I just found this posted on Eric Noah's message board. It was a copy of an
email sent to somebody that was sent to Eric from a scooper so the validity
remains unknown, but here it is:
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Some time ago Wizards of the Coast approached us about the possibility of
releasing a special d20 edition of the Call of Cthulhu rulebook. We
considered their offer, and have agreed, with some conditions.
This is a one-book deal. WOTC will not publish supplements for this
book--we wanted to retain those rights. We felt that this is a great way
of approaching a huge portion of the roleplaying market, using the
distribution power of WOTC/Hasbro. We also wanted a minimum retail price,
since it would do us no good for them to seriously undercut our game.
I know that many of you will have bad thoughts about this, and we
certainly have proceeded cautiously. It is a good deal for Chaosium and
holds the real possibility of bringing Lovecraft's vision to more gamers.
The text of the WOTC announcement follows. I wanted to issue it to you
before it went to general release.
In Sanity,
Charlie Krank
President, Chaosium Inc.
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What ever followed was not in the mb post. That was it.
