shiver
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Post by shiver on Mar 20, 2019 0:40:52 GMT
I am out of the loop a bit, where was it stated that the RPG was no more? If that's true, I am definitely a sad panda. I knew the future looked bleak for it, but I was always hoping that it would be picked back up at some point. Like with far too many other rumors-as-fact here, that has never been stated directly. Some RPG content was released in No Quarter Prime, and a small amount has been released sporadically in the Insider articles. Unless I am massively uninformed, the RPG has not been officially discontinued. So far as I am aware (source: talked to PP employees at Lock & Load & GenCon 2018) the RPG content is supposed to be released digitally on the revamped website. That’s just taking some time. (PP makes minis, not technology, y’know?) And also like far too many rumors as fact, we completely just bypass the logic of the situation in favor of pie in the sky things he is told by someone who works at PP at their local game club because this dude has the 100% inside track. Instead, the rest of us plebs just have to use common logic and think to ourselves and say: "Self" "yeah" "ya know when PP killed of NQ?" "yes" "and they said that they were going to release new content digitally, ya know, in that one insider?" "yes, yes I remember that" "and ya know how they haven't done that?" "yes, self, I know, it makes my heart ache." "Do you think that means the game is dead, ya know, the RPG that no longer has new content for it since they said the content was moving to NQ?" "no, surely not..." "and you know how they said that new fluff wouldn't be in books, but in NQ, and haven't gotten any of that either?" "self, you're making a scary kind of sense..." "right? cause I like the fluff, but it looks dead... I mean, the company/website that sells the books doesn't sell them anymore and no new books are coming out" "Self?" "yeah" "I'm scared. 2 things I love about this company have seemed to be gone the way of the dodo..." and then, see, we plebs take that information, and we go to the greater world who is not currently on the inside super exclusive fan club track with PP, and we look at the world when someone asks about fluff and the RPG and we take that logic and apply it to the comments we make. So, yes, when someone asks if the RPG is still around, I am going to tell no. I'm going to tell them that it's dead, at a minimum until further notice, because NOTHING HAS COME OUT FOR A YEAR. Also, the whole "make minis not websites" things is absolutely irrelevant. I'm sure PP either has staff who, do, ya know, make websites, or they contract the work out to another company, that does, ya know, make websites, kind like tinkerhouse to build warroom2.
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crow
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Post by crow on Mar 20, 2019 5:31:55 GMT
And also like far too many rumors as fact, we completely just bypass the logic of the situation in favor of pie in the sky things he is told by someone who works at PP at their local game club because this dude has the 100% inside track. Instead, the rest of us plebs just have to use common logic and think to ourselves and say: "Self" "yeah" "ya know when PP killed of NQ?" "yes" "and they said that they were going to release new content digitally, ya know, in that one insider?" "yes, yes I remember that" "and ya know how they haven't done that?" "yes, self, I know, it makes my heart ache." "Do you think that means the game is dead, ya know, the RPG that no longer has new content for it since they said the content was moving to NQ?" "no, surely not..." "and you know how they said that new fluff wouldn't be in books, but in NQ, and haven't gotten any of that either?" "self, you're making a scary kind of sense..." "right? cause I like the fluff, but it looks dead... I mean, the company/website that sells the books doesn't sell them anymore and no new books are coming out" "Self?" "yeah" "I'm scared. 2 things I love about this company have seemed to be gone the way of the dodo..." and then, see, we plebs take that information, and we go to the greater world who is not currently on the inside super exclusive fan club track with PP, and we look at the world when someone asks about fluff and the RPG and we take that logic and apply it to the comments we make. So, yes, when someone asks if the RPG is still around, I am going to tell no. I'm going to tell them that it's dead, at a minimum until further notice, because NOTHING HAS COME OUT FOR A YEAR. Also, the whole "make minis not websites" things is absolutely irrelevant. I'm sure PP either has staff who, do, ya know, make websites, or they contract the work out to another company, that does, ya know, make websites, kind like tinkerhouse to build warroom2. Well I would wait to see what happens when the website comes back online. If memory serves it was announced quite a few months prior that PP would be updating the site, but until recently no changes had been implemented. This shows that they may be slow to move, but action is happening. Now the whole site is under construction, which may mean that their "online content" that they promised will be coming and or be more available once the site has come back in full. As for fluff, if memory serves there was quite a lot of it though in NQ prime, and there was even a little bit of story happening on the actual website before it went down. The odd short story here and there. Sure, not full on books, but enough that Lore, stories, etc had a chance to go on, and heck it might even start to build rules eventually for the RPG. And of course there is Oblivion (the new campaign book which is supposed to have a ton of stuff progressing the story) on the horizon. That being said, IF it turns out that no such changes have been made once the website is back and fully functioning, as in there isn't an "easier" way to access or a specific Lore section of the website, then I'd be more worried. I'm not saying you're wrong per say, but rather jumping the gun. Your little inner monologue seems very self defeating and isn't looking at actual changes. Also it's hard to declare the game "dead" as there are some metas that are actually growing contrary to "popular" belief. I do think, and I hate to derail the conversation yet again into this, that whether the meta in your area is growing or not is largely based on how your casual night meta is being / was being handled. It also helps to have people who, although not really being compensated for it, kinda make it their "pet project" to help the game out. In other words, be a press ganger, without being a press ganger. Any way, don't give up yet, there may still be some hope! If the website comes back and there is no change, then I'd say you're right to insight a little more glum chum!
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Post by anderfreak on Mar 20, 2019 19:17:35 GMT
I'm pretty sure they just recently released a lot of audio versions of their books on Audible.
I remember looking for them on there a year or so back with no success and then a few books popped up on my recommended list a couple months ago.
Looked like most if not all of their Skull island catalog was recently made audio.
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Post by tjhairball on Mar 23, 2019 18:21:41 GMT
I'm pretty sure they just recently released a lot of audio versions of their books on Audible. I remember looking for them on there a year or so back with no success and then a few books popped up on my recommended list a couple months ago. Looked like most if not all of their Skull island catalog was recently made audio. The deal with Audible was presumably inked about five years ago, since that's when they announced audio books were "coming soon."
You might just be looking at a serious lag time in production and distribution.
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