Re: Avalon Hill/Hasbro

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From: Shannon Appel <appel_at_chaosium.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:10:38 -0700

> So may be Hasbro would be ready to get rid, at a cheap price, of the
> Runequest name and related stuff ? Chaosium could make an offer ?

That won't happen.

To be blunt: RuneQuest is a dead system. It doesn't generate enough sales to support a game line. Chaosium likely could not have published the last 5-10 supplements that Avalon Hill did because we would have lost money. From my understanding Avalon Hill only could because they needed to keep the printing presses running (which they own, you understand).

If Glorantha were tied to RuneQuest it would be dead too. The whole idea behind Hero Wars is to create a new game that will be more accessible, enjoyable, and innovative, and thus be able to actually support a game line, and so Glorantha.

Shannon