Reply To: Changes coming to Warlord's support for exisiting games

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@jamescutts  Clockwork Goblins ?
I think that’s a name that was mentioned..

Besides … every company has a core set of rules and/or a rules philosophy that they will apply to all of their products.
Sometimes it’s a bit of “hammer looking for nails”, but then there’s moments of synergy when the new system is used as an experiment for improvements in the prime system sellers.

Part of the ‘problem’ is that once a set of rules is released there isn’t any real need to sell new versions, unless you invent reasons to do so. Warlord don’t seem to be in that business.

There’s the overal problem of selling a new setting. You’re competing against the 9000 pound gorilla who’s had decades to refine their lore. K47 lacks the direction that a strong IP has. GoA is in a similar situation, although less tied to the real world you still need to convince people that the factions are worth caring about.

Mantic appear to have realised that they needed to update the lore for their game.
Maybe Warlord needs to do something similar for GoA and K47?
We don’t know if they’ve got the means to do so, but maybe they can get there by ditching some of their less successful products ?