Re: [OT-ish] ICE is Dead

I've seen the plastic ship minis packaged under another name (which
escapes me 
at
the moment - something like XXX Century Games - Anyone? ).

Allan Goodall wrote:

> 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 als
o
> 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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