What about publishing sourcebooks as to the Historicals, Era Reports or Hot Spots just as text (without stylish design and no illustrations)?
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You could offer these variants for a lower price than the *full* publications and so increase the audience.
I get where you're going, but spitting out a bunch of plain-text documents would
not increase the audience. We're competing for market share with larger, more-capitalized companies that can do books in full color. Producing books that don't even have layout--something like a Rifts book, but without even the re-canned art of those--would not appeal to a modern customer.
How do you proceed with this?
For starters, by remembering that CGL's license
does not include miniature production. Only in certain circumstances, such as intro boxes or apparently lance packs. How far do the limits of what the company is allowed to produce extend? I don't know, only upper management or someone with access to the license agreement and probably a law degree does. But while I'm willing to let this discussion play out (for now), I'm going to keep reminding everyone here that CGL producing a few resculpted minis does not make them IWM.
One at a time
No, see above.
in batches?
Probably, in the form of supplemental boxes/packs.
All at once?
Is bank robbery still illegal, or just frowned upon?
Which designs?
Whichever sell the fastest. No points for completionism or fan service. The goal is to turn plastic into cash as fast as possible.
Battletech doesn’t seem to have a consistent visual brand.
Because it's been around for 35 years. Whereas
the pathfinder game.
has been around for nine, and
Mercs 2.0
has been around for two.
Side note: ANY chance TRO Sucession Wars will get a reprint with the rest of the classics added in?
Any response I could give here would be total speculation. I don't think the idea is lost on management. I do think it's not even going to be a passing thought in anyone's mind until after con season. The conclusion of the lawsuit came less than a month ago, and after a very uncertain process, and in the middle of con season, and in the middle of production of two or three priority projects.