In Now Deleted Post, Judges Guild Claims New Projects With Goodman Games. Goodman Says Not So Fast

[wobblerocket]

Follow up to Morrus' post about this:

I reached out to Goodman Games and got an email in response:

Wobblerocket: In a post on Facebook yesterday, Judges Guild stated that they agreed to allow Goodman Games to publish City State of the Invincible Overlord in 2022, two years after Goodman Games stated they were no longer going to be publishing Judges Guild projects.

Judges Guild also stated that Goodman Games is planning to publish Dungeoneers, but you have stated in your videos that you aren’t publishing any more Judges Guild projects after CSIO. I couldn’t find any information about this on your website.

Could you clarify for me if this information is correct?

Joseph Goodman: Hi — in short, this information is not correct.

Wobblerocket: Thank you.

What are the plans for the Dungeoneer magazine? Is that an IP that Goodman Games licensed from Judges Guild?

Joseph Goodman: Hi – to make a long story short, Goodman Games has or had rights to quite a few Judges Guild titles, and we have no plans to release any except CSIO.

The contracts have confidentiality clauses so I’m quite limited in what I can say. But in short…the information you emailed about is incorrect. I think it’s best if Goodman Games speaks for what Goodman Games is doing. And Goodman Games is definitely not doing Dungeoneer.

I imagine there was an anxious phone call last night to get Bledsaw to take down his post.

 

[Morrus]

Goodman Games in 2020: "After this final volume, we have no plans to release future Judges Guild titles."

Goodman Games in 2025: "Goodman Games has or had rights to quite a few Judges Guild titles, and we have no plans to release any except CSIO."

Given that he's saying the exact same thing he said in 2020 (but regarding a different Judges Guild title) it's hard to know how to read that. I just have trouble reconciling the 2020 statement with the current situation.

 

[Morrus]

(Also, we're now having the same conversation in 3 different threads; I think I'll close this one. How about you post this in the most recent thread, so we can keep it all together. I'll update that article. Thanks!)