Archive for November, 2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008
I love my tech toys, and the latest one is a Sony Ebook Reader. I’d be thinking about buying an Amazon Kindle for awhile, but unless you jump through a series of hoops you can’t get one in Canada, and the wireless stuff won’t work at all in Canada. So, rather than pay more for [...]
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
When we hired Sean Macdonald to draw the maps for Ghost Cartels, he told us that he wasn’t interested in working on black and white maps—so we took the plunge and contracted full-color maps instead. The maps in the book are black and white, but the color versions are not going to waste!
Those of you [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
November 22nd, 10AM PST [6PM GMT], Catalyst will host a public chat on their BattleCorps website. With the closing of WizKids (owners of the Classic BattleTech and Shadowrun Intellectual Properties) by Topps Company, concerns have been expressed by the community over the continued publication of these perennial lines.
While Catalyst has already announced we are [...]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Man, I’m tired. Today has been sixteen hours of work—Runner’s Toolkit graphic design, meetings, happy dancing after the FedEx guy delivered my advance copies of new books [Record Sheets: 3039 for Classic BattleTech], some web stuff, and trying to make some plans for when I’m in DC next week. Time for bed: another long day [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Catalyst Game Labs has tendered an offer with The Topps Company, Inc. to acquire various WizKids’ properties, including such dynamic game lines as HeroClix, the Pirates Pocket Model Game, BattleTech/MechWarrior, and Shadowrun. After carefully reviewing options, Catalyst firmly believes that to protect the properties and ensure the best possible continuity for all communities, acquiring all [...]
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