Message no. 1

From:	Jon Edwards <jonathan.edwards@*****.COM>
Subject:	Fwd: Re: Shadowrun TCG Questions
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:45:49 -0800

Hola, Amigos.

After seeking some advice as to the appropriateness of this message to the
list, I am comfortable enough now to post the following response from
Fasa's Marketing folks (folk..given a company of 15, I'm sure it's probably
one person ;-) to my inquiry on whether or not they'd considered licensing
out Shadowrun.



--LETTER--

>In a message dated 11/16/98 12:54:19 PM, you wrote:
>
><<If FASA is not in a position to market and produce further expansions or
>units of Shadowrun, has thought been given as to licensing out the product
>to other companies such as WOTC?>>
>
>They would not be interested. It is too close to Net Runner in feel.
>If not, or the desire is not to have the game farmed out to such a large
>competitor, has thought been given to offering a limited license to produce
>with the currently developed Corp War expansion to a different third party
>organization?
>
>This is a pretty recent decision and few are in the card business anymore.
It
>takes over $150,000 to print and collate the expansion...then the third party
>would have to break through to distribution and retail problems and get it on
>the shelves in order to see any return. Our decision was really thought
>out...it just doesn't make sence to produce it given the current market. It
>pains us too....really. We had hoped we could continue with the game for we
>are incredibly proud of it.
>
>Thank you for your support.
>
>FASA
>