The new Classic brand manager for Wizards of the Coast, Ryan Miller, answers some questions posed by your humble editor about the status of Rage:

Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:48:25 -0800
From: Ryan Miller (rmiller@wizards.com)
To: rageinfo@frpg.com
Subject: Re: [RAGE] [FRPG] Cleaning off the cobwebs


rageinfo@frpg.com writes:
>Well, it's been a couple of months since I've heard anything official from
>WoTC/FRPG on the status of Rage.  Let's head down my list of questions...
>
>I take it Rage is now a full-fledged Classic game?
That's correct

>Is Vegas Edition shelved indefinitely?
Unfortunatley, yes.

>Is there a new Brand Manager?
That would be me.

>The Garou Nation has been officially dropped, no?  Anything being done to
>honor the memberships, or the promised four promo cards?  Last I heard,
>decisions were to be made "by the end of the year" (1999)...
Garou nation members should be receiving a letter from me, as well as some
cool stuff.

>Any luck of seeing new cards (Glass Walkers?!) any time in the future?
Not at this time.

>There had been tentative talk about turning the license back to White
>Wolf.  I take it that has gone nowhere?
They just got the VTES license back, perhaps they will do the same with
Rage.  It is not in the works right now, though.

>Anybody listening?
I'm sorry I haven't been vocal in the past.  Part of that is because I've
only been at this job for a month, and the other part is I wanted to wait
until I had some good news.


Ryan Miller
Brand Manager, Classic Games
Wizards of the Coast

For those of you unfamiliar with the term "Classic": Wizards of the Coast has adopted the policy that their card games do not die, they just go to sleep for a very long time. Thus, the "Classic" designation. Classic games do not do well enough to receive active support (fan clubs, demo teams, etc.), but may get some new cards printed. The first Classic game to get a new run of cards is the cyberpunk game Netrunner (WotC's third original game, after Magic and Jyhad). Matt Farney adds some thoughts on Classic games.

Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:09:06 -0500
From: Matt Farney (farneymp@erinet.com)
To: rageinfo@frpg.com
Subject: Re: [RAGE] [FRPG] Cleaning off the cobwebs


> Regarding Classic games, I had heard several different distribution
> concepts, from a small annual expansion for all titles, to one Classic
> expansion a year.  Care to comment, or hazard a guess (I know, no
> promises) when anything new might surface?

What I remain curious about are the sales figures for Netrunner Classic.
I've seen some in stores (in Rage style booster boxes), but I was curious
how succesful that venture was, since that was the only format I expect to
see Rage cards in in the near future.

-Matt
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