FASA Games Press Release - 1879 Roleplaying Game Pushed Back To Thanksgiving

From the FASA Games Website

We had originally planned to release the 1879 Players Guide and GM's Guide at GenCon this year. However, we've run into two concerns that have caused us to push back the release date to late November, with the target being November 25th, the American Thanksgiving holiday.

 

First, we'll be releasing Earthdawn Fourth Edition at GenCon. Earthdawn is a well known and well loved property. 1879 is a brand new game line. We really don't want to overshadow our new product with the edition release of our flagship. Putting out the two games at the same time would leave us in the position of competing with ourselves. 

 

Second, we'd really like to have more playtest time for 1879. It's the first game to use the CoreStep mechanic apart from Earthdawn. We want to make sure that the mechanic is well integrated with the game world, that there aren't any problems with adapting CoreStep to a new product line. FASA has a reputation for delivering well-written game systems that don't require large errata sheets in order to play them. The delay gives us the time to make sure that we remain faithful to the FASA standard.

 

We appreciate your understanding and hope that you will join us this November as the Rabbit Hole opens, and Victoria's Empire goes marching into a new world!

FASA Games Press Release - FASA Games to publish next version of Noble Armada

From the FASA Games Website

Fading Suns and Noble Armada together again! We at FASA Games are pleased to announced that we will be working together with HDI on the next version of Noble Armada.

Our vision for the new version of the game is to make a game that is both accessible to new players and familiar to existing players of the game. Fading Suns and Noble Armada have a rich tradition and history and that is something that we would like to maintain as we develop the new version of Noble Armada.

Noble Armada is a game that will stand on its own as a miniatures game but we will also be creating more of a connection with the Fading Suns roleplaying game as well. Crossover dramas and adventures can lead the players into a Noble Armada skirmish, or a Noble Armada campaign can lead to new dramas.

As the development process evolves, blog posts will show you our work. Your questions will be answered in the gaming forums and on social media. Your feedback is always welcome. Todd Bogenrief, the Fading Suns and Noble Armada Line Developer at FASA Games Inc., can be reached at NobleArmada@fasagames.com. The Fading Suns and Noble Armada forums at http://www.fasagames.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=7 await your arrival.

Mongoose Publishing Press Release - Noble Armada End of Line Sale

From the Mongoose Publishing Website

This is a sad day for us but, hopefully, some of you will get a boon out of it.

After discussions with Holistic Design (the ultimate owners of Noble Aramada and Fading Suns), the decision has been made to end the current A Call to Arms: Noble Armada game and miniatures line.

We feel we had a really good swing at this - Nine fleets in all, we explored some of empires/ships that had not really been looked at in great detail before, and we shifted the fleets away from the 'everyone gets a Galliot' feel to one where they started to distinguish themselves and gain their own character.

However, the sales have never really been high or even optimum on the line as a whole. We pulled a few of you ex-Babylon 5 players across, and some original Noble Armada players still out there joined us as well but, regretably, the game never really gained critical mass. And yes, there was some overshadowing by Star Fleet.