Wednesday 13 August 2008

Privateer Press Announcement

Doug Seacat has made an announcement on the IK RPG forums about 4e and the IK RPG line:
There has been considerable speculation and expectations about the RPG line so I wanted to clarify the situation before GenCon. As our fans know the RPG line has won a number of awards over the last several years and has earned a dedicated following. We have great appreciation and fondness for the readers who have stuck by us despite the occasional long wait between these books. It has been gratifying to have the support of people who have eagerly devoured every scrap of setting information and RPG rules we could produce.

As you are aware, we put future book publications for the RPG line on-hold after we determined that 4th Edition was a reality. With the future status of 3.5 edition uncertain and not knowing the shape of 4th Edition we decided it would be a mistake to invest further time and resources on upcoming products. After evaluating our options we have decided not to adopt 4th Edition for the Iron Kingdoms. We will not be converting our material for the Full-Metal Fantasy line to that system. We will continue to provide periodic RPG articles in No Quarter Magazine for the foreseeable future. This will be the best place to find information pertinent to your Iron Kingdoms campaigns in the months ahead.

As we have additional news or information related to the RPG line or pertinent to our existing books, including those which are currently out of print, we will let you know either here or in No Quarter Magazine. We are definitely aware of the difficulties being faced by those seeking the out of print books in particular.

However, with the announced GSL revision I still have a tiny candle-flame of hope that the Iron Kingdoms will eventually go 4e. I'll keep plugging away at the gun mage and other projects, though Warmachine and Hordes are of growing interest to me - I discovered an old Magnus the Traitor battle box buried an old packing box, so I'm giving mercenaries a go while my trolls soak in paint stripper. Perhaps some day my sketchy arcane mechanik ideas will see the light of day!

2 comments:

  1. your GM for a 4 hour con session I'm running in Oct. Going to max her out at the fourth level, but you never know when you will need the extra levels!

    jp

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  2. Well... Something funky happen on my first post. I lost the first part! :)

    It was suppose to start with: "Hang in their Brother!" then move on to "I'm using..."

    Odd

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