For Immediate Release
4 Winds Fantasy Gaming’s owner/publisher, Robert Thomson, announced today that 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming will be acquired by Purple Duck Games. The acquisition includes rights to all existing 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming products and over a dozen “in-the-works” projects (including the two successful crowdfunded projects), along with the rights to all names, logos, trademarks, and original artwork contained in the products.
“My wife Connie and I started 4 Winds in March 2009, and it’s been a fun, wild ride. But the time is right for us to divest ourselves of the company and move on to other things,” said Thomson. In the nearly four years of 4 Winds existence, the company released 48 different products, including several apps.
Mark Gedak, owner/publisher of Purple Duck Games stated that Purple Duck intends to keep the 4 Winds brand alive, and that all existing 4 Winds products will remain available for now. Any 4 Winds “in-the-works” projects that Purple Duck chooses to finish will probably carry dual Purple Duck/4 Winds branding.
“I want to keep the 4WFG brand intact and add it to Purple Duck’s, allowing us to continue to build on the great work done by both companies,” said Gedak.
The acquisition will be complete as of January 31, 2013. After the acquisition, Thomson will stay on with Purple Duck Games as developer of the 4 Winds “in-the-works” projects.
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It's been a fun ride these past four years, but all rides end. It's time for Connie and I to move on to other things. I will continue to work with Mark and Purple Duck Games on the "in-the-works" 4WFG projects, and I intend to seek out freelance works with other publishers as well.
It wasn't easy to make this decision, but it was the right one to make. I appreciate all the advice that Steve Russell of Rite Publishing and Owen Stephens of Super Genius Games gave me as I was making the decision. I feel confidant I made the right choice in Mark Gedak and Purple Duck Games.
Some of you are probably wondering about the decision Connie and I made to divest ourselves of 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming. I don't want to go into too much detail, though some of you already know the fuller details, but I do want folks to know that it wasn't a decision made lightly, nor quickly. It's been a long time coming. I asked for advice from a number of folks in the industry as I thought about this.
In the end, it was the right decision to make. I'm not leaving the RPG industry for good either. I will stay on with Purple Duck as developer of the 4WFG "in-the-works" projects they take on. I am also still president of Great Falls Gaming Rendezvous, a new gaming-centric con here in Great Falls, MT. I also intend to seek other freelance work in the industry, too.
But running 4WFG had become tiresome, and a chore, and it was beginning to sap the fun out of gaming for me. I had started feeling guilty whenever I worked on anything that was not directly 4WFG related. I am tired. That's why this is happening. It needs to happen. And that's why I'm taking a 3 week vacation starting Monday, too.
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Purple Duck Games is pleased to be able to take over the product lines and in-the-works work of 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming and we look forward to working with Robert well into the future.
- Mark
Aw, but I like spoilers! ;)
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Maybe now that Purple Duck Games has 4Winds that the Knowledge checks for the Bestiary 2&3 can actually be put out now.
This is indeed one of the "in-the-works" projects that was mentioned in the press release.