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Message no. 1
From: 00DNA mcmanus@******.albany.edu
Subject: FASA change of Priority?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 10:36:01 -0400
Hey I just checked out their website.

The Corporate Adventures adventure has been renamed to Corporate
Punishments and is scheduled for October now instead of August. And Man &
Machines now says August/September (and is also listed at US $15.00 which
is nice of them). Perhaps they've heard us asking so many bioware
questions and they are pushing to release MM. Hope it's not too full of
editorial problems due to that, but looking forward to the (perhaps) sooner
release date.


--00DNA
"...user connection terminated."
Message no. 2
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: FASA change of Priority?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:11:55 EDT
In a message dated 7/19/99 10:35:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mcmanus@******.albany.edu writes:

> Hey I just checked out their website.
>
> The Corporate Adventures adventure has been renamed to Corporate
> Punishments and is scheduled for October now instead of August. And Man &
> Machines now says August/September (and is also listed at US $15.00 which
> is nice of them). Perhaps they've heard us asking so many bioware
> questions and they are pushing to release MM. Hope it's not too full of
> editorial problems due to that, but looking forward to the (perhaps) sooner
> release date.
>
>


As far as I know, MM was always due out late August/ early September.
(Although early September is looking more likely.) And Corporate Punishment
(cool title) was always due after it. The depressing thing is that due to
the FASA art department, the Cannon Companion's release date has been pushed
back to the time YotC was due to be released. I hope this means we'll be
seeing YotC, then, BEFORE the CC. What this all means is now it will have
taken effectively a year and a half to get the entire core SR3 system up and
released (we're waiting on MM and CC, currently). The new core expansions
(well, R2 and VR2 have been around for a while) are all good books (or
looking to be good), but I'd have liked if FASA had put more of a publishing
push behind the SR3 system upgrade to have gotten the central system out
faster. By FASA's own admission, the publication of SR stuff has been
sluggish due to the release of a new game (CS) and the work-force dedication
of creating a new system (VOR). It should be back on track after GenCon (and
the release of Vor), but I worry that the newbies SR3 was designed to attract
may have left the system when their favorite aspects (magic, cyber, or big
guns) weren't represented.

If anything saves this oversight in publishing schedules, I think it will be
the Quick Start rules. They will be more likely to bring newbies than the
$30 BBB, and they should have a complete compliment of all the rules
expansions out to accompany it within six months. Has anybody heard how much
of the rules will be going into QS? It's hard to imagine 1/4 of the BBB
being very extensive, but it should at least attract the newbies to the Core
book, and from there to the expansions.




-Twist
Message no. 3
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: FASA change of Priority?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:22:40 EDT
Just a note to everyone. FASA has been INCREDIBLY busy this year, with Vor
and Mechwarrior getting heavy coverage. SR has had the last two years of
FASA's heavier concentration. If anything, SR deserves a bit of a reprieve.
It's not as if they have stopped things, they are just being more realistic
about their deadlines and their goals.

-K
Message no. 4
From: Lehlan Decker DeckerL@******.com
Subject: FASA change of Priority?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:46:17 -0400
>>> <Ereskanti@***.com> 07/19/99 05:22pm >>>
>Just a note to everyone. FASA has been INCREDIBLY busy this year,
>with Vor and Mechwarrior getting heavy coverage. SR has had the
>last two years of FASA's heavier concentration. If anything, SR
>deserves a bit of a reprieve.
>It's not as if they have stopped things, they are just being more realistic
>about their deadlines and their goals.

Not to start arguments, and I've even talked to Mike about this one.
I'm incredibly happy with the quality we're getting. My biggest gripe, is a
core book like M&M, coming out nearly a year after SR3 did. Particulary
when Bioware has needed an update for years.
When they did SR3, they needed to get the core books updated and out
for the existing gamers to stay happy. I liked first run, but it might never
see play. I liked Seattle 2, but I could have waited a few more months for
it.....MITS was delayed forever, even though the rules had been hashed
out way back when.
Once the core books are all finally out, I won't gripe nearly as much.

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