Re: [DL] Cardstock Coolness

["Mark M." <manitou_joe@hotmail.com>]

Wow. Very cool.  Thanks for the follow-up, amigo.

Seeya
Mark M.

----Original Message Follows----
From: Dane & Melody <melndane@cableone.net>
Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Subject: Re: [DL] Cardstock Coolness
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:02:00 -0800

I followed up on the MicroTatix thread and contacted Mr. McLimore
regarding the possibilities of a Wild West series of cardstock
buildings.  Here's the result:

<delevi>

 > >Deadlands (published by Pinnacle Entertainment) has just put out it's
 > >line of "Cardstock Cowboys" minis.  I'm just curious:  Do you have
 > >anything that might be used in an historical setting of the "wild
 > >West?"  Is there a possibility of something like this being developed?
 > >
 > >Thanks in advance,
 > >
 > >D.
 >
 > Thanks! The response to our Cardstock Buildings has been tremendous, and
 > we have a large number of new sets almost ready to go, incluing more of
 > the Vyllage-on-the-Cheep as well as a new CHEEPSVILLE line of modern-era
 > buildings.
 >
 > We have ambitions to do a line of Old West structures, too, and Gary M.
 > Williams (the designer of our building lines) has done a few test models
 > which turned out very well. Gary's an experienced Civil War and
 > Revolutionary War reenactor, and he is a real stickler for historical
 > accuracy in such things, so expect him to take special care with an Old
 > West line. I expect we may take a shot at this sometime in the latter
 > half of this year. Deadlands is a great game, and Pinnacle is a terrific
 > company. The company's success is a tribute to how good products and good
 > ideas are still recognized quickly by the gaming public. I haven't seen
 > the Cardstock Cowboys yet, but I'll probably have to pick up a set
 > because I love cardboard standup figures of all kinds.
 >
 > The Simply Roleplaying! core rules, due out soon, support the Old West
 > era to some extent with basic firearms, horses, etc. so a gamemaster
 > could tackle an old west setting with just that book if he chose. But we
 > will have future expansions that will highlight Old West roleplay
 > especially -- including, with luck, my own "Tales of the Golden Rangers"
 > setting eventually. It's a much different take on the Old West than
 > Deadlands, and I hope people will enjoy it. I expect we will do some
 > cardstock old west figures of our own for those products. (We'd better,
 > as Lissanne Lake -- cover artist for Simply Roleplaying! core rules -- is
 > one of the artists who has become known for her work appearing in the
 > Deadlands CCG. Lissanne would never forgive me if I didn't give her some
 > cowboys to do! She even has an old west marshal as one of the figures on
 > the cover of the Simply! core rules book!)
 >
 > I'll be sure and pass your kind words on to Gary (who could probably use
 > a break after all the CHEEPSVILLE work he's just completing).
 >
 >
 > Guy McLimore / guymc@evansville.net
 > MicroTactix Games
 > http://www.microtactix.com



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