drow wrote:
> In rec.games.frp.dnd Justin Alexander <justin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Has Paizo actually said that somewhere? My suspicion has been that
> > they're prohibited from doing so (probably for X number of years) by
> > the terms of the license they had.
>
>
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/community/gaming/transitionDiscussion/stupidIdeasFor500Alex
> Joshua J. Frost (Advertising & Marketing Director)
>
> "As to why we wouldn't, then, just create our own magazines, we spent a
> great deal of time debating and studying this option and, in the end,
> it didn't make sense. Dragon and Dungeon had built-in distribution,
> customers, subscribers, and were firmly entrenched in the periodicals
> market. Starting a new magazine would require a great deal of monetary
> investment (read: millions of dollars) and would require Paizo to
> rebuild everything Dragon and Dungeon had in place for over 30 years.
> Since we have already built a highly successful channel into the book
> and hobby markets with our accessories, board games, and book products,
> it made more sense to sell Pathfinder as a book and to sell it into
> those already established locations."
Thanks for the link.
Dang it. I just realized this means we'll never see Castle Maure
completed. That sucks.
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Justin Alexander
http://www.thealexandrian.net
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