{"id":4690,"date":"2018-08-16T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2018-08-18T17:30:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T00:30:51","slug":"the-fantasy-trip-and-a-limited-publishing-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/the-fantasy-trip-and-a-limited-publishing-license\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fantasy Trip and a Limited Publishing License"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past couple of years, Steve Jackson Games has made a number of surprising (and welcome!) moves: offering both 4th and 3rd Edition GURPS products as print-on-demand<\/a>, selling PDFs through DriveThruRPG<\/a> as well as their own Warehouse 23<\/a>, and even allowing a bit more freedom<\/a> for developing a GURPS<\/strong> ruleset for the Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop. Then came the surprise announcement that not only had Steve Jackson regained rights to The Fantasy Trip<\/strong> game, but immediately launched a massively successful Kickstarter<\/a> to bring it back into print!<\/p>\n

And now, yet another announcement<\/a> that I never thought I would see:<\/p>\n

In 2019, the world of Cidri, the official setting for\u00a0Steve Jackson’s\u00a0The Fantasy Trip<\/b><\/i>\u00a0roleplaying game<\/a>, expands \u2013\u00a0everyone is invited to contribute adventures (solo and game-mastered), area writeup and history, monsters, characters, treasure, and more to the game.<\/p>\n

In celebration and support of the return of\u00a0The Fantasy Trip<\/b><\/i>, Steve Jackson Games will release a limited publishing agreement for the game in 2019. Under the terms of the license, writers and illustrators will be able to create original PDFs for sale on\u00a0Warehouse 23<\/a>, the Steve Jackson Games web store, and earn royalties for the sale of those works. PDFs offered for sale under this agreement will have the right to use the world of Cidri and the\u00a0TFT<\/b><\/i>\u00a0game mechanics, all under an official\u00a0“Compatible with\u00a0The Fantasy Trip<\/b>“<\/i>\u00a0logo.<\/p>\n

The limited publishing license will provide fans of\u00a0The Fantasy Trip<\/b><\/i>\u00a0with more support than Steve Jackson Games alone can manage, as well as offering creators an opportunity to showcase their talents and transform their ideas into official PDFs.<\/p>\n

Please watch\u00a0thefantasytrip.game<\/b><\/a>\u00a0for more information on the upcoming\u00a0TFT<\/b><\/i>\u00a0Limited Publishing Agreement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is huge news. Huge! Primarily, because it all but assures that the modern\u00a0Fantasy Trip<\/strong> will have a great deal of support (thanks to a passionate and creative fan base in addition to official products coming down the road). But also, for me — and I imagine quite a few others — it offers a tantalizing hope for what could<\/em> happen for GURPS<\/strong> in the future.<\/p>\n

Now, there has been absolutely no official mention of ever opening up a similar publishing agreement for GURPS<\/strong>. In fact, despite fans clamoring for it for years, the company has always strongly said that it will never happen, so let’s not get hopes up too high. But… I just can’t help myself from wondering if that stance might soften should the\u00a0Fantasy Trip<\/strong> program be a smashing success (so I plan to support it as much as I possibly can). There is an official forum thread<\/a> where folks are discussing the new agreement, as well as at the unofficial Fantasy Trip Discord<\/a> server.<\/p>\n

Here’s looking forward to the re-release of The Fantasy Trip<\/strong>, and its attendant limited publishing agreement, being a hit!<\/p>\n

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