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Re: [DL] From Pinkertons to the Agency
At 12:34 PM 11/13/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>No doubt this was covered during my absence from the list, but could
>someone tell me why the decision was made to change the Pinkertons to
>the Agency? I'm talking about the marketing rationale here; I know
>there's a reason for it within the context of the setting.
Well - from what I heard, when WotC was about to put out the Doomtown card
game, they got a Cease and Desist from the Pinkertons - hence the use of
the term Agency.
After discussion on this list, Pinnacle decided to work that into the
storyline, giving the split between Pinkertons and Agency.
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