So, is someone else going to publish this?

According to BGN, FRED.

FRED has it scheduled for October or November.

I suppose FRED won’t get it to Essen?
I still haven’t seen much more info about the re-release, and I’m one of those who missed Essen last year and really enjoyed to play TtA.

Meanwhile I may enjoy the brilliant adventure game Prophecy, which is one of the best in it’s genre.

On the other hand I can’t understand why Arena is republished. I have the old edition and it was quite a yawn. More like a CCG without the collection part. You have to know the deck, but it’s not interesting enough to come that far. Also I disliked the bluffing elements in it.

For those interested in Arena, you can find a description and the old rules at my site:
http://www.globetrotter-games.com/index.htm?E&game/eArena.htm
But I suppose it’s remade in some ways?
/Carl

"But honestly I tested the game at Essen and was not thrilled by it and I thought it would be expensive to produce”

That sound’s like a future “I’m kicking myself for letting that one go” moment. ;)

I probably could kick myself but I just couldn’t pull the trigger to do it - it just didn’t grab me. And I know I’d had to have cleared up the rules which means I really had to get to know the game and I just couldn’t do it - no time and again, no love for the game.

Business-wise it probably should have been a slam-dunk decision, but I also believe at the time it first appeared, Graenaland was getting the most press and TTA was getting some great but some ok and not-so-good reviews.

All that (and more) led me to say ‘no’ to it.

Nice.  That was my question.  Thanks for the answer Zev. 

The only reason I asked is because I know this game would have gotten the perfect facelift (ie better quality components) it needed in the hands of Zman Games.  I mean, check out 1960: The making of the president.  It looks amazing. 

Now I’ll have to cross my fingers, and hope that FRED will do as well.