Product Support

[Sepsis]

At 05:03 PM 11/18/97 -0500, Joe Donlon(DosPay@aol.com)wrote:
>
>1) Is all the Birthright material printed so far still available? Or are
>there certain products out-of-print? If there are, are there any plans to
>bring them back. I'm especially curious about the Book of Magecraft.
>

There are some BR products that are OP, including the BoM. Ed has assured
us that he is looking into getting this OP material reprinted in some
format, and back on the shelves for us. The BoM is one in particular that
should be available again soon. Keep your fingers crossed.

>
>2) Where does the Birthright setting fit into TSR's plans? Is the company
>planning to keep the line going? How strong are its sales compared to other
>"secondary" settings like Planescape and Dark Sun.
>

For right now the future of BR looks good. TSR will be producing new
supplements for it through '98. In order to keep BR alive and well be sure
to let everyone know just what a great setting this is, and convince them
to try it. You can also send in e-mails(or snail-mails)to TSR and tell them
how much you love BR. Then of course there is the "green ballot" that is to
say the more sales BR gets the more likely it is to stay with us. In short,
if it says BR, buy it. Lastly don't panic. Premature fear that a setting
will go under can spread like a wild fire, and it only harms the potential
sales of the setting, so please don't go around openly worrying about the
future of BR. Just support BR both verbally and financially and it will be
around for many years to come.


Sepsis, richt@metrolink.net (ICQ:3777956)

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It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied."
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[Ed Stark]

At 05:03 PM 11/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a couple of questions:
>
>1) Is all the Birthright material printed so far still available? Or are
>there certain products out-of-print? If there are, are there any plans to
>bring them back. I'm especially curious about the Book of Magecraft.

Much of it sold through and is out of print. It can, however, be acquired
from many hobby shops, however, as OOP for us means we don't have any in
the warehouse--not that those don't exist. We are trying to get BoM
reprinted as we speak. Hopefully very early next year.

>2) Where does the Birthright setting fit into TSR's plans? Is the company
>planning to keep the line going? How strong are its sales compared to other
>"secondary" settings like Planescape and Dark Sun.

Right now, we're working on a rerelease of the line which means definite
support for this coming year, and (almost certainly) the year after. That's
the best you can say about any of our product lines--we constantly revisit
them to make sure they're profitable. We were pleased to see sales on both
KING OF THE GIANTDOWNS and BOOK OF PRIESTCRAFT exceed our sales' people's
expectations.

-- ->-- ->-- ->--@
Ed Stark
Game Designer, Wizards of the Coast/TSR Division
Asst. Brand Manager, BIRTHRIGHT/GREYHAWK/MARVEL Group
TSR Website: http://www.tsrinc.com
(soon to be http://www.tsr.com)

[abeard@zebra.net (Adam B]

Ed Stark wrote:

> Right now, we're working on a rerelease of the line which means definite
> support for this coming year, and (almost certainly) the year after. That's
> the best you can say about any of our product lines--we constantly revisit
> them to make sure they're profitable. We were pleased to see sales on both
> KING OF THE GIANTDOWNS and BOOK OF PRIESTCRAFT exceed our sales' people's
> expectations.
>
ED,

Does this rerelease include the BR box set? Because it is hard to get
new people to play and therefore buy BirthRight if they can't get the
main box set.

Adam Beard