Re: When I was playing back in 79 and 80 and the game stopped putting

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_vOhdQ_O3VARYLvOEQoZ4qb9hKaHELs2We2Wl7U1s-BSVy5WrOYDhw8AeE77nEybd1KICEGn>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:56:59 -0800


Quoting Kevin Johnston <runemaster93711_at_aWrSUdO1IlvOr5_G3vRaes60236sJqSfj8qfUBawshRqQi6RLo1M_RERggZc67GdqY3Rd_fce5H9EuZYbET8q4Lh3Rw.yahoo.invalid>:

> OK thanks for letting me know. Still don't understand how you would
> let the best game system ever be destroyed by Avalon Hill. RQ2
> ruled.

It is a pretty long story, but the short version: I was a verfy naive businessman.
Chaosium had reached the limits of growth without hiring marketing and sales departments. We wanted wider distribution, had just sold our board games to AH, so when they made an offer to publish RQ we negotiated what appeared to be a good deal and set to to make a new edition.
The AH RQ was a compilation of the house rules we had acquired for several years of play. Except for the sorcery system, which was largely untested.
Upon release of the first item, the RQ boxed set, AH began violating the contract which led to a decline in the relationship that eventually led to the rupture.



Sincerely,
Greg Stafford

Issaries, Inc.
c/o Greg Stafford
1942 Channing Ave, #204
Berkeley, CA 94704 USA            

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