White Wolf/Sword & Sorcery Studios Partners with Goodman Games to Publish DragonMech
March 8, 2004 -- Goodman Games is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with White Wolf Publishing, Inc. to publish DragonMech under the Sword & Sorcery Studios imprint. White Wolf will handle all publishing and distribution duties for DragonMech, which will be produced by Goodman Games and designed by award-winning design team Super Unicorn. DragonMech, a world of medieval fantasy mechs powered by steam, magic, or the labor of a thousand slaves, is scheduled for July release as a 240-page hardback with a price of $34.99. Other Goodman Games releases will continue to be published independently by Goodman Games.
"I thought that DragonMech would be a great match with Sword & Sorcery from the moment Joseph first showed me the concept," said Andrew Bates, Managing Editor for Sword & Sorcery Studios. "As is evident in our partnerships with Malhavoc Press and Necromancer Games, we look for a combination of a strong creative voice and entertaining, marketable concepts. DragonMech has all that in spades."
"Ever since White Wolf entered d20 publishing with Sword & Sorcery Studios, it has been at the forefront of the market. Whether it's through the Scarred Lands campaign setting or partnerships with other publishers, Sword & Sorcery Studios has great taste in RPGs. It's an honor to join their company," said Joseph Goodman, President of Goodman Games and author of DragonMech.
All DragonMech releases will be available to retailers from White Wolf in their normal distributor listings. Other Goodman Games releases will continue to be published separately by Goodman Games. The DragonMech 2004 release schedule includes the rule book, an adventure, and the previously-unannounced Mech Manual, as follows:
July: DragonMech, 240 page hardcover, $34.99, ISBN 1-58846-988-3, stock #WW17600.
August: The Shardsfall Quest, 72 page softcover, $15.99, ISBN 1-58846-997-2, stock #WW17601.
November: Mech Manual, 128 page softcover, $21.99, ISBN 1-58846-989-1, stock #WW17602.
DragonMech is set in a medieval fantasy world destroyed by relentless lunar meteor storms. To survive, the surface races have used magical and mechanical means to build thousand-foot-tall city-mechs, which now house most of civilization. Kingdoms have been replaced by mobile mechdoms, and the mounted knight is anachronistic in the face of steam-powered combat mechs. While lunar creatures launch invasions from the skies, fleets of smoke-belching steam-mechs battle for scarce supplies of wood, steel, and coal.
More information on DragonMech can be found at http://www.goodman-games.com and http://www.swordsorcery.com. More information on Sword & Sorcery Studios can be found at http://www.swordsorcery.com. More information on Super Unicorn can be found at http://www.superunicorn.com. Contact Philippe Boulle at prboulle@white-wolf.com or Joseph Goodman at goodmangames@mindspring.com for questions regarding this press release.
DragonMech is a trademark of Goodman Games. The content of the DragonMech rule book is copyright (c) 2004 Goodman Games. Sword & Sorcery Studios is a trademark of White Wolf Publishing, Inc
White Wolf Partners with Goodman Games to Publish DragonMech
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OH NO!
Please say it ain't so Dustin. Everything was running so smooth around here (except for Blackmoor). I've been following the Gamma World game and Necro Games from SSS and all I see are delays with the excuse that it's out of their hands and it's up to SSS to get the product to the next step. I hope this works for you because you've been good to us, just try to avoid getting too wraped up in this and go corporate!
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I'm Joseph, the guy with the brown hair. Dustin is the guy from Zeitgeist who's partnering with me on Blackmoor -- he's the guy with the blonde hair. 
In fact, here are some pictures:
http://www.goodman-games.com/genconsocal.php
That's Dustin in the top photo. I'm on the left (with the glasses) in the second photo.
Since each SSS "subcontractor" has its own production process, I'll still be in charge of the DragonMech schedule. There shouldn't be any more delays than is usual for Goodman Games. Trust me, it IS in my hands, and I will take full responsibility for anything that doesn't get done -- which means, I'll get it done!
As for going corporate, if I ever show signs of it, just send me a nasty e-mail to put me back in line.
We still have a full lineup of original, quirky books in the works. There are more Wanderers Guild releases in progress, along with the Complete Guide to Rakshasa in June and some others that you probably won't see other publishers attempting.
In fact, here are some pictures:http://www.goodman-games.com/genconsocal.php
That's Dustin in the top photo. I'm on the left (with the glasses) in the second photo.
Since each SSS "subcontractor" has its own production process, I'll still be in charge of the DragonMech schedule. There shouldn't be any more delays than is usual for Goodman Games.
Trust me, it IS in my hands, and I will take full responsibility for anything that doesn't get done -- which means, I'll get it done!As for going corporate, if I ever show signs of it, just send me a nasty e-mail to put me back in line.
We still have a full lineup of original, quirky books in the works. There are more Wanderers Guild releases in progress, along with the Complete Guide to Rakshasa in June and some others that you probably won't see other publishers attempting.