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| HeroScape General Discussion General discussions of packaging, terrain, components, etc. If it doesn't fit in any other official category, put it here. |
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#2
February 18th, 2007, 09:26 AM
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The Tolkien people are *very* protective of their rights, and jump up and down on anyone who publishes anything without forst acquiring the rights off them (for a big slice of $$$). Since the success of the films, the price took a bog hike, too.
Having said that, they've granted rights - usually time-limited - for all sorts of games. If Hasbro thought that there was a market for a LOTR HS, they could easily do one (they did a LOTR Risk, after all). Note that some parts of Tolkien's work are still held exclusively by his son, who is a complete arse about granting licences. A friend of mine has designed a few games - his very good game based on the Silmarillon went nowhere after it became clear thet Christopher Tolkien was never going to grant a licence, whereas his entirely mediocre Two Towers game was published by a big company in Germany who had purchased the rights to make boardgames "based on" the films. Q - "Are you one of those people who does The Times crossword puzzle in 10 minutes?" A - "I have NEVER taken 10 minutes!" 
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February 18th, 2007, 09:42 AM
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heroscape is already similar to LOTRs. Why do you want more?
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February 18th, 2007, 10:50 AM
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me too but i like herocape more!
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#6
February 18th, 2007, 02:57 PM
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I doubt we'll see LOTR scape. Seems like there would be too many overlapping themes. Do we really want to see the designers' attentions split between LOTR elves/orcs and Classic elves/orcs? With Marvel, Star Wars, DC, and other licenses you're talking about things that Heroscape hasn't touched on, really. With LOTR you're just entering another fantasy realm that covers a lot of the same ground.
I'd like to battle the Balrog with my Hulk figure, but I'd rather see classic scape get the bulk of the fantasy units.
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