Conversion books - general discussion

wolfe · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

Not embarrassing, what I meant by that statement was if you read it and then write it you "supposedly" have a better chance of comprehending the subject (it's what the instructors at Point told us years ago anyways).

Besides people don't always comprehend what is written the same way.

cheshire · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject:

Funny. I tell my students the same thing. However, it's why I'm a fan of hand-writing the things I'm trying to study. The hand motion of writing develops comprehension far better than typing.
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wolfe · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject:

Well no offense but I found that theory to be bullsh!t.
It does help memory retention, but does little for actual comprehension.
It has helped me remember quite vividly how badly I (and alot of others) have comprehended quite a few things over the decades.

The only thing I have found that truly helps comprehension is the "round table routine" (bouncing it off other people).

cheshire · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

Here are the facts: There are two more books currently planned for WotC through April of 2010. From that time to the end of August 2010, there are no more books planned for release.

The speculation is that there are no more Saga Edition books planned at all. This could mean a) they will move to a new edition, or b) that Wizards will not seek to renew their 5-year license.

Just remember that you need to sort out fact from internet rumor, but I thought I would just bring up the subject for the point of discussion.
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Forceally · Commodore Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 1063

Given a choice, I'm hoping they'll go for a license renewal than Saga 2.0.

Gry Sarth · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:23 am Post subject:

I say we collect some money and get the license ourselves!

Uh? Who's with me?
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Akari · Commander Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 256

Erm... what kind of money are we talking here? Rolling Eyes

Might be a thing to consider, but I doubt we will find more then a dozen people here willing to invest over 100 bucks here.
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

Ok, just kidding there.
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cheshire · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

That would be hilarious. Let's assume that we could come up with the money (which is a HUGE sum), we could also get the license for D6 (not nearly as much of a sum, but WEG is hard to work with). That would be awesome. (Though, probably much more awesome hypothetically than in reality.)
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Whill · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:30 am Post subject:

Whill · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

EDIT: duplicate post
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cheshire · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:33 am Post subject:

Sorry, I've been really busy and so I've missed a lot of posts that I normally should have caught.

My understanding is (and I could be wrong) that the License from Lucasfilm has to be purchased again every five years. This license is a package deal to produce Star Wars products that fit into the category of roleplaying games. Wizards was skating by insofar as they were classifying the minis as a roleplaying item. Granted this didn't entirely satisfy LFL. The last time the license agreement was re-negotiated was during the lull of the RPG and while the minis game was going as strong as it ever had. My understanding is that during the meeting between WotC and LFL, LFL had asked about their plans to continue roleplaying books and they were very interested in the future of the game. That was when Saga first really started to move alongon the drawing board, though it wasn't published until the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. Unfortunately, I can't remember the exact date was when the meeting had taken place. However rumor has it (granted this is ALL internet rumor) that the license will be expiring again in 2010, and that WotC will have the opportunity to renegotiate the license agreement again for another set period of time. (This would also explain why there is no indication of any minis items after April 2010 as well.)

Licenses for franchise tie-ins aren't indefinite. They're contractual agreements with expiration dates where contracts are re-negotiated after the set preiod of time. That was one of the big deals back in 1999. WEG had put in a bid for the license renewal, but at that time LFL was taking other bids given the financial struggles of WEG at the time. WotC put in a better bid than could WEG, and so they wound up with the license.
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Whill · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Chesire! I've read how busy you were which is why I didn't bug you again for a month. 8) All that makes sense. Thanks for sharing what you've heard. My speculation:

Saga must be selling pretty good for WOTC to keep cranking out books. Even though the economy is even affecting WOTC, it seems to be affecting them the least in the game world. The market seems floaded with D&D 4E books which makes me think they can't be digging too deep of a hole for themselves (I doubt they are in a hole at all for D&D).

So, if WotC still wants Star Wars, I'm sure that no one else will be able to outbid them again. So I expect that by next Spring we will start to hear announcements of more Saga stuff unless WtC doesn't want it anymore.

I don't think they are planning on making a new edition yet since Saga will have less than 3 years when the contract renewal is up. But then again this is WotC we are talking about, the game publisher who loves to sell zillions of books then make a new edition to rehash everything in new editions. Remember D&D 3.5? Saga.5 anyone? Smile

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Gry Sarth · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:29 am Post subject:

More info on the soon-to-be-released Galaxy of Intrigue

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