Convert WON to a 7 Years War game

[Repo Man]

Perhaps waiting a little bit longer would have allowed the statute of limitations to run. Or perhaps TS failure to produce the game would have allowed Hunter to sue TS for breach of contract. Or perhaps TS had no case but the possible cost of litigation would be too much for Matrix to absorb right now. Only the folks at Matrix know the details.

I don’t know if Matrix can answer this question, but is it possible to buy out Hunter’s contract from TS? If so, I bet you would have many volunteers who would be willing to cough up some bucks. I know I would.

[von Curow]

I was so sad to see that Matrix cancelled WON, but it seems pretty clear that Frank Hunter must have had a contract with TS. I always wonder how these things can happen (did he forget about it, or not tell Matrix about it?), but no use crying over spilled milk. Another thought, if TS is unwilling to release the game (or unable to, since Matrix, having paid for its development, might have some legal rights to WON), perhaps Matrix and Hunter could get together and produce a "revolutionary warfare construction set", which simulates strategic warfare in random worlds (like SSI's Imperialism) with Napoleonic-era technology. Better than seeing all that work go to waste, and it would still be fun... especially if it came with a map editor, and someone outside of Matrix were to post a Europe map on the web...

[strategy]

How incredibly sad to check the WON page for updates and read the terrible news. And it was looking so promising as well - I just can't understand why TS would want to close down the game. It is hardly as if it threatens them (since they don't make wargames anymore... ). And even if it did, they could have let him make WON - seen if it became a success and then contracted him to do WON2.

It's incredible - not only won't the "big" publishers create the type of games the wargamers want - they'll even go out of their way to prevent others from publishing them.

What is the world coming to?

/strategy
Imperium - Rise of Rome