From: Colin Plummer <colin@i...>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:36:58 +0100
Subject: [getting very OT] Re: Background?
Just adding my $0.02 There are still games companies that spend a very long time designing systems. FASA Corp. employed a Mathematics professor to design a system for Earthdawn. (Unfortunately FASA is now owned by Micro$oft after the very successful Mechwarrior series of games got M$ executives having dollar signs lighting up in their eyes)
From: Dean Gundberg <dean.gundberg@n...>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:46:43 -0500
Subject: RE: [getting very OT] Re: Background?
> Just adding my $0.02 Actually only FASA Interactive (their computer game division) was bought by Microsoft so they could get their hands on Mechwarrior and other computer games. The rest of FASA is not owned by MS, but will soon be owned by Decipher, the company who makes the Star Trek and Star Wars CCGs. Crimson Skies (Fasa's game alternate history air battle game) has MS on the back of the game and miniature blisters since the concept originated at FASA Interactive. Ral Partha was bought by FASA (who is being bought by Decipher) TSR was bought by WOTC who are now being bought buy Hasboro. Avalon Hill was bought by Hasboro and it looks like they will be run as part of WOTC. Everybody got all that?;) Check each company's website for news releases.
From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:15:47 -0400
Subject: Re: [getting very OT] Re: Background?
> Dean Gundberg wrote: > > Just adding my $0.02 Oy! Can't keep track of this stuff without a program.