Re: [Epic] Creating new version of Epic

From: Michael the Liu <mikethel_at_...>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 21:45:10 -0800

>Not so much a flame here Michael as an observation. There is a fundamental
>problem here with your (what I think is a) great idea: copyright. And GW is
>a stickler for it from what I've heard too. If you take a bastardised
>version of all the Epics and make a rules set out of them, then GW is likely
>to come along and say "Hey, that's ours" and sue the pants off whoever
>belongs to it. I think the idea has merit (it should be playtested
>however), but is ruined by what I see as this one big flaw.

Well, of course, in my mind, we wouldn't _say_ that it was official. I
envisioned it as more of a sort of standardized set of house rules that a
lot people would happen to play by, and if it were popular enough, it could
be played at cons as a "house rules" table for Epic 40k. But you're
probably right. As to playtesting, well, we have probably the largest
concentration of good, qualified and dedicated playtestors available (at
least judging by the shoddy jobs GW does :P).

The Liu who many called Michael
Received on Mon Jan 13 1997 - 05:45:10 UTC