[DL] Re: deadlands-digest.20000923

[Dan Conley <yosemite@cfanet.com>]

    Shane...Thanks for the info.! I'm REALLY sorry to hear about the combined
format for Deadlands. Being the fan I am of your stuff I know I'll buy a couple
to try them, but I'm only a WW player/Marshal and have virtually no interest in
HOE at this point. I hate to shell out $ for things I KNOW I won't use!!! (Now
don't ask how much I've spent on items I THOUGHT I'd use and never did...!!!)
    I do understand that bottom-line economics dictate these situations. Just
wish the WW sales were better!
    You mentioned that WW would have 2 - 3 dedicated books this year. Are these
to be sourcebooks only? With my schedule, I don't have the time to design
original adventures and I depend on your adventure books and adventures published
on the website. There are those of us who rely on the published scenarios and I
just wanted to throw in my two cents in the hope that we won't be forgotten.
    Thanks again!


Dan


> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:20:28 EDT
> From: PEGShane@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [DL] Re: Weird North bumped AGAIN
>
> HI guys,
>
> First, understand that John doesn't ultimately decide these matters--I do. So
> certainly don't blame him. He's fought to keep it on the schedule as hard as
> he can. The truth is though, we just can't ask him to write 5 128 page
> sourcebooks in 4 months (each one half as long as a small novel and twice as
> much work because of the art/layout issues).
>
> Our sales on individual books are low, so we're going to the new combined
> format "Deadlands" that we discussed at the summer shows. I'll ask John to
> repeat the new format change here so that the rest of you will know.
>
> The goal is, that since our storylines were going to come together anyway, we
> want to bring more people into the whole DL story--not just hte WW or HOE. So
> we'll be combining material into one bimonthly sourcebook simply called
> "Deadlands." There will be material for LC, HOE, WW, Great Rail Wars, and
> even Doomtown inside. It's 128 pages and $20, just like before. THe Epitaph
> will be discontinued. The lessons we learned there will be incorporated into
> the new DL books.
>
> We WILL still do occasional dedicated books for WW, HOE, and LC. And Great
> Weird North may well be one of them. RIght now, we don't know. We know it
> isn't coming out this year (the staff thought Black Circle was more important
> and we could only fit one in).
>
> To nip this in the bud, Lost Colony will come out as announced sometime early
> next year (we're currently shooting for Feb.) It will have a players and
> marshal's book, then there will be a full year's worth of independent books,
> with supporting material in Deadlands (the combined book). Hell on Earth will
> get at least the Denver book next year, and maybe more. Weird West will
> likely see 2-3 independent books.
>
> Thanks for your constructive criticism. It is much appreciated--and you are
> being listened to. Please understand that hard decisions like these are
> simply a matter of making sure we continue to stay in business and keep
> making the absolute best games we know how.
>
> Shane
>
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