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[Magnus Seter]

Avalanche Press announced today the repositioning of their role-playing division in the wake of the D20 license changes announced by Wizards of the Coast. Avalanche Press's Age Guides are the standard in "fan guides" for historical genres. The first of

these, Celtic Age, won the 2002 Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement. Over the last two years, Avalanche Press products have received more Origins Award nominations than any other publisher.

The Age Guides and their supplements are the best place for a gamer to find everything there is to know about that period or theme along with stats to use the information in their games. However, all future releases will be published only in accordance with the Open Game License, not the d20 System Trademark License.

"The changes we are proposing are really things we have been discussing internally anyway," commented Mike Bennighof, Avalanche Press CEO. "We're grateful to Wizards of the Coast for opening the door for us to get into roleplaying publishing with the d20 license, but the market has changed. With WotC's changes to the license there is simply no reason not to implement modifications to our own product line any more." Avalanche's last three role-playing releases Celtic Age, The Little People: A Guide to Celtic Fairies (a supplement for Celtic Age), and Viking Age are the beginning of this repositioning.

Marketing Manger Elizabeth Fulda commented, "In some ways, I think the D20 logo may have scared off some possible consumers. Avalanche's line of book products are great for people who just fancy things about Egypt or Pirates. You don't have to game to enjoy reading them." In celebration of that, all existing products with the exception of Celtic Age, Viking Age, and Little People will be 65% off their usual price to every level of the tier from 9/10/03 to 9/17/03.

John Phythyon, RPG Line Editor stated, "The Open Game License is going to allow us to keep the game value of our products as well as add things like character creation to the guides. Whether gamer or simple aficionado of a time period, Avalanche products are a 'must buy' with or without the D20 logo.

Eller "embraces open gaming license" som det heter på företagsspråk.

Har aldrig förstått deras storhet, gillar inte deras produkter. Kommer inte att sakna dem. Tror inte det påverkar nån annan.

M.

 

[Oldtimer]

Så bra. Då kan ju de där kvinnorna de alltid har på omslagen äntligen få ta av sig de där löjligt små tygtrasorna de är klädda i...

/Mikael - känner att det är dags att gå hem nu

 

[Storuggla]

Hmm. Jo, enligt vissa personal på SFBokhandeln så har Avalanche Press retat gallfeber på viss andra bolag med sina omslag. Tydligen så ansåg vissa att deras jobb att få mer "seriösa" omslag och ge branchen en rumsrenare image toksabbades av yppiga blonder i apsmå tygstycken på spelböckers omslag. (hm, blev det syftningsfel där? Äh, sak samma)
Men, finns det någon som sörjer deras beslut?


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