Same here Jeff.? Jim Anderson
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 3:48 pm Subject: Re: [CBML] Re: Avalanche Games I have never and will never purchase an AP game until they allow VASSAL and/or Cyberboard modules for their games. This is true even if I only plan to play the game face to face. I may be missing out on some good games, but there are still more out there than I can play anyway. I am most likely a small minority. But there are those of us out there that make this choice. I have never played a game via VASSAL or Cyberboard which I did not personally own. Anyway, that's what I think. Marchant wrote: > All, I can respond to this. I had the same problems several months > ago when a friend and I thought about getting an Avalanche Press game > going. I wrote to the people at AP and this is what they said (the > reference to Radiohead was in response to a comment I made in my > email to them): > > Thank you for your response. We do not currently allow distribution of > electronic versions of our games, though we certainly have no > objection to individuals making their own sets. > > Radiohead's experiment certainly drew attention, but the results are > difficult to call a success or a failure. The CD in question sold > 122,000 copies in its first week, compared to over 300,000 for their > previous release, according to Neilsen SoundScan. A drop of nearly > 2/3 in sales would be devastating to us; as company president I have > to chart a careful course to protect our livelihoods. > > We did experiment ourselves in 2007, allowing distribution of an > electronic set for Panzer Grenadier: Airborne, but we did not see any > measurable increase in sales. > > Thank you again for your support, and I hope you continue to enjoy our > games. > > Mike Bennighof > President, Avalanche Press > > So, making a gamebox is ok as long as it's for 'individual use'. Hope > this helps. By the way, what AP game(s) were you looking at playing? > > > --- In [email protected], "ross_menzies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> I know that Avalanche don't support electronic copies of their > games >> but what if a gamebox contains no copied materials, can they > prevent >> open distribution? >> >> Ross >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To change your delivery settings, go to > http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/CyberBoardML.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
