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John Wick Sells 7th Sea to Chaosium
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7777203" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>A couple of years ago, game designer <strong>John Wick</strong> acquired the rights to his 1999 roleplaying game, <strong>7th Sea</strong> from publisher AEG, and launched a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition" target="_blank">record-breaking Kickstarter</a> for a 2nd Edition which sailed past a million dollars. Last year, the company ran into financial difficulties and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5783-John-Wick-Presents-Lays-Off-7th-Sea-Staff" target="_blank">laid off most of its staff</a>. Now, Wick has sold the property to <strong>Chaosium</strong>, who will be fulfilling the remainder of the struggling Kickstarter. Here’s the press release.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105689&stc=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p>[hq]Chaosium, publishers of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying games <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg" target="_blank">Call of Cthulhu</a>, <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/runequest" target="_blank">RuneQuest</a>, and <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon" target="_blank">King Arthur Pendragon</a>, has acquired John Wick’s acclaimed 7th Sea RPG , it was announced today.</p><p></p><p>7th Sea is John’s Wick’s swashbuckling and sorcery roleplaying game set set in the fictional world of Théah. The <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition" target="_blank">second edition of 7th Sea</a> was crowdfunded by John Wick’s own company, John Wick Presents in 2016, setting a then-record on Kickstarter for a tabletop RPG, raising over $1.3 million dollars.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/x-apple-data-detectors://4" target="_blank">John Wick</a> himself will be joining Chaosium as creative director for 7th Sea. He will continue to have creative oversight of his game, and will remain a principal author of 7th Sea material going forward. Beyond that, John Wick will also write for other Chaosium game lines, for which he has great affection.</p><p></p><p>“John is an extraordinarily talented designer and highly regarded figure in the world of tabletop rpgs. We are delighted to have him join our team”, said Chaosium President Rick Meints.</p><p></p><p>Following the death of Chaosium founder <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018" target="_blank">Greg Stafford</a> in November last year, John’s memorial piece about Greg's titanic influence on the landscape of tabletop games was shared and quoted widely (<a href="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/the-grey-crane" target="_blank">The Gray Crane</a>).[/hq][hq]</p><p></p><p>John Wick said,"My first RPG was a Chaosium game. My second RPG was a Chaosium game. My third RPG was a Chaosium game. Saying 'I'm excited to be joining the Chaosium team' just doesn't do it. I've respected and admired the company for over thirty years. I'm joining the same company who started me on this journey and I couldn't be prouder."</p><p></p><p>Upon acquiring this new game line, Chaosium’s paramount objective for 7th Sea is the fulfilment of the outstanding rewards from the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition" target="_blank">7th Sea Second Edition</a> and <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-khitai" target="_blank">7th Sea Khitai </a>Kickstarters. Coinciding with this announcement, John Wick has updated all Kickstarter backers with the new arrangements, which will see Chaosium overseeing the remaining fulfilment of the campaigns.</p><p></p><p>Over coming weeks, 7th Sea products and content will begin to be migrated to <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/" target="_blank">Chaosium.com</a> and Chaosium’s page at <a href="http://bit.ly/2MeTdPc" target="_blank">DriveThruRPG</a>. A 7th Sea discussion board will also be set up at <a href="https://basicroleplaying.org/" target="_blank">BRP Central</a>, Chaosium’s forums.</p><p></p><p>For media enquires about John Wick and 7th Sea contact: <a href="mailto:mob@chaosium.com">Michael O'Brien</a>.</p><p>[/hq]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7777203, member: 1"] A couple of years ago, game designer [B]John Wick[/B] acquired the rights to his 1999 roleplaying game, [B]7th Sea[/B] from publisher AEG, and launched a [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition"]record-breaking Kickstarter[/URL] for a 2nd Edition which sailed past a million dollars. Last year, the company ran into financial difficulties and [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5783-John-Wick-Presents-Lays-Off-7th-Sea-Staff"]laid off most of its staff[/URL]. Now, Wick has sold the property to [B]Chaosium[/B], who will be fulfilling the remainder of the struggling Kickstarter. Here’s the press release.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER][IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105689&stc=1[/IMG] [/CENTER] [hq]Chaosium, publishers of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying games [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg"]Call of Cthulhu[/URL], [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/runequest"]RuneQuest[/URL], and [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon"]King Arthur Pendragon[/URL], has acquired John Wick’s acclaimed 7th Sea RPG , it was announced today. 7th Sea is John’s Wick’s swashbuckling and sorcery roleplaying game set set in the fictional world of Théah. The [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition"]second edition of 7th Sea[/URL] was crowdfunded by John Wick’s own company, John Wick Presents in 2016, setting a then-record on Kickstarter for a tabletop RPG, raising over $1.3 million dollars. [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/x-apple-data-detectors://4"]John Wick[/URL] himself will be joining Chaosium as creative director for 7th Sea. He will continue to have creative oversight of his game, and will remain a principal author of 7th Sea material going forward. Beyond that, John Wick will also write for other Chaosium game lines, for which he has great affection. “John is an extraordinarily talented designer and highly regarded figure in the world of tabletop rpgs. We are delighted to have him join our team”, said Chaosium President Rick Meints. Following the death of Chaosium founder [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018"]Greg Stafford[/URL] in November last year, John’s memorial piece about Greg's titanic influence on the landscape of tabletop games was shared and quoted widely ([URL="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/the-grey-crane"]The Gray Crane[/URL]).[/hq][hq] John Wick said,"My first RPG was a Chaosium game. My second RPG was a Chaosium game. My third RPG was a Chaosium game. Saying 'I'm excited to be joining the Chaosium team' just doesn't do it. I've respected and admired the company for over thirty years. I'm joining the same company who started me on this journey and I couldn't be prouder." Upon acquiring this new game line, Chaosium’s paramount objective for 7th Sea is the fulfilment of the outstanding rewards from the [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition"]7th Sea Second Edition[/URL] and [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-khitai"]7th Sea Khitai [/URL]Kickstarters. Coinciding with this announcement, John Wick has updated all Kickstarter backers with the new arrangements, which will see Chaosium overseeing the remaining fulfilment of the campaigns. Over coming weeks, 7th Sea products and content will begin to be migrated to [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/"]Chaosium.com[/URL] and Chaosium’s page at [URL="http://bit.ly/2MeTdPc"]DriveThruRPG[/URL]. A 7th Sea discussion board will also be set up at [URL="https://basicroleplaying.org/"]BRP Central[/URL], Chaosium’s forums. For media enquires about John Wick and 7th Sea contact: [EMAIL="mob@chaosium.com"]Michael O'Brien[/EMAIL]. [/hq] [/QUOTE]
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