Re: [HoE] Review of Epitaph #1[SHANE]

[Matt and Teresa Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com>]

Shane wrote:

> First, the Dime Novels--while I loved them, never made money. Please realize
> that if you pay $5, we get $2 from our distributor. After paying for printing
> ($.75) the author ($1000), the art ($1000), we did well to break even. So you
> just won't see those again. (Remember that manufacturers get 40% of the cover
> price--and from that has to come art and author's fees, printing, shipping,
> etc.)
>
Yes, understood.  It's a damn shame the Dime Novels didn't do better.
Innovative format with a lot of bang for the buck.  I understand the
business savvy end of why they've "gone the way of the dodo", and I feel
your pain.  I'm still going to lament their passing.

>
> Second, Veteran of the Faraway War. Yes, it was on the web, but not everyone
> has access to the web. And it was only 2 pages, so come on. . .
>
Yeah, yeah...alright...fine.  And it was a _good_ two pages...hope I
didn't give the implication that the writing was bad or something.  I
was just (very selfishly) bummed that it was something I'd seen before.
So sue me.  :-)

> Third, Story's End. Your mileage may vary--I liked the story.
>
I believe I've already shared what's on my odometer regarding this
puppy.  Glad you liked it, though I gotta admit I still question the
motivations behind it. Hopefully time will tell(er).

> Finally, the comic. I loved it--and it goes  along way toward making that
> movie happen. You think a Hollywood exec is going to read our sourcebook? No,
> but they'll read a comic. Too, I think it's neat. I loved it. Liked the story
> too. We'll put up a survey on the web page though and see what folks think.
> If you don't want the comic anymore, we'll nix. By far the most expensive
> part of the book anyway.
>
Didn't say I _didn't_ like it.  Anything that might get the game
exposure in other media forms or what have you is great.  My commment
was that to make it a bit more useful from a _game_ standpoint, giving a
brief little write-up with some stats on the Blood Oaks would have been
nice.  If the Blood Oaks _are_ from a Critter Book (I don't have either
of the Weird West Critter books so I can't say), you could have utilized
the piece as a free plug.

Thanks for the response, Shane.

Matt Steflik
Gimme Shelter - http://www.geocities.com/grifflik/