[HoE] RE: [HOE] Iron Oasis

["\"Andrew \\\"Spud\\\" Cook\"" <acook@ol.com.au>]

Well said, Reverend.

I am in complete agreement (well except for the chipmunks bit).

I dont't even know if Iron Oasis has hit Oz yet but when it does I'll
very probably buy it from my local gaming store as I have every other
HoE product (except the large sized adventures that seem to have gotten
mediocre reviews).

I can sympathise with the PEG cartographers after spending a month and a
half trying to perfect the map of the town my Posse was going to operate
out of. Maps aren't easy to do especially when people want them to scale
<g>.

Just my A$0.02.

	Andy.

Ghoestrtr@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I've been lurking on the list for a few months and this is the first time
> I've felt compelled to join the general discussion.  I'll be honest, I
> haven't yet had the opportunity to check out Iron Oasis.  The gentleman that
> owns my local gaming store is a tad under the weather and hasn't had a chance
> to make a gaming order recently.  Now I could I have drove an extra 20 or 30
> minutes and checked out and bought the new releases elsewhere.  Hell, I could
> have hopped online and ordered it from an web equipped vendor and had it
> delivered to my door in 2 - 4 days.  But I didn't.
> 
> I didn't do that because Pat (the store owner) is a friend.  We both run
> games together, rotating on a schedule so neither of us get burnt out.  I
> recently handed over my HoE game so another play could try his hand at
> Marshaling.  That's what gaming is about.  Not maps.  Not minatures.
> Friendship. fun, and interpersonal interaction.  It's also about supporting
> you local game store.  If we don't they're gonna disappear.  So I have to
> wait a week or two to get the latest release.  Shucks....I'll live.
> 
> I'll also carry my argument one step further.  You have to support you small
> and independant gaming companies, or they too will disappear.  So you didn't
> get a map.  Quit your whining.  The list is here for a reason.  One of them
> is so the developers can get feedback from the consumer.  Next time try this,
> "Hey Shane, great sourcebook.  Only one thing I'd change.  I was kinda hoping
> for a map.  Could you please include one on your website or in some future
> product?  Thanks in advance."
> 
> Now did that hurt?  O.K. sermon's over.  You can all go about you business.
> But if I hear one more whine...I'll sic my horde of harrowed chipmunks after
> you ;^D
> 
> THE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER GORES (at least tonight)
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