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Massive Layoffs at FFG

Started by Shasarak, January 07, 2020, 08:05:33 PM

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Spinachcat

#180
February 26, 2020, 02:58:19 AM
Quote from: Orphan81;1122638Well, I'm sad to see L5R no longer have an RPG. Maybe they can sell the rights to the RPG to another company who will actually put out a competent edition.

As a L5R fan, I've never needed anything beyond 1e. That core book alone has rocked out for a dozen plus campaigns over the decades plus many, many convention one shots. So clean to run and easy to sell to newbs.

But I am surprised FFG never did a L5R boardgame, aka a Samurai Descent.


Quote from: Snowman0147;1122651Well what draws you into the game to begin with?  Maybe that could be a good way to make your own political heavy samurai game.

A fantasy samurai 5e setting book would probably sell well.

Everybody loves katanas.


Quote from: GameDaddy;1122670Asmodee is a different story. That is the Euro-Boardgame conglomerate. In 2018 they bought Alliance, the single largest game distributor in the United States. Big on Asmodees agenda: driving out as much of the US Competition as possible, and FFG being an American game company probably hasn't been getting alot of love from Asmodee/Alliance.

Asmodee deserves its own thread. It's a big scary monster now in the hobby.

Do you think Asmodee is driving out US competition in Europe? Or driving US competition out of the entire boardgame market?

steelshadow

#181
March 10, 2020, 08:45:08 PM
Per a Reddit post regarding Asmodee's keynote at GAME, FFG RPGs will move to Edge Entertainment and continue publication

https://www.reddit.com/r/swrpg/comments/fgnhnx/comment/fk5mj3c
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hedgehobbit

#182
March 11, 2020, 10:57:22 AM
Quote from: steelshadow;1123897Per a Reddit post regarding Asmodee's keynote at GAME, FFG RPGs will move to Edge Entertainment and continue publication

https://www.reddit.com/r/swrpg/comments/fgnhnx/comment/fk5mj3c

It's hard to see a European company putting real effort into a game like Gene-Sys when it's just dumped on them out of the blue.

Omega

#183
March 11, 2020, 11:01:50 AM
Plaid Hat and a few other publishers Asmodee absorbed have since then departed Asmodee. Usually minus a chunk of their IP. Plaid Hat lost the whole Mice & Mystics and Dead of Winter IP and more.

The folk at Plaid Hat though defend Asmodee and say they are a bunch of nice folk who started small.

Some others pointed out that Asmodee is now apparently a traded company which is usually a disaster waiting to happen and currently is happening to Asmodee. They might be nice folk. But the ones calling the shots sure arent.

Snark Knight

#184
July 30, 2020, 11:52:23 AM
As per the GAMA announcement, they just showed off their final two RPG products which will be a splat/adventure for L5R and going forward Edge Studios will be handling it.

FelixGamingX1

#185
August 01, 2020, 05:23:37 PM
That was a little over half a year ago in the pre Covid era. I'm saving my potatoes. There will be a storm of pink slips in the next six months.
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SavageSchemer

#186
August 01, 2020, 06:13:39 PM
Quote from: Snark Knight;1142369As per the GAMA announcement, they just showed off their final two RPG products which will be a splat/adventure for L5R and going forward Edge Studios will be handling it.

I misread this as Eden Studios will be handling and was like, "what...the...fu..oh".
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Omega

#187
August 01, 2020, 09:22:30 PM
Im just going to pull out my old FFG comic collection and cry a little at the death of another good company gone very very wrong.
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