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Tom Jolly: New Wiz-War in 2011
In August 2008, game designer Tom Jolly announced that he was cancelling a contract with Chessex – which had let Jolly’s Wiz-War languish out-of-print for years – and signing with a “much prompter company,” which could be anyone really. At the time he wrote, ”WW will be out in less than 2 years once the contract is signed...”
Apparently it took a long time to find a pen as Jolly didn’t sign the contract until mid-2009, and the clock for Wiz-War‘s release didn’t start until the ink dried. Here’s his update on the situation from WizWar.com:
Well, the contract with The Company Who Shall Not Be Named is all signed as of a few months ago (I’m slow in the “delivering news” department). So now it’s just “wait for publication” in 2011. As for expansions, I have no idea how much of anything they’re going to incorporate from the basic game and the 3 expansion sets (one never published). They’ve got an awful lot of material to choose from, but publication is far enough off that they haven’t started pinging me yet for comments and suggestions.
I expect they will either 1. Make the expansions or 2. Make it CCG based. They haven’t suggested #2 to me, it just seems like a natural possibility.
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Nov 16, 2009 at 11:00 PM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 1188
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CCG based… hmmm… could it be… FFG? Posted by Tim Harrison on Nov 17, 2009 at 03:11 AM | #
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Jolly did write the following in August 2008: “I’m pretty sure the new set will have some nice miniatures, if the Company-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named has their way.” Not a guarantee, but at least a weathervane in that direction. Eric Posted by W. Eric Martin on Nov 17, 2009 at 03:14 AM | #
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And Jolly’s “Cave Troll” has already been published by FFG. Posted by Tim Harrison on Nov 17, 2009 at 03:17 AM | #
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The need for exclusive computer rights points a finger at Days of Wonder. Posted by Greg Aleknevicus on Nov 17, 2009 at 05:28 AM | #
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CCG based? Count me out. Posted by Terry Bailey Sr. on Nov 17, 2009 at 08:51 AM | #
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Exclusive computer rights? Did I miss something? Anyway, hopefully he meant LCG (which would have given away FFG) and not CCG. Posted by Tim Harrison on Nov 17, 2009 at 10:35 AM | #
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Tim, in Jolly’s initial post from August 2008 he mentions that the company wants exclusive computer rights to Wiz-War. Eric Posted by W. Eric Martin on Nov 17, 2009 at 01:06 PM | #
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I see. In that case, it may very well be Days of Wonder. I’d be shocked if it isn’t one of those two. Personally, I think WizWar is a better fit for DoW. In my opinion, the Small World style of artwork would fit the game much better than FFG’s typical style. Posted by Tim Harrison on Nov 17, 2009 at 01:12 PM | #
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Great! Wiz War is one of the games I really hanger to see published again! ... 2011 is far away, anyway ...
good play
Posted by Andrea Liga Ligabue on Nov 17, 2009 at 06:50 PM | #
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