Re: [OFFICIAL-PLEASE READ] Re: FT3 help!

At 08:44 PM 2/17/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>At 06:57 PM 2/14/97 +0200, you wrote:
>>>Donald,
>>>
>>>I am sorry to have to tell you that MT is definitely out of print.
Your 
>>>only hope is to shop around for a copy. Can anybody here on the list
help 
>>>out? Check out your local game store and report in if they have any
copies.
>>>
>>>Although AFAIK FT is not yet out of print, the same comments go as
for MT. 
>>>There can't be that many left out there, after all it was printed
before 
>>>MT.
>>>
>>>Come on chaps lets help each other where we can
>>>
>>>Mike Elliott
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I emailed Geohex, they said MT will be reprinted sometime in March or
April.
>>
>>Donald Hosford
>>--
>
>To settle any rumours or well-intentioned misinformation, here is the
>actual situation as of this moment:
>
>MT is out of print; both GeoHex and myself are sold out on them, but
there
>may well be some copies still on the shelves at distributors and/or
stores
>in both the US and UK. There will ALMOST CERTAINLY be a reprint run
done
>very soon, we're just sorting out when and how many.
>
>FT (aka FTII) is still in stock at both GZG and GeoHex, so distributors
and
>stores should have NO problems getting them - I'm sure GeoHex would
like to
>be told of any problems you encounter with stores telling you
otherwise. We
>MAY decide to print a few more FT at the same time as the MT reprint,
to
>make sure we don't run out.
>
>FTIII (of which much has been talked) WILL happen, but we don't yet
know
>when - it certainly won't be in the next few months, so FTII will be
the
>only version on sale for a while yet. FTIII won't change the gameplay
in
>any major ways - the main changes will be in peripheral areas like ship
>design (ie: fixing the problems!), and MT will still be useful for it
in a
>large part - so please don't let the prospect of FTIII put you off
getting
>FTII & MT in the short term!
>We are making a start on the Fleet Book - as usual, no promises yet of
a
>release date, because everything always takes longer than originally
>thought! Our intention is to make the FB compatible with FTII, but
>incorporating some of the planned changes for FTIII (particularly on
the
>design system), so that the FB ship designs are still valid when FTIII
>finally comes out.
>
>More news as it happens!
>
>Jon T. (GZG)
>
>BTW, I don't want to be seen as stepping on Mike's toes or
contradicting
>him, but there may be times when his info is a little out of date due
to
>his current infrequent access to the list. There may be times when Mike
>can't speak to me before answering a query, which isn't a problem on
things
>like rules questions but can be on matters like stock situations.
Please
>bear with us!
>
>
>
No problemo.....

Thanks for the info....coming from the source, helps make the wait
easyer...

My local hobby store is still trying...

Donald Hosford
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