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Earthdawn Goes “Down Under”

RedBrick Limited announced today that they have successfully concluded negotiations for an EARTHDAWN(R) licence with FASA Corporation.

“To say we’re excited about this would be an understatement!” said Richard Vowles, RedBrick Director and Projects Manager. “We have been working with both FASA Corporation and key members of the online EARTHDAWN(R) community for a number of months. Now we are able to publicly move forward with our plans for the EARTHDAWN(R) property.”

James Flowers, RedBrick Director and Line Developer said, “We have an ambitious schedule ahead of us. Our licence allows us to take the EARTHDAWN(R) reins and drive forward from the base that FASA Corporation firmly established with the First Edition game line during the 90’s. We are looking forward to not only producing a series of high-quality rulebooks and supplements for the EARTHDAWN(R) game line, but also fully supporting the game online via the Internet and, over time, with a range of merchandise and miniatures.”

RedBrick’s products will be based on the First Edition of FASA Corporation’s EARTHDAWN(R) epic fantasy roleplaying game. James Flowers explained, “We didn’t want to change the First Edition rules because we felt that nothing was fundamentally broken. It was a conscious decision on our part to ensure that our materials are 100% compatible with the First Edition materials currently in print. While we intend to reprint out-of-print supplements, we will be ensuring that these products are updated to include new content and errata.”

When asked about the response from the online fan-base, Richard Vowles replied, “So far it’s been extremely enthusiastic. We have had a lot of interest from those who have been working with us to date, providing feedback, criticism and direction. It is an absolute ‘must’ that we actively engage the EARTHDAWN(R) community in our publishing decisions, and that is one of our earliest goals. We are looking forward to receiving submissions from artists and writers alike in due course.”

More information will be made available at: http://www.earthdawn-classic.com.

EARTHDAWN(R) is a Registered Trademark of FASA Corporation. All Rights Reserved. RedBrick Limited is located “down under” in New Zealand, well-known world-wide as the country in which “The Lord of the Rings(tm)” movies were filmed, and now the home of the Fourth World!

Earthdawn and Living Room Games

From Living Room Games:

“As many have no doubt heard by this time, RedBrick Limited of New Zealand has announced their license to publish (and re-publish) Earthdawn First Edition material. There have been many questions and concerns raised by this news, especially regarding Living Room Games’ own future involvement with the Earthdawn line.

First, let us assure you that Living Room Games will continue to create material for the Earthdawn line. We have books for at least the next three years outlined and scheduled for production. In addition, the long-awaited Dragons supplement will soon be entering the final stages of production, Wanderer’s Way playtesting is drawing to a close, and production for Dangerous Goods has just started to get under way.

RedBrick Limited’s press release did not come as a surprise to us at Living Room Games. Through our continued contact with FASA Corp., we learned of other companies’ intentions to license the property some time ago. We applaud RedBrick Limited’s willingness to step forward to show their support for this fine game, much like LRG did almost four years ago, and taking what amounts to a fairly substantial risk during this troubled economy.

We understand that this is yet another step to help breathe life back into the Earthdawn line, and for that we fully stand behind FASA’s decision to expand the licensing further. Though it appears that the direction RedBrick Limited plans to take with Earthdawn will be different from our own, we will still support them through their endeavors in whatever way we can.

Though it will undoubtedly be confusing to fans at first, we do not believe that having two unique perspectives for the Earthdawn metaplot on the market will be deterimental to the property in the long run. We strongly encourage everyone, both old and new players alike, to support Earthdawn in whatever way they are able to, even if it means choosing to support only one company in the end.

Even with our efforts to expand Living Room Games down other avenues, such as our pending mass-media deal for Digital Burn or our recent acquisition of the Capcom licenses, Eathdawn will remain the heart and soul of our company. We will continue to support the line as best as we can, and our fans can continue to expect Earthdawn books from Living Room Games for years to come.

As always, if anyone has any questions, our ever-diligent Info Guy, Marco Soto (info @ lrgames.com) will always be available to you to address your issues.”

Thank you,
Joe Chan
President
Living Room Games, Inc.
Email: lrgames @ sbcglobal.net
Fax and Voice Mail: (214)233-3086

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