A polite letter to Lorraine Wil

[TSRInc@aol.co]

> What about if we writed a nice letter where we explain
> that we would spend say $20 monthly on TSR Birthright products
> and we like the setting (as we actually do) so that they would
> increase number of books released.

Folks, we've reduced the number of products across the board
so that we'll have fewer, higher quality products, rather than
a lot of average products. This also gives BR fans to catch up
on all of the stuff that was put out last year.


> Thats what Sean Reynolds says on the official homepage of TSR
> at http://www.tsrinc.com/info/1997.html

That is mainly directed at the fans of Dark Sun ... it's info on
how to encourage a _closed_ line to be _reopened_.

> The idea is that one person who feels he is able to write a potent nice
> letter to Lorraine Williams will do it and the rest of us
> will fax our Names and signs (provided with counry name too).
> And the one will add those to letter.

Individual letters work better than a petition, which is what you're
proposing, here.

- - Sean

[Scott Parrish]

TSRInc@aol.com wrote:
>
> > What about if we writed a nice letter where we explain
> > that we would spend say $20 monthly on TSR Birthright products
> > and we like the setting (as we actually do) so that they would
> > increase number of books released.
>
> Folks, we've reduced the number of products across the board
> so that we'll have fewer, higher quality products, rather than
> a lot of average products. This also gives BR fans to catch up
> on all of the stuff that was put out last year.

This, I think we all understand. And over all I agree, I would rather
have fewer good products than a bunch of not-so good.

However, I personnally have a few problems with the choices that were
made. I am a HUGE fan of the Players secret line. Not all of them I
use, but the amount of information available in those little books was
astounding. This line in particular I think should be better
supported. There are no PS for the Havens at all. The Havens book does
not give a close enough look at individual domains to make them easily
playable. When I originally started complaining this was what I missed
most. There also seems to be an awful lot of emphasis placed on the BR
novels, of which I am not a huge fan. However the people involved in
writing/designing are different from the novelists and I don't think
it's either/or with game stuff and novels.

I love the BR line and will continue to support it. It is disapointing
that there is not as musch new stuff coming out as there was last year,
but I can cope.


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[Jaanus Lillenberg]

Hello Sean and the other staff

> Folks, we've reduced the number of products across the board
> so that we'll have fewer, higher quality products, rather than
> a lot of average products. This also gives BR fans to catch up
> on all of the stuff that was put out last year.

What about products then I have bought all the products.
The most high balls beside the boxed set will get
Rjurik Highlands Expansion that I consider a BESTOFALL BR books.
And of course Player Secrets (the ones I will miss MOST this year).

Can't anybody encourage TSR to write more Player Secrets.
Buying one is like taking off a cover on field of a puzzlemap.
The puzzlemap of course is BR.

Birthright fan
Jaanus Lillenberg
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