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Going to Gencon? Not to play Call of Cthulhu!

Started by kregmosier, March 01, 2007, 03:08:27 PM

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Zachary The First

#15
March 04, 2007, 12:23:44 PM
Hmm.  I thought for sure by now we'd have heard a leak or something on this, however wildly inaccurate it turned out to be later...
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March 05, 2007, 09:01:30 AM
My mostly uninformed guess is that Chaosium owes GenCon money, and is banned for that reason. I'd guess that the guy who started the thread was told to do damage control, and is being vague for that reason.

The reason I think it's financial, is because when I used to do work in the d20 market some industry guys told me that Chaosium was absolutely deperate for money.They were somewhat quietly selling off non-core assets. I'm guessing that they've gotten back into dire straits.
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March 05, 2007, 12:37:00 PM
Quote from: Monster ManuelMy mostly uninformed guess is that Chaosium owes GenCon money, and is banned for that reason. I'd guess that the guy who started the thread was told to do damage control, and is being vague for that reason.

The reason I think it's financial, is because when I used to do work in the d20 market some industry guys told me that Chaosium was absolutely deperate for money.They were somewhat quietly selling off non-core assets. I'm guessing that they've gotten back into dire straits.

I can see that.   My guess is you're right.  I think Chaosium is quietly suffering something Palladium just started yelling from the rooftops: a cashflow problem.  Those seem to be happening frequently as the market continues to shake out.
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March 05, 2007, 01:42:53 PM
Chaosium has been on the verge of collapse for at least the last 10 years. They have also had tons of possible strategies and golden opportunities to turn that around, but failed because of their own ineptitude.

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March 05, 2007, 06:15:59 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditChaosium has been on the verge of collapse for at least the last 10 years. They have also had tons of possible strategies and golden opportunities to turn that around, but failed because of their own ineptitude.

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