Hi guys,
News, news and more news!
First off, there are no A2089 books planned for the first four months of 2004. Do not despair, however, this is for two reasons;
Having completed the 'core' supplements (Meks, armour, space and infantry), we want to see how the line 'settles in'. This is in terms of both sales through the retail chains and with the players themselves - once you have all the supplements, which do you find the most useful, which feature in every session, what changes do you want to see - that kind of thing. Basically, it is taking a breather and then working out where we go from here. However, yes, we do have more material planned, not least the advance of timeline spearheaded by the three novels we already have written. . .
Throughout this time, articles will continue to appear in Signs & Portents - true, they cannot have the depth of a full supplement but you will have plenty of new 'toys' to play with over the next few months.
Your feedback will be important through this process but there are certainly new things to look forward to;
1. We are in the midst of starting (drumroll) a miniatures division of Mongoose. We will initially be working on two very sexy licences with regards to miniatures (more news soon - but you'll want to get involved!), but an A2089 miniatures game will most certainly be a natural progression for us. The question we'll have to debate here is whether A2089 should primarily be an RPG or whether it was always meant to be a wargame. . .
2. As I mentioned, we have three novels already written, with more on the way. You may be wondering why we do not release them now, if they are ready - to our regret, the mainstream book market just does not work like that

We want A2089 to be a hit on the book shelves, as well as in the game stores, so everything has to be just 'right'. Unfortunately, this means that we cannot lead our entry into the mainstream market with A2089 - no one has heard of it! However, we are in the midst of securing a certain licence that currently has just one very old novel written for it. We should have some good news here soon, but I promise you'll like it and the A2089 books will follow onto the mainstream bookshelves very nicely. . .
3. Graphic novels for A2089 are an almost (!) certainty - we are just at the beginning of this project, but some test pieces will be appearing in Signs & Portents soon. Between these and the novels, there will be a strong advance in the storyline of the entire setting.
4. Boardgames are a strong possibility, though we have nothing set for A2089 at this time - might be a good idea to send a proposal in, if you are a budding games designer!
So, life is not so good in 2089, but fans are going to enjoy 2004!