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FanPro 2006 Year in Review

Started by JongWK, January 22, 2007, 05:44:53 PM

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JongWK

January 22, 2007, 05:44:53 PM
Lots of info and comments, including news for 2007 (like dropping GAMA, but going to Games Expo).

Link here.
"I give the gift of endless imagination."
~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

brettmb2

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January 22, 2007, 06:57:05 PM
I like FanPro, but they just don't seem to get the love as much as they should.
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia

Settembrini

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January 23, 2007, 08:41:35 AM
Be aware, that the German Mother Company is indeed in dire straits.
They plan on specializing mostly on novels, cause  everything else isn´t generating enough  cash flow.
They posponed all their releases several months,  publish only a trickle  of Shadowrun products (rumours have it, that they had to pay the last author with gaming books!), and handed over their distribution function to their biggest competitor.

FanPro started out as a distributor. Go figure.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

JongWK

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January 23, 2007, 09:07:04 AM
Quote from: SettembriniBe aware, that the German Mother Company is indeed in dire straits.
They plan on specializing mostly on novels, cause  everything else isn´t generating enough  cash flow.
They posponed all their releases several months,  publish only a trickle  of Shadowrun products (rumours have it, that they had to pay the last author with gaming books!), and handed over their distribution function to their biggest competitor.

Sett, what you say doesn't match with what I've heard. FanPro.de has released the German translation of every SR4 book so far, and they even publish additional books (München Noir in 2006, SOX in '07). Novels make more money than RPG books, by the way. Just ask WotC.

As to payments, I can tell you from personal experience that, in addition to money, freelancers get a number of free comp copies (like the ones that just arrived today). :)

I have no idea about Germany's distribution channels, so no comments on that one.
"I give the gift of endless imagination."
~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

Settembrini

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January 23, 2007, 09:21:48 AM
Their major flagship, DSA, had all publications postponed several months.
And SR4 still hasn´t got decent Matrix rules, has it?
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

JongWK

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January 23, 2007, 09:49:24 AM
Quote from: SettembriniAnd SR4 still hasn´t got decent Matrix rules, has it?

It has decent Matrix rules. :)

If you're talking about Unwired (the Matrix/Rigging sourcebook), it's scheduled for 2008.
"I give the gift of endless imagination."
~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)
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