Big announcement today?
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danskmacabre
Mongoose
Oooh, how exciting 
Joint press release from Mongoose Publishing and Issaries, Inc.
“Today we have agreed to dissolve the business relationship between our companies. While such partings are regretful, we recognize the need to play to our strengths and specialties in today’s market.”
Says Matthew Sprange, Managing Director of Mongoose:
“RuneQuest has been an adventure in publishing fantasy, but we can only seek so much treasure at once. It is clear to us that Traveller, miniatures and our future board and card games are our strong suits. We’ll now channel more resources in these directions.”
Says Greg Stafford, President of Issaries:
“I’ve enjoyed the creative efforts of Mongoose, and I will miss the entertainment and expansion that it’s given us. Thank you Matt. ”
Now go read our News page...
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Matthew Sprange
Not the best of news, perhaps.
“Today we have agreed to dissolve the business relationship between our companies. While such partings are regretful, we recognize the need to play to our strengths and specialties in today’s market.”
Says Matthew Sprange, Managing Director of Mongoose:
“RuneQuest has been an adventure in publishing fantasy, but we can only seek so much treasure at once. It is clear to us that Traveller, miniatures and our future board and card games are our strong suits. We’ll now channel more resources in these directions.”
Says Greg Stafford, President of Issaries:
“I’ve enjoyed the creative efforts of Mongoose, and I will miss the entertainment and expansion that it’s given us. Thank you Matt. ”
Now go read our News page...
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Matthew Sprange
Not the best of news, perhaps.
DramaticExit
Mongoose
Khamulcalle
Mongoose
Wtf!
Beginning to sound like WOTC all over again. I am home brewing it from now on...Just when I was getting excited about MRQII and had invested in it.
I am not putting another penny in to a new, revised, made over system. I am sticking with Cortex, CT, RQ 1st ed., Stormbringer 1st Ed. I have yet to see a single company finish what they start, I am so sick of unfinished product lines.
Loz if you are out there still a loyal fan.
V
I am not putting another penny in to a new, revised, made over system. I am sticking with Cortex, CT, RQ 1st ed., Stormbringer 1st Ed. I have yet to see a single company finish what they start, I am so sick of unfinished product lines.
Loz if you are out there still a loyal fan.
V
PhilHibbs said:
Quite the opposite - the rules system will stay _exactly_ the same, but can now run forward for, well, forever.
Pendraig said:
That is certainly our aim - but what do you mean by finishing what we start?
I'm not surprised. Mongoose makes business decisions. Once the Glorantha books didn't sell enough, they were dropped immediately.
I'm done buying new Mongoose lines. After Starship Troopers and this, I don't trust them to finish things. I hope they don't decide to redo Traveller next.
I'm done buying new Mongoose lines. After Starship Troopers and this, I don't trust them to finish things. I hope they don't decide to redo Traveller next.
msprange said:
No more Races of Glorantha books, no more Glorantha books, etc. There are a TON of things still not covored for RQII, and never will be. Crazy as it sounds, when people jump into a game line strongly aligned with a setting, they expect the setting to get enough books to cover everything.
butscharoni
Mongoose
Hm, not sure what to think about this.
I, at least, really like the format of the books as they are and am sad to see them appear in another one.
Also, I have to say, following how Mongoose operates for some time really makes you think, if you should even recommend to your FLGS to carry them, because obviously, it's only a matter of months until the line gets dropped/redone and sold for cheap, so the old books will probably stay on shelves forever...
I don't think Wayfarer has the same ring to it that RuneQuest does, though. Also, what about the Wayfarers RPG? At least, this will cause some confusion. Would this be not a problem in establishing a new brand?
I, at least, really like the format of the books as they are and am sad to see them appear in another one.
Also, I have to say, following how Mongoose operates for some time really makes you think, if you should even recommend to your FLGS to carry them, because obviously, it's only a matter of months until the line gets dropped/redone and sold for cheap, so the old books will probably stay on shelves forever...
I don't think Wayfarer has the same ring to it that RuneQuest does, though. Also, what about the Wayfarers RPG? At least, this will cause some confusion. Would this be not a problem in establishing a new brand?
danbuter said:
Well, here is the question, and you really cannot get round it.
What should we have done instead? Carry on publishing books that were losing money on each new title?
I don't believe any other company in its right mind would have made a different decision. We have ensured the game itself continues, with the only casualty being 2nd Age Glorantha - and while we sympathise, we also know that the number of people who will care about that can be counted on a depressingly small number of hands. On the other hand, there are enough fans of the RQII core rules that will allow the system to have a decent future.
This doesn't seem that doom and gloom guys, yes Glorantha is leaving Mongoose but the rule system stays and that in many ways is the most important thing.
The core setting books for Glorantha are out so the new stuff which Matt says is fully compatible can be used to carry those games forward.
And Elric and the other games seem set to continue so it should all be ok, with only a few months of disruption till the winter.
This is slightly upsetting but I think we have all seen worse happen to game lines that we love in the past, like the death of Stornbringer, or Bab5 ACTA or oWOD and Stargate.
So I think it will all be ok in the end and as long as the the stuff is fully compatible with the RuneQuestII stuff then nobody has wasted any money.
The core setting books for Glorantha are out so the new stuff which Matt says is fully compatible can be used to carry those games forward.
And Elric and the other games seem set to continue so it should all be ok, with only a few months of disruption till the winter.
This is slightly upsetting but I think we have all seen worse happen to game lines that we love in the past, like the death of Stornbringer, or Bab5 ACTA or oWOD and Stargate.
So I think it will all be ok in the end and as long as the the stuff is fully compatible with the RuneQuestII stuff then nobody has wasted any money.
