RE: [OT] SFB - The Deal is finally done
From: Mike Wikan <MWikan@m...>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:46:50 -0800
Subject: RE: [OT] SFB - The Deal is finally done
Hopefully they will do a better job and re-sculpt them (yeah, right)
Michael Wikan
Game Design
Slave Zero
Accolade, Inc.
http://www.slavezero.com
mwikan@accolade.com
wikan@sprintmail.com
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Gundberg [SMTP:dean.gundberg@noridian.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 1:35 PM
> To: GZG List
> Subject: [OT] SFB - The Deal is finally done
>
> I feel like rumor central here after the Battlefleet Gothic demo day
and
> then AOG's release dates but here is one more space game news update!
>
> The long rumored 'Deal' for the rights to the game Star Fleet Battles
> seems
> to be finally done according to well placed informants on the net.
Task
> Force Games has signed over their publishing rights to Amarillo Design
> Bureau (who do all the design work of SFB). This means reprints of
old
> material and new material may be published later this year. ADB has
not
> produced any new SFB material for the last couple of years since TFG
had
> not
> paid them for prior material.
>
> Yes, SFB is the antithesis of FT but this could mean new miniatures!
>
> Dean