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$100 000 - What License Would/Should You Buy?

Started by One Horse Town, January 14, 2010, 06:56:09 PM

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Werekoala

#45
January 15, 2010, 07:44:58 PM
Quote from: David R;355475Ok, this may sound crazy but an ultra violent A Nightmare on Elm Street boardgame/rpg hybrid with the GM playing the role of Freddy ! Kids would dig it. Vincent Barker should design it.

Excellent. Use a "Clue" board and pieces, have the GM secretly moving things around / manipulating the "NPC" guests in the house, etc.
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#46
January 15, 2010, 08:05:11 PM
Quote from: Koltar;355472The rights might be tied up in a Jack Kirby lawsuit somewhere - possibly. Thought I read somewhere that his family was still trying to get monies and royalties that he was owed from back then.

- Ed C.

I don't know about the royalties issue, but the notion that Kirby created the show is false.

Kirby did a great deal of production work on the show, but principal visual design was done by Alex Toth, and the show was primarily created by Steve Gerber for (and with the involvement of) the two guys behind Ruby-Spears.

Here's some more info on it:

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/11/23/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-78/

The Kirby lawsuit is directed at Marvel.

Tommy Brownell

#47
January 15, 2010, 08:38:43 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;355491Excellent. Use a "Clue" board and pieces, have the GM secretly moving things around / manipulating the "NPC" guests in the house, etc.

Ever play the old Nightmare on Elm Street "Freddy Game".  I owned it...it was quite fun in its own way...stock characters...Freddy lurking in the shadows (one person was Freddy)...game gets mocked relentlessly now, but it was cool at the time.
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#48
January 15, 2010, 08:55:23 PM
Quote from: jrients;355467If feasible I'd spend the $100K on a license to release Thundarr the Barbarian on DVD.  If the DVD made money then I'd talk to them about an RPG license.
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ancientgamer

#49
January 15, 2010, 09:51:44 PM
I would buying the license for an show on the rise like Sanctuary, Warehouse 13, Demons, something where the show has potential and buzz but where nobody immediately thinks of right off the bat.
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#50
January 15, 2010, 10:09:22 PM
Quote from: Hairfoot;355488Chick Tracts: the RPG.
...Burn it with fire.
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#51
January 15, 2010, 10:14:41 PM
Oh no...Don't burn it, the money they gained would be used to make Hawt Dudes, the RPG.

Quote from: Narf the Mouse;355512...Burn it with fire.
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#52
January 15, 2010, 10:33:45 PM
If it was for my own satisfaction, I suppose I would either get Amber (so that we'd actually get the game living again) or the Legion of Superheroes.

If it was to try to get a game going that was likely to be a financial success? I think it would probably be Avatar. Hell, it could be either Avatar (Cameron's godawful film, or The Last Airbender), for that matter... though I was thinking of the latter, because I actually like that one.

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#53
January 15, 2010, 10:47:45 PM
The original question is interesting; but for what it is worth, I would rather have 20 times that ammount of money, get the license from Marc Miller and head off to Japan to hire an animation studio to make a Traveller Anime series.

"Dai go furontia sensō no Monogatari" has a nice ring to it.
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#54
January 16, 2010, 04:35:11 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;355512...Burn it with fire.
Burn it with fire and buy another!

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jasonga

#55
January 16, 2010, 06:02:39 AM
Quote from: ancientgamer;355509I would buying the license for an show on the rise like Sanctuary, Warehouse 13, Demons...
Ironically, those three shows were all ones that came to my mind too :)

Two past games I'd love to license are Dark Conspiracy and Millenniums End. The settings for both games would need a major overhaul (the danger of setting your game in the "near future" when you publish - you quickly catch up to the timeline), but I enjoy them both and can see lots of potential in both.
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#56
January 16, 2010, 09:23:45 AM
Quote from: Vargr;355528I would rather have 20 times that ammount of money, get the license from Marc Miller and head off to Japan to hire an animation studio to make a Traveller Anime series.

Cowboy Bebop meets PlanetES?
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Tahmoh

#57
January 16, 2010, 09:35:43 AM
If Demons is that british show i wouldnt bother it got axed after about 8 episodes due to being utter shite, you could get the rights for about £50 though i reckon if you really, really want them :)

Xanther

#58
January 16, 2010, 09:38:33 AM
The Fantasy Trip.  Rules light + complete + old school all the way.  Just reformat, polish and refine a bit and your good to go.
 

Casey777

#59
January 16, 2010, 12:56:20 PM
Quote from: Vargr;355528I would rather have 20 times that ammount of money, get the license from Marc Miller and head off to Japan to hire an animation studio to make a Traveller Anime series.

"Dai go furontia sensō no Monogatari" has a nice ring to it.

Yes please! And get Legend of the Galactic Heroes released outside of Japan.

While we're dreaming, raise that amount again and get DGP's now ancient IP off of Roger Sanger or convince him to put them on PDF, CD or back in print. Even that may not be enough money. :(

And I'm not even that fond of DGP's stuff, never seeing it back in the day and not fond of their tendency towards higher tech or detailing everything. But it was well made, the only older Traveller material of worth not legally available.
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