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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7723402" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Last year, <a href="http://www.sasquatchgamestudio.com/products/alternity/" target="_blank">Sasquatch Game Studio</a> announced that it had acquired the trademark for TSR's old <em>Alternity</em> science-fiction game. At the time, it was mentioned that they did not have the <em>Star*Drive, Dark*Matter, Gamma World, StarCraft Adventures</em>, or <em>Star Frontiers,</em> properties owned by WotC. This may be changing, though - because Evil Hat Productions has <a href="https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/87514096" target="_blank">applied for the trademark to <em>Star Frontiers</em></a>.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111259[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some caveats are worth noting - the trademark application was made in July 2017, and it's likely that nothing will happen on it for months. At this stage, it's just an application, so there's no guarantee that it will even be approved. Speculation is what speculation is, but this is very much a "wait-and-see" situation.</p><p></p><p>So, what's<em> Star Frontiers</em>? It's a space opera RPG produced by TSR back in the early 80s. Many elements of the game were later re-used in various forms in <em>Spelljammer, d20 Future</em>, and other TSR/WotC games and settings. It was a percentile system game, set in an area of space dominated by the United Planetary Federation composed of four races - Humans, the amoeboid Dralasite, the insectoid Vrusk, and the ape-like Yazirian. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://evil hat productions coupon" target="_blank">Evil Hat</a>, of course, is the publisher of the popular ENnie-winning<em> Fate</em> line of RPGs, which is a flexible system designed to accommodate a vast array of settings. Whether they plan to make a <em>Fate</em> version of <em>Star Frontiers</em> is far, far too early to start speculating on. I guess we may find out more next year, if the trademark application is approved.<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7723402, member: 1"] Last year, [URL="http://www.sasquatchgamestudio.com/products/alternity/"]Sasquatch Game Studio[/URL] announced that it had acquired the trademark for TSR's old [I]Alternity[/I] science-fiction game. At the time, it was mentioned that they did not have the [I]Star*Drive, Dark*Matter, Gamma World, StarCraft Adventures[/I], or [I]Star Frontiers,[/I] properties owned by WotC. This may be changing, though - because Evil Hat Productions has [URL="https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/87514096"]applied for the trademark to [I]Star Frontiers[/I][/URL].[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]111259[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Some caveats are worth noting - the trademark application was made in July 2017, and it's likely that nothing will happen on it for months. At this stage, it's just an application, so there's no guarantee that it will even be approved. Speculation is what speculation is, but this is very much a "wait-and-see" situation. So, what's[I] Star Frontiers[/I]? It's a space opera RPG produced by TSR back in the early 80s. Many elements of the game were later re-used in various forms in [I]Spelljammer, d20 Future[/I], and other TSR/WotC games and settings. It was a percentile system game, set in an area of space dominated by the United Planetary Federation composed of four races - Humans, the amoeboid Dralasite, the insectoid Vrusk, and the ape-like Yazirian. [URL="http://evil hat productions coupon"]Evil Hat[/URL], of course, is the publisher of the popular ENnie-winning[I] Fate[/I] line of RPGs, which is a flexible system designed to accommodate a vast array of settings. Whether they plan to make a [I]Fate[/I] version of [I]Star Frontiers[/I] is far, far too early to start speculating on. I guess we may find out more next year, if the trademark application is approved.[CENTER][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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