Online Coordinator responds!!!

[AMagie666@aol.co]

Is there a web site where I could get some of Mr. Hoskins's material?

[TSRInc@aol.co]

>Given that Birthright will be getting an overhaul of sorts, will the content
be
>determined solely by TSR/WOC staff or would you consider canvassing outside
for
>ideas?

90% of the products we make are driven by customer suggestions - you guys
buy the product, so it pays to listen to you. That's why I laugh at people
who say "TSR doesn't listen to its customers! It's not producing the
products
_I_ want!!" TSR does listen to its customers ... and sometimes it has to
cater to the majority - if you don't like a particular product, there's a
good chance that a lot of other people (with differing opinions) _did_
want something like that.

Hmm, I _guess_ I answered your question. :)

>Are you planning to release it as a boxed set as was done with the revised
>Forgotten Realms?

Er, I did say we were planning on making it a harcover book?

>You have slated 98 as the delivery year, will it be early or
>later in the year?

I don't know for sure, and Idon't think I'd be allowed to say at this
time anyway, even if I did know.

>Lastly, are WOC using this as way to gauge market interest
>in Birthright?

All BR sales for the next 18 months or so are being carefully examined
to determine the survivability of the line.

Responses to a few other questions & comments:

C: You're de-emphasiving the domain mechanics - I hope that doesn't
mean you're taking them out completely!!!
A: If we were taking them out completely, I would have said so. Those
domain mechanics are an important part of the BR game, just not
_the_ important part.

Q: I don't see anyone playing AD&D without magic, so your analogy is
incorrect.
A: Try the historical campaign series.

Q: The black print on the shaded grey background is not as easy to
read as it was on the brown.
A: Switching to a 1-color sayout _really_ reduces that cost of printing
and makes each product that much more profitable. I'll talk to the
BR folks about making the background lighter for the one-color
products so the text stands out more.

Q: [This is an unasked question, but I know many of you are thinking
it.] Sean, do you like Birthright.
A: You bet your butt I do. BR is the first campaign setting in a long
time that I have been interested in using for a game of my own.
I bought three copies of the box set and gave them to two of my
friends and my sister because I thought they'd dig it, too.
I have every BR product in my personal library (employees get a
free copy of everything we produce), unlike any other TSR gameworld.
I thikn BR is a great setting with a lot of cool stuff. I want it
to survive as much as you do.


Good gaming!
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Sean Reynolds, TSR Online Coordinator
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