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Artistic freedom to borrow
May. 29th, 2011 01:20 amI'm reading a thread on RPG.net on using Heroquest mechanics for a Call of Cthuhlu-like horror RPG, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bruceb said this:
(He made this comment before he had announced that he and Ben Monroe are working on Something Wicked, a horror RPG using the Heroquest mechanics. Possibly he hadn't even decided he was going to do it yet.)
What struck me about this comment is that I can't think of another artistic medium where the artists are so constantly open about taking ideas from other works. "I borrowed this from that" is in no way a shameful admission in RPGs, either among the creators or in the player audience. Maybe that's one of the reasons I still have such warmth for it.
bruceb said this: I just started reading [Bookhounds of London] in the dentist waiting room on Friday, and have been thinking this weekend about looting it as a resource for Nameless Streets.
(He made this comment before he had announced that he and Ben Monroe are working on Something Wicked, a horror RPG using the Heroquest mechanics. Possibly he hadn't even decided he was going to do it yet.)
What struck me about this comment is that I can't think of another artistic medium where the artists are so constantly open about taking ideas from other works. "I borrowed this from that" is in no way a shameful admission in RPGs, either among the creators or in the player audience. Maybe that's one of the reasons I still have such warmth for it.
