At 07:01 AM 5/26/98 PDT, you wrote:
>What exactly will the new release of the Rulebook have in it...Will it
>be Birthright 2nd Ed. where the world is different?(ie. Prince Avan gets
>the throne) or will it just reprint the rules in a format which contains
>no more controversy...

The plan I was working under (with Carrie Bebris as editor) was to redo the
BR boxed set into a one-book format with a greater emphasis on the world
and the PCs as adventurers--but still including the domain and war rules as
part of the game.

The line has now shifted under the AD&D core banner, and I believe the
current plan is to go with much of what we have already done.

>Does anyone know what WoTC/TSR have planned for GENCON? and where is it
>this year...is it still the same place?

GenCon is still in Milwaukee at the newly-revised "MECCA" (I don't remember
the new name). It's in the same place but the layout is somewhat different.
Wizards/TSR will be there in strength (it's our con, after all). We are
currently planning to have as many TSR staffers there as we did last year
(at least from the Creative Services point of view) but, since we don't
have to run the "bones" of the con (like registration, the exhibit hall,
etc) we'll actually have more time to do games and demos.



Ed Stark
Game Designer, Wizards of the Coast/TSR Division
Asst. Brand Manager
TSR Website: http://www.tsrinc.com
also: http://www.tsr.com