[gta-observer] ISSARIES MAKES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH STEVE JACKSON GAMES
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Subject: [gta-observer] ISSARIES MAKES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH STEVE JACKSON
GAMES
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> ISSARIES MAKES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH STEVE JACKSON GAMES
>
> Austin, TX and Oakland, CA
> February 12, 2003
> Issaries, Inc. and Steve Jackson Games Incorporated today announced that
SJ
> Games will handle sales and distribution of all Issaries releases,
> effective immediately.
>
> "We're proud to be associated with a product line as fine as Issaries',
and
> it's a great privilege to work with Greg Stafford," Steve Jackson, founder
> of Steve Jackson Games, said. "We're a couple of 'gaming graybeards' --
two
> of the last few to make it this long while remaining independent."
>
> Steve Jackson saw his first game design published in 1976, and started the
> company that bears his name in 1980. Greg Stafford founded Chaosium, Inc.
> and published White Bear & Red Moon, a boardgame set in the world of
> Glorantha, in 1975. "That's 55 years of combined experience," Jackson said
> proudly.
>
> "The opportunity to get our products into more outlets is a win-win
> situation," Stafford said. "Like Steve and his GURPS, we have a
roleplaying
> game for people who want to move beyond the d20 craze -- we just need to
> get it in front of more fans. This deal lets us do that. The real winners
> are gamers everywhere."
>
> Stafford founded Issaries, Inc. four years ago as a company specializing
in
> games set in his mythic world of Glorantha. His RuneQuest roleplaying game
> was first published in 1978, and legions of Glorantha fans have been
> devoted to gaming in this rich, distinctive game world ever since.
>
> All existing Issaries back stock will be sold through Steve Jackson Games
> beginning immediately. Future products will bear both the Issaries and
> Steve Jackson Games logos, starting with Imperial Lunar Handbook, Vol., 1
> (ISS 1302), and HeroQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (ISS 1001). New
> products will be solicited and sold as part of the regular monthly SJ
Games
> releases. SJ Games' Warehouse 23 (www.warehouse23.com) will also become
the
> official online source for all Issaries products.
>
> About Steve Jackson Games
> Steve Jackson Games (www.sjgames.com) was founded in 1980 by Steve
Jackson,
> and is currently one of the top five publishers of roleplaying, strategy,
> and card games and metal miniatures. The company is best known for the
INWO
> trading card game, the GURPS roleplaying system, Car Wars, Illuminati,
Ogre
> and its sequels, and the current card game hits Munchkin and Chez Geek. It
> also publishes an online magazine, Pyramid, which covers "The Best In
> Gaming" in all genres and from all companies.
>
> About Issaries
> Issaries, Inc. (www.glorantha.com) is a publishing house for mythic
> material. Its flagship game is HeroQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. The
> HeroQuest core rules system, created by noted game designer Robin D. Laws,
> is an elegant story-telling tool, with scalability and keyword-defined
> characters that take roleplaying to the next level. Orlanth is Dead!, an
> epic struggle to liberate the gods and defeat the hated Lunar Empire, is
> the latest release. Imperial Lunar Handbook, Volume 1, the first release
in
> the new HeroQuest line, is due in early March.
>
> Issaries, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 through the blessings of Issaries,
> the Gloranthan god of trade and mercantilism; the good graces of the state
> of California; and, most importantly, with the support of loyal fans
around
> the globe who raised money through the Glorantha Trading Association
(GTA).
>
> Contacts
> Steve Jackson Games:
> Ross Jepson
> <ross_at_...>
>
> Issaries:
> Stephen P. Martin
> <stephen_at_...>
>
>
> Stephen Martin
> <administrator_at_...>
> Issaries, Inc., publisher of HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha
> P.O. Box 272914 Concord, CA 94527
> Phone: (925) 680-8897
> See our extensive web site at <www.glorantha.com>
>
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