Reply To: Sad news about 4Ground going into Liquidation

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Much like @chaingun i am friends with them IRL,

Best not to speculate, and although ben’s email was a bit rambly, it does seem to suggest that tymeagain (the parent company, who do lots of stuff for english heritage amongst others) has taken over the ip of LotFR, other than the company name everything else is the same, same premises, same staff, same people.  I have no idea of the actual motivations behind this move, and even if i did it wouldnt be my place to speak on their behalf, but i will say this, Ben and Cad (and everyone else @ 4ground) are some of the most genuine enthusiastic people you could ever meet, and before anyone starts running around playing armchair CEO and speculating the sky is falling, sit tight and give them chance to communicate the state of play to everyone, as i know this will be one of the hardest things they will ever have had to do as a company and people, and this wouldnt be happening unless there is a very good reason.

Ultimately i believe this will be more of an issue of poor PR, with the end result being the same as when GW dropped citadel miniatures and they became branded as gamesworkshop, with the citadel brand being used for paints and tools…..