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In a message dated 12/11/2003 9:58:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, balance@tubas.net writes:
We can hope. One of my complaints about Reloaded is that it's putting Well.. .what you perhaps don't understand is that Deadlands *is* considered a dead system by distributors and retailers. That doesn't mean there aren't thousands of people still playing it. By my ENORMOUS web sales there are obviously are. But no new products can be made and sold into the chain at any profit, and frankly, classic players have *everything* they need already (with the exception of a few plot line wrap ups). So if you're playing classic and want to keep doing so, more power to you! I'm not complaining--I wrote the dang thing after all and still love it! ;)
Deadlands as a *property* is VERY much alive out there though. In numerous surveys and interviews it constantly comes out in the top 5 gaming properties ever created (usually the top 3 after D&D and Vampire).
That means that demand for DL is strong, but demand for the old DL *game* is not. That has some to do with the system--it is intimidating for newbies--but also of course with Pinnacle's past. That's a strength and a weakness, by the way. Yes, we've stuggled, but we're still around. A *lot* of companies who came into the industry when we did are gone. And if I have a strength, it's perserverance, because *any* other company who's been through what I've been through would have folded years ago.
So once again, I understand the concern of you classic players, and will make available in some format the plot wrap-ups you're looking for. You don't need any new rules, gadgets, monsters, or NPC profiles--you have a life-time's worth already.
For new players, old players looking for the "coffee table book" of Deadlands, and the nearly 5000 Savage Worlds customers, this should be just what they're looking for if I do my job right.
So sit back, wait a while, and thumb through it when it comes out. If you don't like it, no one's got a Peacemaker to your head. ;)
Shanester
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