[email removed] (Loren Wiseman) writes:
> >I'd give anything to see a rack of those little black books
> > in a games store again.
> Seriously, we quit selling them because almost nobody was
> buying them. Not enough of them were being sold to pay the taxes
> on the unsold inventory we had in stock. This is the death knell
> for a product, as you can't stay in business very long selling
> items that cost you money instead of making it.
Sigh. Too true. So, what _is_ selling well these days? Also, is there
any chance that you could recap the history behind the Classic->MT shift
sometime? I'm sure a lot of us would be interested.
> > I suspect that, for the most part, the TML is made up of
> > generally older, 'More Mature' fans
> I agree with you to an extent. I don't know about the average
> age of the TML, but the more vocal TMLers seem to be long-time
> Traveller fanatics, like myself and Dave Nilsen.
I bought into Traveller in 1977, approximately the same day that the
box hit my local hobby shop. (-: That was half of my lifetime back.
Frightening, eh?
> > Anyone interested in chipping in to reprint Classic Traveller
> > after the copyrights expire?
> Remains to be seen.
> Traveller is GDW's trademark for its SF roleplaying game, and
> trademarks, unlike copyrights, _don't_ expire. Perhaps we can
> discuss a licensing arrangement when 2030 rolls around? : )
Just as a matter of idle curiosity, what sort of terms would you license use
of the Traveller tm under now? Suppose, for purposes of this example, that
I wanted to publish a collection of mini-adventures in a close approximation
of the old format (64 page, digest sized, etc.)...
Rob Dean
(very quiet lately, as I have not bought TNE or BL)