being sorted...

As I may have said before:

Woohoo!

This certainly calms my worries.

[Michael Moorcock]

More news as soon as I'm cleared to give it!