Wed, 2009-07-22 07:06
We've talked about them a few times in the past and in truth, I think that our Men: the Wandering cards, in a strange way, set the stage for Untold. Way back in the day, the guys from Wandering Men Studios (even before there *WAS* a Wandering Men Studios, in fact) were going to conventions selling our first fantasy novel, Skein of Shadows, published by Dark Quest Games and we wanted a way to give back to the Con-goer, something that they would like and yet would make an impact for our product.
We came up with the idea of making con-specific cards that we would give away (NEVER SELL) and on each card, we'd tie that back to our novel in some way. Of course, being the joke-sters that we were, we decided to poke fun of a certain well-known card game and thus the "Men: the Wandering" card line was born! It was after we saw the popularity of those cards that we often lamented - wow, it sure would be nice to be able to sell these puppies, but of course, not wanting to be sued into oblivion, we chose not to do so...
However, the fact that we knew that we COULD make these cards, I think, prepared the soil for the seeds of Untold to grow and flourish. So maybe, in a way, we all owe Untold the game to these silly little cards! Stranger things have happened, suren... ;) (more...)
Ya know, Jennifer and I have been following you guys for two years now, since we met y'all at Mobicon XI. The thing that stood out to us the most was HOW you treated your fans and WHY you treated them that way. Con-goers are most of the time some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Mobicon, for us atleast, has always been like a family reunion..minus the family, and we've considered you guys our friends for a while now. I think that first impressions are important, and you guys left a great first impression on us. Part of what made that impression was all the free swag you throw at people. I have, on more than one occasion, seen people like you charge for everything under sun, but I have NEVER encountered anyone else like you guys. I remember when we first met you guys, I was a little put off. You guys were BY FAR the friendliest people there. But we remembered that, and we kept all the Men: the Wandering cards you gave us, even today. I think those cards you hand out are a great way to let people know who are, what you guys are like, and a good way to make sure you're remembered after the Con. Because I know, on more than one occassion, we would recommend your book, or look at those cards or magnets we got from you, and start talking about you guys.
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