Post by ash on Feb 6, 2008 17:33:42 GMT 9.5
Okay what some of you might not know is that Black Industries is a subsidiary of GW and makes 'Warhammer Fantasy RPG', 'Talisman' etc
Dont confuse it for the Black Library who publishes all the novels and fluff books.
Recently they released 'Dark Heresy' which is a 40K pen and paper RPG (you know, like Dungeons and Dragons.. sorry Draconis for relating them together) Okay all good and well but recently Black Industries released this statement:
28/January/2008 - Black Industries Announcement
Black Industries regret to announce that Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods out in September will be the final product to be released from Black Industries.
Kevin Rountree General Manager of BL Publishing said ‘As a result of the continued and impressive success of our core novels business, which we have built around 40K and Warhammer, we have decided to focus all of our efforts on growing this part of our business. Black Industries has seen fantastic success, most recently with Talisman and Dark Heresy. This change does not take away from that achievement rather it allows BL Publishing to focus on producing the best novels we can. This is a purely commercial decision and will enable us to carry on the huge growth that we have recently been experiencing with our novels’
For the time being Black Industries will continue to post articles in support of the products on their official website, which is a fantastic resource for scenarios and gaming tools for GM’s and players alike.
Well thats fairly bad. They release what has been eagerly awaited for quite sometime, it sells out and then is pretty much discontinued. Well thats how the cookie crumbles.
But thats not all... far from it.
In this months issue of White Dwarf we see on page 11 in full page splendour a Black Industries advertisement detailing Dark Heresy and its back up line (DM screen and aids, character folio)
Does anyone know whats going on here?
Why is a discontinued product being advertised in a white dwarf after the announcement?
Dont confuse it for the Black Library who publishes all the novels and fluff books.
Recently they released 'Dark Heresy' which is a 40K pen and paper RPG (you know, like Dungeons and Dragons.. sorry Draconis for relating them together) Okay all good and well but recently Black Industries released this statement:
28/January/2008 - Black Industries Announcement
Black Industries regret to announce that Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods out in September will be the final product to be released from Black Industries.
Kevin Rountree General Manager of BL Publishing said ‘As a result of the continued and impressive success of our core novels business, which we have built around 40K and Warhammer, we have decided to focus all of our efforts on growing this part of our business. Black Industries has seen fantastic success, most recently with Talisman and Dark Heresy. This change does not take away from that achievement rather it allows BL Publishing to focus on producing the best novels we can. This is a purely commercial decision and will enable us to carry on the huge growth that we have recently been experiencing with our novels’
For the time being Black Industries will continue to post articles in support of the products on their official website, which is a fantastic resource for scenarios and gaming tools for GM’s and players alike.
Well thats fairly bad. They release what has been eagerly awaited for quite sometime, it sells out and then is pretty much discontinued. Well thats how the cookie crumbles.
But thats not all... far from it.
In this months issue of White Dwarf we see on page 11 in full page splendour a Black Industries advertisement detailing Dark Heresy and its back up line (DM screen and aids, character folio)
Does anyone know whats going on here?
Why is a discontinued product being advertised in a white dwarf after the announcement?