I guess I've been thinking about this alot lately, cause you always think, "Boy, wouldn't it be great if the road blocks to SF being in print and having the full support of a viable non head up the butt company behind it."<br />I was laying in bed contemplating getting up when it hit me.:<br /><br />The single biggest thing I'd love to see, if anyone ever managed to buy the SF product from WOTC or if they said hey lets see if we can't squeeze this dusty old game for a few dollars more is: Miniatures!!!!!!<br />I'd love it to see a decent miniatures company licensed to produce SF aliens sculpted by someone like Garrity or Olley! I'd totally pre order some sight unseen! [insert Homer Simpsons voice]: "Miniaturessss...aaahahggaah.." [followed by drool rolling down the chin]<br /><br />What if some one bought and put back into production SF?<br />1. The Zine might get ordered to discontinue its activities.<br />2. We'd all get relegated to spectator/consumer status... "Here's the SF Beta Dawn rules and you have to buy them as none of the new content is compatible with out them."<br />3. SF might well and truly get killed as the product gets pushed out that lacks play testing and is all about current WOTC business models...<br /><br />Of course if a company was producing "Beta Dawn" rules and new material it could mean:<br />1. new blood from new players who know nothing of AD and ZEBs <br />2. New content that none of us had a hand in producing and therefore slightly more exciting as you dont really know whats coming.<br />3. Immense gratification that while other Sci-Fi RPGs have floundered the one we believe in an love has resurrected from the grave (so to speak) like a second coming of fun and awesome gaming experience!<br />4. NEW MINIATURES!!!!!!!!!<br />5. Movie?<br />6. New Content<br /><br />So sum it up if anyone bought and tried to do something with SF we'd very likely lose imput over it but there is potentially more good things that could come out of it. So in light of the history of the RPG industry do we have faith that a company looking to recover the cost of their investment plus make a buck will do the right thing with the SF IP? I think it would take a Gary Gygax to make it happen: someone who would stand on the principle of: produce high quality rule books and then churn out tons of adventure material. <br />Most companies/products have some episode in their history where they angered their customer base: D&D, Steve Jackson, GDW, Games Workshop, would a mismanaged or slightly mishandled SF product totally blow us out of the water? <br /><br />I'm not sure I can answer my own question but man would I just die for new SF miniatures in a blister pack packaging; I'd be afraid to open the blister pack lest it prove to be dream....<br />Oh well I can dream.....<br /><br />What is your dream/fear concerning this?<br /><br />EDIT: A 30th Aniversary Volturnus trillogy module nicely packaged with new art and maps.
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