Re: [DL] AAAARRRGGGHHH! Or....

["Allan Seyberth (darious@darious.com)" <darious@plato.nmia.com>]

> 
> hmm really.. i guess it's the same thing as hasbro and wotc, and wotc andthe
> old l5r.. they own it, it's a seperate company.. and don't control it..

Well.  WotC and L5R is an . . . interesting one.  

Way back when, L5R was put out by two companies - AEG and Isomedia.  
Isomedia held the rights to the setting.  They were so close that you 
practically couldn't tell them apart.  

Isomedia reorganized into FRPG - Five Rings Publishing Group.  Their idea 
was to become an umbrella company to help other game companies put out 
card games.  Under this concept they worked L5R and picked up the licenses 
for Dune and Doomtown, as well as a couple others.

Well, not long after AEG/FRPG announced that the L5R game wold NOT end at 
GenCon '98 (contrary to their initial advertising), FRPG announced that 
they were being bought by WotC.  And taking the license for the L5R 
setting with them. . . (as well as the Doomtown and Dune CCG licenses)

That and a few other . .  things. . . explain why Rokugan is the default 
setting for 3rd ed. Oriental Adventures and why AEG can get away with 
Warlord.








> 
> MARSHALL KT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allan Seyberth
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [DL] AAAARRRGGGHHH! Or....
> 
> 
> Quoting bruce boragine <gamr4evr@bellsouth.net>:
> 
> > tell your friends to try another distributor for gaming, like alliance..
> > they aren't by any means perfect.. but are better than  diamond.
> 
> The thing is, Diamond owns Alliance.
> 
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