Yes, I know, I think this is going to have to wait till there is a reprint, it has become quite a golden egg. It will be quite likely a treat for Xmas or B’day (or both at once, as they are close together… )
Asmodee have been through some massive upheaval lately - Plaid Hat going indie again, and Z-Man giving up rights to a whole bunch of games. What that means for the business backstage is anyone’s guess, but they’ve clearly had a change of direction. It’s all been phrased as ‘big business let’s the smaller businesses afford to go indie. Run free little one!’, but that all could be PR speak.
Arabian Nights is also one of the less PC games with what can happen with the story and the Orientalism. Are they going to straight up reprint it and risk potential controversy? Leave it to quietly die as an odd antiquity? Redesign the more problematic parts and release a new edition? Any of those is possible.
The longer they leave it, the more potential there is for controversy, as “old game comes back after XX years” is a bigger event, so people are more likely to notice it and want to talk about it than if it never went out of print in the first place. It also increases the chance of more reviews, and reviewers these days wouldn’t be able to escape without commenting on the issues in some way (even if it’s just to say they don’t mind it).
For all these reasons, deciding to reprint an old game is a completely different discussion to deciding to stop printing a game that’s always been in print. So to me, a reprint like for like seems less likely.
But optimistically speaking, as a narrative game, Arabian Nights is one of the easiest games to redesign. They can rephrase affected passages with minimal change to the mechanisms, or even completely retheme the game to a different setting. They could easily turn it into a 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Around the World in 80 Days type story.
Having a mini clear-out, so I have some games for sale (not shown: the four other games that my husband made me put back on the shelf ). All prices include shipping within the UK. I’m happy to ship overseas, but it will be more expensive.
Fog of Love with some promo cards: £30
There’s some damage to the inner box (see above), but all the components are in excellent condition, and it’s been reset.
Inhuman Conditions - unplayed Kickstarter edition: £30
This was an unwise Kickstarter choice on my part. I’m a completely inept liar and hate roleplaying… but it sounded really cool!
A new and unopened copy of OGRE Sixth Edition by Steve Jackson Games, signed by Steve Jackson. The plastic was peeled back in one area to allow Mr Jackson to whimsically sign the red box with a red Sharpie, but it is otherwise unopened (see detail photo).
Collection from Leeds can be arranged, subject to pandemic restrictions, or I can post it: basic 2nd class will be about a fiver. If you’re OK with the inevitably much higher cost to ship it overseas then I’ll consider posting to most places, but this is not a small game and it wouldn’t be cheap.
Games - as usual, the prices include the UK postage cost. For UKers, what you see is what you pay. For EU postage, ask for a quote and I’ll give you a new total. I believe it would be roughly an extra £5 for EU postage for big box games. and roughly extra £3 on the smaller jiffy bag ones, depending on weight. I will refund any excess payment on the postage.
Stating the obvious: discount on the shipping for multiple buys.
I use “for sale” lists from people like LaLunaVerde to see which games I can safely ignore. I guess this could backfire when people upgrade their games with later editions.
Does anyone want a German version of Quacks of Quedlinburg? Willing to part with it for just postage as just want rid. Never played but it was punched.