Re: [HoE] Ground Zero

[Machine-gun Kelly <mgkelly@axom.com>]

> Here is my only suggestion/request:  Even if you don't have a minis
> game, please keep producing minis.  You yourself said that they sold
> pretty well, even if the Box Set didn't.  I can't run Deadlands or HOE
> without 'em.  Ranged combat rpg's need miniatures.
> 

I can agree with this. My posse usually doesn't use minis, but we do for
large-scale or intense combat where we need to know where everyone is
located. Personally, I don't play GRW, but if it came down to having GC
and PEG out of business or no GC and having PEG still producing their
games, I'd have to go with no GC. Some people would definitely be upset
with that, and I can understand, because some of my favorite games have
gone under before. But going completely out of business seems a bit more
dire. I, personally, wouldn't want PEG to take the risk.

>  Believe me, I'd love to say why, but it only
> points
> > fingers and makes others look bad (to members of this list), so I will not
> > say anything except that *everything* that happens around here is
> ultimately
> > my responsibility and my fault.

On an OT note: Yes, sometimes it really does *suck* to be the boss,
because you're responsible for every little thing, even if it wasn't
your fault and the person responsible was a monkey. 
On an on-topic note: Like we wouldn't take sides with Shane and say
"You're right! It was all his/her/it's fault!" ;]

> If we do another, it will be with radio buttons and
> > automatically compiled results (our current server cannot handle those
> > things--which is why I did it by hand).

Going back to R. Daniel Paddock's compliments of the way Shane and the
people at PEG do business and the survey; yes, it got pulled down after
a couple days, but I've [maybe someone else has] never seen any other
game company put up a survey asking their fans what they want to see.
Mostly just little mail-in cards in the books asking "Where did you buy
this book?" "What other games do you play?" "Do you have a computer?",
et cetera. 

> > If I take a bath on Grim Crusade, we will, frankly, go out of >>business, or
> > sell the property to another company and I'll move on to other >>endeavors.

Honestly, this paragraph has me worried. IMNSHO, Deadlands being sold to
another company would surely destroy the game.

> > Thanks for your patience, gang.
> >
> > Shane

Even though I sound like a World-Class Ass-Kisser when I post like this,
we're patient because we think you guys have the best RPG on the market
and we're glad that you appreciate us as fans, friends, and customers.

mgk
-- 
"Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity."