Re: [BNW] Bargainers comments [MATT]

[Andrew Hackard <hackard@io.com>]

At 10:19 AM 27/07/00 -0400, MForbeck@aol.com wrote:
>Hi:

Howdy!

> >(I also enjoyed Matt's little digs at some "names" in the industry --
> >hope that doesn't come back to haunt you later, Matt!)
>
>It shouldn't AEG supposedly contacted everyone and got permission 
>before the
>book went to press. Everyone of the in-jokes is gentle, of course. These
>people are my friends after all. ; )

I figured as much, and most of the jokes look pretty gentle, but you 
never know. (That "Dan Ryan" fellow's got a temper, I hear. ;-) )

>that this would not happen again. Apparently deadline pressures 
>overwhelmed
>the editor, and not nearly enough attention was given to the details 
>of the
>book before it went out. I'd ask you to consider these production 
>problems
>another casualty of the transition over to AEG and the company 
>learning how
>to best work with a full-time designer who's out of house.

That's a fair answer, Matt. Thanks for leveling with us.

Looking forward to stalking you -- I mean, meeting you -- at GenCon! :-)

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