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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ketjak" data-source="post: 1131870" data-attributes="member: 1083">From <a href="http://www.guardiansorder.com/company/press/:" target="_blank">http://www.guardiansorder.com/company/press/:</a>"The first product release, scheduled to debut in autumn 2003, will explore the characters, setting, and events of the first novel, A Game of Thrones."So we'll see it by December 21, 2003? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Lessee... a month after getting back from the printers, a month to print (based on D20 Mecha's time)... You've got six weeks to wrap it, matey. Arr.Ah, that's cool. I took the feat Eschew Cable TV and am enjoying the reduction in propaganda.Also from <a href="http://www.guardiansorder.com/company/press/:" target="_blank">http://www.guardiansorder.com/company/press/:</a>"d20 Mecha, also releasing in spring 2003, "A mere two seasons late. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> GoO's cash flow must be a nightmare, considering you can't predict when money will come into the "shop." This is GoO's area of expertise, and GoO can't estimate when a licensed revenue-generator will be delivered with any degree of accuracy? Then again, with SoI&F GoO doesn't care what the folks who know their track record think about their release dates - they're hoping the potentially much larger market of new-to-GoO players who are fans of GRRM will just buy the book. How wrong am I? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />This was rush-delivered, at least:"Guardians Of Order, Inc. announced today [25 June 2003] that on 10 July 2003 it will offer its critically acclaimed core role-playing game system, Tri-Stat dX, as a free Portable Document Format (PDF) download on RPGNow."Of course, this free PDF stands to generate license fees - and even two of them will match the profit generated by a single product, and four of them will cover an entire year's worth of releases! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />(As an OT aside, the downsides of dX include a character generation system which takes about as long as Hero or GURPS with less of the balance - there's too much subjective evaluation of point costs. Worse, the fundamental mechanic of the system (floating dice on a campaign level) requires the GM to create examples of average feats of ability in his campaign for _every_ category of possible action, lest a player spend points on something in order to be above-average and discover later that it's sub-par. It tries to be both "White Wolfian" and HERO-like without the objectivity of either. Wow.) :roll:</blockquote>

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