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Eldritch
post Jun 19 2006, 06:56 AM
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Damon White Reports: From Marc Lore, Chief Operating Officer of WizKids:

"Dear Hobby Game Community,
Due to changing demands within our industry and within our own company, WizKids is reorganizing to strengthen itself within the marketplace. Unfortunately, this brought about a tough decision to have a reduction in force. This is necessary to realign

overheads with revenues as well as refocus our resources on the functions that we believe will create value to the industry and growth for our company.

These steps are necessary for the long term health of WizKids., and will allow us to focus on our core Brands of Battlestar Galactica, HeroClix, HorrorClix, MechWarrior and Pirates. Our company is firmly committed to supporting the Core Hobby Game industry and plans to serve this industry for years to come.

WizKids’ commitment to innovation and excellence has not changed and we look forward to working with all of the folks that make this industry great to help transform the marketplace once more into one that is vibrant and exciting.

In the next few weeks, we will share with you the results of our deliberations, and our plans for the future of the great games you have come to know and love."


From: http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=21450


I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of the Wizkids/Fanpro/Shadowrun corp structure - but what does this mean for the futrue of SR? Any thing?
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- Eldritch   Wizkids having Problems?   Jun 19 2006, 06:56 AM
- - Abbandon   Sounds like the beginning of the end to me for wiz...   Jun 19 2006, 08:03 AM
- - Shrike30   What part of "will allow us to focus on our c...   Jun 19 2006, 09:39 AM
- - Ophis   Wizkids don't produce Shadowrun, people who kn...   Jun 19 2006, 11:25 AM
- - JM Hardy   A few things: 1) I'm not sure that I'd ca...   Jun 19 2006, 01:32 PM
- - Cain   QUOTE (Ophis) Wizkids don't produce Shadowrun,...   Jun 19 2006, 05:52 PM
- - Eldritch   Thanks guys. Any other feedback form 'Those ...   Jun 19 2006, 06:07 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE Pinnacle produces the spectacularily popular...   Jun 19 2006, 06:18 PM
- - PBTHHHHT   Savage Worlds isn't too bad, I play it and the...   Jun 19 2006, 06:57 PM
- - James McMurray   I'm not saying it isn't well known, just t...   Jun 19 2006, 07:04 PM
- - Squinky   QUOTE (James McMurray) He has frequently shown an ...   Jun 19 2006, 07:29 PM
- - James McMurray   Nah, just most of it. Some small portion of the po...   Jun 19 2006, 07:35 PM
- - hobgoblin   hmm, savage shadowrun. whatever... seems to me th...   Jun 19 2006, 07:50 PM
- - PBTHHHHT   QUOTE (James McMurray @ Jun 19 2006, 02:04 PM...   Jun 19 2006, 08:11 PM
- - Kagetenshi   There really isn't anything special about Sava...   Jun 19 2006, 08:25 PM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (Cain) If they do exceptionally well, Fanpro...   Jun 19 2006, 09:20 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) It is, in my experience, not th...   Jun 19 2006, 09:29 PM
- - Synner   QUOTE (Cain @ Jun 19 2006, 05:52 PM) What mig...   Jun 19 2006, 10:37 PM
- - Rock   Why is Pinnicle getting a licence for a BattleTech...   Jun 19 2006, 10:43 PM
- - James McMurray   What's a PRG?   Jun 19 2006, 11:22 PM
- - Rock   A typo for RPG.   Jun 19 2006, 11:27 PM
- - James McMurray   Ah, I thought so, but since it happened twice I wa...   Jun 19 2006, 11:40 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (James McMurray) QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Ju...   Jun 20 2006, 12:05 AM
- - JM Hardy   Quick update on SR novels--Roc apparently is not i...   Jun 20 2006, 04:45 AM
- - JongWK   QUOTE (stevenrockwell) Why is Pinnicle getting a l...   Jun 20 2006, 06:32 AM
- - Adam   QUOTE (stevenrockwell) Why is Pinnicle getting a l...   Jun 20 2006, 07:40 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE QUOTE Pinnacle produces the spectacularily ...   Jun 20 2006, 07:43 AM
- - Adam   MechWarrior was the name of the [FASA-published] R...   Jun 20 2006, 07:57 AM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (Cain @ Jun 20 2006, 02:43 AM) QUOTE QU...   Jun 20 2006, 12:39 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE Spectaculiarily popular in that it won the 2...   Jun 20 2006, 01:16 PM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (James McMurray) An award from 3 years ago d...   Jun 20 2006, 01:20 PM
- - James McMurray   Edited. It just makes the angel reference even mor...   Jun 20 2006, 01:24 PM
- - James McMurray   I just read a few reviews and I'm not sure tha...   Jun 20 2006, 01:41 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Indeed. It's a solid game for what it is, but ...   Jun 20 2006, 02:54 PM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Indeed. It's a solid game f...   Jun 20 2006, 05:12 PM
- - Cain   QUOTE Or Angel winning best Roleplaying game 2003,...   Jun 20 2006, 08:28 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE Correction: Angel was a supplement for Eden ...   Jun 20 2006, 08:41 PM
- - Adam   Angel was certainly a core book, not a supplement;...   Jun 20 2006, 10:44 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE (JM Hardy) Quick update on SR novels--Roc ap...   Jun 21 2006, 12:40 AM
- - Rock   Is there a list of the Shadowrun novels that have ...   Jun 21 2006, 01:37 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE Ummm, yeah it is. "Unarmed combat...   Jun 21 2006, 03:19 AM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE The best way of thinking about it is this: t...   Jun 21 2006, 03:21 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE Having difficulty using a weapon I've ne...   Jun 21 2006, 05:08 AM
- - Glorian   QUOTE (Cain)QUOTE Is there a list of the Shadowru...   Jun 21 2006, 05:24 AM
- - Kagetenshi   The problem is that you do run into weapons you...   Jun 21 2006, 05:40 AM
- - Cain   You'll have to refresh my memory, but IIRC Tou...   Jun 21 2006, 06:36 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Tour of Darkness has you playing soldiers in Vietn...   Jun 21 2006, 06:46 AM
- - mfb   QUOTE (Kagetenshi)I recently finished a game of To...   Jun 21 2006, 06:56 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Tour of Darkness has you playin...   Jun 21 2006, 09:39 AM
- - Crusher Bob   Phoenix Program Wiki   Jun 21 2006, 09:43 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Cain) Also, I don't own the book, but I...   Jun 21 2006, 02:50 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE You just say that "These are the common...   Jun 21 2006, 03:08 PM
- - Platinum   it would fall under his skill if he had alien gunn...   Jun 21 2006, 03:49 PM
- - James McMurray   From what I can see there is no alien gunnery, or ...   Jun 21 2006, 03:54 PM
- - Platinum   QUOTE (James McMurray) From what I can see there i...   Jun 21 2006, 04:40 PM
- - James McMurray   I agree. It's one reason I'll probably nev...   Jun 21 2006, 04:48 PM
- - Cain   First of all, Captain Jack, being an archaeologist...   Jun 21 2006, 09:04 PM
- - James McMurray   So you're saying that I have to put a familiar...   Jun 21 2006, 09:12 PM
- - Frag-o Delux   Just because I like to add nothing to a debate tha...   Jun 21 2006, 10:05 PM
- - James McMurray   In Savage Worlds (at least the test drive rules) h...   Jun 21 2006, 11:08 PM
- - Platinum   QUOTE (Frag-o Delux) Just because I like to add no...   Jun 22 2006, 01:56 PM
- - mfb   QUOTE (James McMurray)That's all fine and dand...   Jun 22 2006, 02:18 PM
- - James McMurray   Platinum, you're absolutely right. But the dis...   Jun 22 2006, 02:22 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE (mfb) QUOTE (James McMurray)That's all f...   Jun 22 2006, 02:29 PM
- - mfb   QUOTE (James McMurray)If you don't have ...   Jun 22 2006, 02:30 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE that's only partially correct. having a ...   Jun 22 2006, 02:39 PM
- - mfb   QUOTE (James McMurray)Your skill in hurting people...   Jun 22 2006, 02:49 PM
- - James McMurray   Which is why I said I'd probably never play a ...   Jun 22 2006, 02:51 PM
- - mfb   i do. SUBMIT!   Jun 22 2006, 02:52 PM
- - James McMurray   You can take away our keyboards, but you'll ne...   Jun 22 2006, 02:54 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (mfb) agreed. that, right there, is what SW ...   Jun 22 2006, 03:10 PM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Jun 22 2006, 10:10 AM) Hm...   Jun 22 2006, 03:13 PM
- - mfb   what i really hate about the way SR3 handles thing...   Jun 22 2006, 03:17 PM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (mfb @ Jun 22 2006, 10:17 AM) what i re...   Jun 22 2006, 04:35 PM
- - Platinum   SR2 handled it the best... Armed combat for if y...   Jun 22 2006, 06:02 PM
- - James McMurray   But you also end up with something similar to sava...   Jun 22 2006, 06:06 PM
- - Platinum   that is true..... but you could also "encoura...   Jun 22 2006, 06:19 PM
- - James McMurray   True. Which is why I'll probably never play a ...   Jun 22 2006, 06:21 PM
- - PBTHHHHT   That's great, go do that, who the eff cares? ...   Jun 22 2006, 06:33 PM
- - James McMurray   So then ignore us.   Jun 22 2006, 06:37 PM
- - PBTHHHHT   More or less I do, I'm trying to find the rele...   Jun 22 2006, 06:45 PM
- - James McMurray   I don't think anything's been on topic for...   Jun 22 2006, 06:46 PM
- - nezumi   I'm just glad Cain and James (whichever one it...   Jun 22 2006, 07:00 PM
- - James McMurray   You'll never find a thread where I bring up Sa...   Jun 22 2006, 07:05 PM
- - Shrike30   I'm a fan of the SR4 approach; players get a c...   Jun 22 2006, 07:42 PM
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- - James McMurray   I'd do something similar, but that would be ...   Jun 23 2006, 01:15 PM
- - Eldritch   A little bit more info, to knock this thread back ...   Jun 25 2006, 10:29 AM
- - JongWK   A little more info: SEC report.   Jun 25 2006, 03:39 PM
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- - Demonseed Elite   Can't say I know anything at all about Jordan ...   Jun 26 2006, 09:31 PM
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- - James McMurray   Quick followup question re: fighting: Since it do...   Jun 28 2006, 12:18 AM
- - mfb   QUOTE (James McMurray)So there are roleplaying bal...   Jun 28 2006, 12:49 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Three-sectional staff. ~J   Jun 28 2006, 01:13 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE So there are roleplaying balances to rules p...   Jun 28 2006, 01:55 AM
- - SL James   QUOTE (JongWK @ Jun 25 2006, 09:39 AM) A litt...   Jun 28 2006, 02:03 AM
- - Frag-o Delux   The problem I see with an all encompassing melee s...   Jun 28 2006, 02:05 AM
- - SL James   *suggests moving this to any other thread*   Jun 28 2006, 02:08 AM
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