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From the Call of Cthulhu 7e Kickstarter update:
Dear Dedicated Cultists of Cthulhu,
While the information presented here is not solely a Call of Cthulhu 7th edition update, we wanted all of our faithful and patient backers to hear this news directly from us today. This is specifically a part of our desire to inform you here first, on a regular basis, and with the latest news related to this Kickstarter.
At 4pm (Eastern Standard Time) this afternoon Chaosium held a press conference at Gen Con in Indianapolis. The short and sweet version of the news is that Moon Design Publications has been installed as the new management team at Chaosium. The team has one primary (and challenging) goal related to this Kickstarter:
The number one goal of the new Chaosium team is fulfilling the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Kickstarter. We are working actively with the printers to review and finalize the proofs of the core deliverables, with the goal (shipping from China permitting) of having the initial shipping to backers underway by Halloween of this year.
We have so much more news to follow shortly, but we do not want providing all of the information we will communicate to stand in the way of getting the basics to you now.
Shamble on!
Rick Meints - President of Chaosium
Most of the comments are cheerleader posts. I'm not really sure I agree. For the past 2-3 years, Chaosium has been MUCH more active than it had been for the prior full decade. Let's face it, before that, all Chaosium was putting out was the occasional monograph every few months. The two kickstarters may have been behind schedule, but I find that far less disturbing than two full changes in management. Not to mention that it seems the "permanent" solution is to essentially put another company in charge of Chaosium. Moon Design's Guide to Glorantha was great...but do we really expect them to care as much about Call of Cthulhu and other Chaosium projects? I dunno, I just fear that after the kickstarters are fulfilled, that Chaosium just becomes a "ghost company" again, that only spits out small token products a few times a year. You know, like it was a few years back.
Also, I'd like to say that based on the PDFs, 7e is absolutely gorgeous. Not only is the system improved while still maintaining east compatibility with prior products, but Chaosium is finally publishing a book where the layout, art, and general aesthetics are on par with the German translations published by Pegasus Spiele. This has been a long time coming. I'm worried that the new management won't move forward with this same commitment to making future books as good as they can possibly be.
Hell, for that matter, since the 7e books haven't been printed yet, I'm worried they might suffer a downgrade as well.
Maybe it's just my cynical and pessimistic nature, but I don't necessarily see this as a positive thing.
They have stated that Call of Cthulhu will be the focus. That might not be worth the breath it was spoken with, but I am willing to take them at face value, until evidence proves it not to be the case.
Gorrammit, another change in management?! They just brought Sandy Peterson on board what, two months ago.
*facepalm*
I've still not received all of my goodies from the long-overdue Horror on the Orient Express kickstarter.
What are you missing, Turin? I've had all my stuff for quite a while now.
To be fair, I'd have to double-check it's been so long. The miniatures set comes foremost to mind.