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[OT-ish] ICE is Dead

From: Allan Goodall <awg@s...>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:15:10 -0500
Subject: [OT-ish] ICE is Dead

Hey, everyone.

I heard this a few days ago and just assumed that everyone on this list
had
heard. Iron Crown Enterprises, publishers of the _Rolemaster_ and
_Middle
Earth Roleplaying Game_ RPGs, as well as the _Silent Death_
miniatures/board
game, is dead. Toast. Fini. Gone.

They were in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but recently went into
Chapter
7. The company has closed its doors and is in the process of dissolving.

There have been a number of posts on rec.games.frp.misc about ICE's
demise.
The reasons are pretty involved but the "straw that broke the camel's
back"
seems to be some legal problems against some companies that owed them
money. A
case of too much work for too little return made them decide to fold up.
ICE
has been around for more than 20 years.

The reason I thought the list might be interested in this is that a lot
of
people here use _Silent Death_ ships in their FT fleets. I personally
bought a
number of _SD_ flight stands to mount some of my ships. _Silent Death_
is also
somewhat popular among some list members. I haven't heard anything yet
as to
what will happen to the miniatures or the game books for _Silent Death_.
Perhaps the miniatures will still be around, as RAFM produced them under
license, but that's just speculation.

Anyway, thought everyone would like to know...

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
Goodall's Grotto:  http://www.vex.net/~agoodall

"Surprisingly, when you throw two naked women with sex
toys into a living room full of drunken men, things 
always go bad." - Kyle Baker, "You Are Here"

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