[Mongoose] Can you now tell us what your secret license is?

[Damon Griffin]

Huh?

To Everyone Else: Believe me, if I could tell you all about it I would. Really. I am working on the fourth supplement for the game right now... the release date of end of May is still solid and I don't think there will be too many people disappointed by the main rulebook. . . [/B]

Personally, I can wait as long as necessary to find out what the new licensed property is. Plenty of other things for me to buy in the meantime. But the above comments did make me curious: You have a product with a solid release date just over 90 days away, five or more books (assuming one core book and four supplements) already written or underway, and you still can't tell people what it is?

Okay, then, I won't ask you for hints. But what I'd really like to know is: why? Without giving away anything about the property itself, why can't you say anything about it?

If you were still in contract negotiation to obtain the product, it would make sense that you couldn't talk about it. But I assume if you were still in contract negotiation you wouldn't have written five books already, and you wouldn't have a solid release date.

Does someone else currently have the license? Are you legally bound to wait for their license to expire before you can announce that you've acquired it?

Sorry, but I just get annoyed when publishers insist on taunting their customers without any kind of explanation. "We're going to be doing something really cool sometime soon. It's going to be amazing, you'll love it, and it's something a lot of you have been waiting for, but we can't tell you anything about it now. We also can't tell you when we will be able to tell you anything about it, and we can't tell you why we can't tell you anything about it. Isn't that great? Are you all excited now?"

Dropping hints to build interest is one thing. This is starting to sound like the first product announcement is going to coincide with the release date...months of "something is coming" abruptly replaced by "okay, it's here, already at your FLGS."

But to return to my original question: If you can't tell us anything about the upcoming products, can you at least tell us why not?

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

Re: Huh?

Sorry, but I just get annoyed when publishers insist on taunting their customers without any kind of explanation. "We're going to be doing something really cool sometime soon. It's going to be amazing, you'll love it, and it's something a lot of you have been waiting for, but we can't tell you anything about it now. We also can't tell you when we will be able to tell you anything about it, and we can't tell you why we can't tell you anything about it. Isn't that great? Are you all excited now?"

Bizarre, isn't it?

I am afraid I cannot be too helpful with this question either, as I really cannot say anything at this point. However, this is something that has dragged on for quite a while - it really is not our intention to taunt and tease. When I first made the mini-announcement, I was fully expecting to spill the beans completely a week or two later. The press release was written a long time ago! That, however, was a couple of months ago. I am afraid we are all in the same boat right now, with regards to this game - both you and I have to wait.

As I said before, this is quite frustrating for us, as I would love to hear everyone's ideas and let you in on what we have already done, rules-wise. It really is a cracker. I know I have said it before but, hopefully, just a couple more weeks to go. . .

 

[Krug]

Mr Bean would be a surreal game

I always thought they were a failed experiment of MI6... they drive around in Mini Rovers and go around controlling the minds of everyone..

Or Monty Python d20. I mean surely you could at least SUGGEST it to 'em...

 

[jmucchiello]

Or Monty Python d20. I mean surely you could at least SUGGEST it to 'em...

I object to the blantant disregard for plot by Mr. Krug's suggestion of a Monty Python d20 RPG. Would there be additional rules in the Heal skill for determining Parrot Mortality? Is Mrs. Nesbit a Prestige Class? How about Mrs. Non-Nesbit? Base classes include Gumbys, police officiers, barbers (who can easily attain the lumberjack PrC), chemists (pharmecists)? Other PrCs: Bicycle repairmen, ordinary stock brokers?

I would only be ammenable to it if I could play a 10th level animator (or army colonel) so I could force scene changes (when they get silly).

Signed,
Jethro Q. Bunn Whackett Buzzard Stubble and Boot Walrustitty, Mrs.
Leicester

 

[Krug]

Dear Mr Jethro,
I find your accusations defamatory and hurtful. Did you not see Monty Python and the Holy Grail which was overbrimming with plot? And what about the classic Life of Brian (Despite cries of plagiarism from the unwashed, stinky masses)?

The world has been denied too long of items such as Holy Hand Grenades and the Exploding Penguin, which have not been interpreted into d20 terms. And the PrC opportunities are endless;Vocational Guidance Counselor, Lumberjacks, Stupid White Presidents, Spanish Inquisitors... the list be endless.

For your insult, I demand a duel to the death with fresh fruit. You choose yours, I choose the banana.

Krug
Head Walker, Ministry of Silly Walks

 

[Damon Griffin]

Bizarre, isn't it?

It is that.

I am afraid we are all in the same boat right now, with regards to this game - both you and I have to wait.

With respect, I must regard my boat as different from yours. We both have to wait, but you know exactly what you are waiting for, only the exact timetable is in question.

I do appreciate that it's frustrating to be unable to act on information you have, but that's not the same as being kept completely in the dark. Fortunately, there are a number of other game products to keep me occupied for a while (including the excellent Quintessential Paladin), thus reducing the intensity of the frustration. This sort of "I've got a secret" non-announcement from publishers used to drive me crazy in the pre-d20 days when game books came out far less frequently.

Hopefully once the license is revealed, it'll be obvious in retrospect why nothing could be said before; if not perhaps you can explain it then.

I would love to hear everyone's ideas and let you in on what we have already done, rules-wise. It really is a cracker.

Here's hoping we'll have some good cheese to add to your cracker once it's all out in the open.

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OT: Am I the last one to know that this summer we'll be treated to a "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I object to the blantant disregard for plot by Mr. Krug's suggestion of a Monty Python d20 RPG. Would there be additional rules in the Heal skill for determining Parrot Mortality? Is Mrs. Nesbit a Prestige Class? How about Mrs. Non-Nesbit? Base classes include Gumbys, police officiers, barbers (who can easily attain the lumberjack PrC), chemists (pharmecists)? Other PrCs: Bicycle repairmen, ordinary stock brokers?

I would only be ammenable to it if I could play a 10th level animator (or army colonel) so I could force scene changes (when they get silly).

Signed,
Jethro Q. Bunn Whackett Buzzard Stubble and Boot Walrustitty, Mrs.
Leicester

Fortunately the animators have suffered fatal heart attacks and so our heroes are rescued from the cartoon menace.

We do however have a position for unarmed combat student, you shall approach the instructer, who will be armed with a gun.

You are correct that Gumby is a base class, however brain surgeon shall be a prestige class only available to Gumbys of fifth level or better with intellegences of less than 9. The will however be able to perform their own anaesthesiology...

The Auld Grump, now Hitchiker's Guide D20....

 

[The It's Man]

I always thought they were a failed experiment of MI6... they drive around in Mini Rovers and go around controlling the minds of everyone..

Or Monty Python d20. I mean surely you could at least SUGGEST it to 'em...

I think I've got an Iconic ID for sale