Call of Cthulhu d20 not reprinted?

[EvilPheemy]

That news strikes me as odd. I was under the impression that not only was the d20 CoC game critically acclaimed, but it's sales were doing well also.

Darn shame. Call of Cthulhu is a great game, and the d20 treatment proved that Weird Horror trancends game mechanics.

 

[Psion]

Well, it probably has more to do with sales than anything else. From what I had heard, d20 CoC was fairly well recieved by those who weren't getting their panties in a bunch about there being a d20 version of their favorite game. Alas, perhaps their campaign of disdain paid off (sigh.)

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I wonder if sales figures are slower since it has been out for months and Chaosium has not released any supplements or modules yet, nor have I heard of any coming any time soon.

 

[Eben]

It's not just sales that let you run reprints. You have to be able to finance it. Companies have to prioritise which products they will run. And with d20 modern coming, that's a tough choice: do you reprint an existing supplement (which will generate sales, but is past the initial hype)or do you go for the launch of something new that fans have been anticipating?

 

[Henrix]

There's a reprint of an email up on Gamingreport about d20 Cthulhu not being reprinted.
I think that what WotC is really saying is that it won't be reprinted immediately.

 

[333 Dave]

Does WotC even have reprinting rights? Or does Chaoseum have the rights to reprint it? Or neither?

 

[Neo]

Toy Companies - RPG's....... <sigh>

Nuff said.....

 

[nsruf]

There's a reprint of an email up on Gamingreport about d20 Cthulhu not being reprinted.
I think that what WotC is really saying is that it won't be reprinted immediately.

That's how I read it, too. There is no reprint on their current schedule, probably for budget reasons, but I would be rather dumb to *never* reprint it (or let Chaosium reprint it). That's like saying "we discontinue this product line".

 

[Ranger REG]

I wonder what is Chaosium's reaction to Wizards' decision regarding CoC d20?

 

[JoeGKushner]

Hell, if it's anything like their own reaction to D20 CoC products, blind joy.