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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8927069" data-attributes="member: 1"><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]274643[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Andrews McMeel Publishing, which also publishes Daniel Fox's <strong>Zweihander</strong> tabletop RPG, and was going to publish the Afrofuturist game <strong>Into the Motherlands</strong>, is apparently no longer going ahead with plans to produce that game.</p><p></p><p>AMP also publishes the <strong>OZ</strong> and <strong>Neverland</strong> campaign settings (which will <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurieAbkemeier/status/1621554832891953153?cxt=HHwWgoC-5e7h9YAtAAAA" target="_blank">continue to be published</a> by them).</p><p></p><p>While Andrews McMeel itself has not made any kind of announcement, the <strong>Into the Motherlands </strong>creators <a href="https://twitter.com/MotherlandsRPG/status/1621117767436079104" target="_blank">confirmed the news on Twitter</a>:</p><p></p><p>[callout]We come bearing some disappointing news for you all. Despite keeping up our end of the bargain and doing all of our work in good faith to get AMU a final manuscript by their deadline; they informed us they are no longer publishing RPG's despite having a contract with us; and terminated it during a meeting to inform us of shutting down the RPG division. We've been searching for a new publisher, and have another meeting this Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Pending the outcome of that meeting we will either have an announcement soon or we may have to turn to self publishing. It's unclear what this means for delivery of the printed books but a PDF should be in hand before the end of the year. We had budgeted for self-publishing from the beginning and have the money set aside, but our goal for working with a publisher has been to make the game available far and wide, in as many locations and outlets as possible.</p><p></p><p>This is not news we'd hoped to give, but we wanted to keep you all up to date with as much info as we can provide at this time. Thanks for understanding.[/callout]</p><p>Andrew McMeel <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cypheroftyr/into-the-mother-lands-rpg/posts/3512924" target="_blank">was announced as publisher</a> for the game in May 2022. The game itself funded successfully on Kickstarter, making over $360,000, in June 2021.</p><p></p><p>Daniel Fox, creator of <strong>Zweihander</strong>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1600915195399999495" target="_blank">announced his departure</a> from Andrews McMeel in December but indicated that AMP would continue to publish Zweihander. This week, <a href="https://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1621169861367042049" target="_blank">Fox indicated</a> that "my former employer wound down RPGs", so reports right now appear to be conflicting. The company is currently advertising <strong>Blackbirds</strong>, a Zweihander powered game, on its <a href="https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/" target="_blank">front page</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8927069, member: 1"] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Screen Shot 2023-02-04 at 12.45.45 PM.png"]274643[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Andrews McMeel Publishing, which also publishes Daniel Fox's [B]Zweihander[/B] tabletop RPG, and was going to publish the Afrofuturist game [B]Into the Motherlands[/B], is apparently no longer going ahead with plans to produce that game. AMP also publishes the [B]OZ[/B] and [B]Neverland[/B] campaign settings (which will [URL='https://twitter.com/LaurieAbkemeier/status/1621554832891953153?cxt=HHwWgoC-5e7h9YAtAAAA']continue to be published[/URL] by them). While Andrews McMeel itself has not made any kind of announcement, the [B]Into the Motherlands [/B]creators [URL='https://twitter.com/MotherlandsRPG/status/1621117767436079104']confirmed the news on Twitter[/URL]: [callout]We come bearing some disappointing news for you all. Despite keeping up our end of the bargain and doing all of our work in good faith to get AMU a final manuscript by their deadline; they informed us they are no longer publishing RPG's despite having a contract with us; and terminated it during a meeting to inform us of shutting down the RPG division. We've been searching for a new publisher, and have another meeting this Thursday. Pending the outcome of that meeting we will either have an announcement soon or we may have to turn to self publishing. It's unclear what this means for delivery of the printed books but a PDF should be in hand before the end of the year. We had budgeted for self-publishing from the beginning and have the money set aside, but our goal for working with a publisher has been to make the game available far and wide, in as many locations and outlets as possible. This is not news we'd hoped to give, but we wanted to keep you all up to date with as much info as we can provide at this time. Thanks for understanding.[/callout] Andrew McMeel [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cypheroftyr/into-the-mother-lands-rpg/posts/3512924']was announced as publisher[/URL] for the game in May 2022. The game itself funded successfully on Kickstarter, making over $360,000, in June 2021. Daniel Fox, creator of [B]Zweihander[/B], [URL='https://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1600915195399999495']announced his departure[/URL] from Andrews McMeel in December but indicated that AMP would continue to publish Zweihander. This week, [URL='https://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1621169861367042049']Fox indicated[/URL] that "my former employer wound down RPGs", so reports right now appear to be conflicting. The company is currently advertising [B]Blackbirds[/B], a Zweihander powered game, on its [URL='https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/']front page[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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