In the July 1981 edition of The Space Gamer (Issue No. 41), Ronald Pehr commented that "Basic Role-Playing is too little too late. RuneQuest is long established, does an adequate job of teaching role-playing, and there are now even more games to choose from.
In the July 1981 issue of The Space Gamer (Issue No. 41), Ronald Pehr criticized "Basic Role-Playing" as being too late in comparison to RuneQuest, which was already well established and provided a good foundation for role-playing games.