From:	Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: FASA Being Sold?
Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:44:34 EST

> > future acquisitions, the companies in queston are: West End Games
> > (they would not comment on this in Ottawa, and they certainly wouldn't
> > deny anything); White Wolf (not much to substantiate yet); and FASA
> > (Jill Lucas at FASA has confirmed that talks are underway, but would
> > not disclose the nature of those discussions); There is also rumor
> > that WOTC may want Ral Partha as well.
>
> Do any of you besides me find this... illegal? WOTC had better calm
> down or they are going to have a monopoly inside the roleplaying
> industry. If america was _truly_ a free market there would be no
> problem here, but we aren't.

hold on there! Before you get all uptight, take a more skeptical
look at Whats-his-faceys post. As I see it:

1) He is merely poorly informed, with a bit of a paranoid nature
Or
2) He is having a good laugh

I mean, _IF_ all this is true, I can easily see WOTC simply looking
around....now that they have TSR, it's only natural to try and carve
their niche. Talking to people, even everyone, doesn't mean they're
going to BUY them all. I mean, WOTC isn't all _that_ powerful!

Personally, I think WOTC talked to someone...someone else heard it
and mentioned it....a third person twisted it a bit, threw in a
few more companies,.....and PRESTO! You have thousands of gamers
rushing about screaming MONOPOLY!

(And as someone said, Several gaming companies' Stocks soar, which
means they aren't going to comment either way....everyone assumes "No
comment" means that they are right....and the company didn't lie one
little bit.)

Time to Chill, everyone.

-=SwiftOne=-