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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Plemmons" data-source="post: 3373250" data-attributes="member: 1287"><p>I think what Clark meant is that the Kenzer and Company brand just didn't produce the results we all hoped for, not that he thinks we failed to get books or information to the distributors as we should have.</p><p></p><p>The layout, printing and warehousing services that we provide for the Necromancer books are solid. In fact, we were able to significantly reduce their production costs, which allowed the release of adventures that otherwise might never have seen the light of day, or that might have been published at a loss.</p><p></p><p>Our <em>HackMaster</em>, <em>D&D: Kingdoms of Kalamar</em>, <em>Knights of the Dinner Table</em> and other RPG, board game and card game lines are handled by all of the major RPG distributors, and most of the minor ones - and we solicit Necromancer products exactly as we do with our own in-house product. We're not Necromancer's marketing or advertising company, of course, but we do the best we can to make sure the distributors know about the KenzerCo/Necromancer releases!</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, lately I've been hearing more and more horror stories of sales reps being completely ignorant (intentionally or not) about what their own employer supplies from us game manufacturers. Too many reps prefer to push big name/fast selling products (such as D&D minis) to retailers and ignore the small stuff, since their commission will be much greater. Whenever we get details of a specific incident, we jump on it immediately, but we only hear about them when customers or stores tell us.</p><p></p><p>Also, the KenzerCo fans simply didn't flock to the Necromancer books as much as we expected. We pulled back on our RPG release schedule over the last year or so, releasing primarily The Great Space Race (one of Games Magazine's Top 100 board games of the year, by the way) and Tech Support card game. We had hoped that the Necromancer books would help fill the RPG void while our upcoming products (the <em>Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier</em> western RPG leathered hardcover, the <em>Kingdoms of Kalamar</em> regional supplement "<em>Svimohzia: the Ancient Isle</em>" hardcover, <em>HackMaster</em> adventures like "<em>Dead Gawd's Hand</em>" and "<em>Lost Order</em>") came into the pipeline.</p><p></p><p>I'm very hopeful that Necromancer will continue to release the 10 or so more projects we have planned together – and since it may be a year or more before the last of these sees print, you won't be seeing the release schedule dry up anytime soon. Still, no matter what happens, I don't think you've heard the last of Necromancer Games! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Plemmons, post: 3373250, member: 1287"] I think what Clark meant is that the Kenzer and Company brand just didn't produce the results we all hoped for, not that he thinks we failed to get books or information to the distributors as we should have. The layout, printing and warehousing services that we provide for the Necromancer books are solid. In fact, we were able to significantly reduce their production costs, which allowed the release of adventures that otherwise might never have seen the light of day, or that might have been published at a loss. Our [i]HackMaster[/i], [i]D&D: Kingdoms of Kalamar[/i], [i]Knights of the Dinner Table[/i] and other RPG, board game and card game lines are handled by all of the major RPG distributors, and most of the minor ones - and we solicit Necromancer products exactly as we do with our own in-house product. We're not Necromancer's marketing or advertising company, of course, but we do the best we can to make sure the distributors know about the KenzerCo/Necromancer releases! Unfortunately, lately I've been hearing more and more horror stories of sales reps being completely ignorant (intentionally or not) about what their own employer supplies from us game manufacturers. Too many reps prefer to push big name/fast selling products (such as D&D minis) to retailers and ignore the small stuff, since their commission will be much greater. Whenever we get details of a specific incident, we jump on it immediately, but we only hear about them when customers or stores tell us. Also, the KenzerCo fans simply didn't flock to the Necromancer books as much as we expected. We pulled back on our RPG release schedule over the last year or so, releasing primarily The Great Space Race (one of Games Magazine's Top 100 board games of the year, by the way) and Tech Support card game. We had hoped that the Necromancer books would help fill the RPG void while our upcoming products (the [i]Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier[/i] western RPG leathered hardcover, the [i]Kingdoms of Kalamar[/i] regional supplement "[i]Svimohzia: the Ancient Isle[/i]" hardcover, [i]HackMaster[/i] adventures like "[i]Dead Gawd's Hand[/i]" and "[i]Lost Order[/i]") came into the pipeline. I'm very hopeful that Necromancer will continue to release the 10 or so more projects we have planned together – and since it may be a year or more before the last of these sees print, you won't be seeing the release schedule dry up anytime soon. Still, no matter what happens, I don't think you've heard the last of Necromancer Games! :) [/QUOTE]
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