November 3, 1998 - Company Update
Production Schedule Cutbacks and Cancellations

as reported by Ulrich Blennemann

The LODZ 1914 pre-pub offer has been extended to the end of this month, as noted in our PrePub Offer Announcement (11/2/98). The game will be out at that time.

The remaining news is not good. Moments in History will be reducing its output of new games for the next couple of years to two-three products per year. The market right now is too insecure - three major distributors went under in 1998. In addition, apart from a "coregroup" of gamers, few people seem to be interested in games not covering the most well-known battles and campaigns. Moreover, I will now be concentrating more fully on my real job, being a historian.

I have thought about adopting a direct sales model, as did The Gamers, but feel that my customer base is not big enough. GMT´s P500 program will not be pursued, as I consider it lacking publisher influence.

In addition, I must sadly cancel the following projects:
- AUSTERLITZ 1805
- RISORGIMENTO 1859
- FLEET ADMIRAL
- RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
- plus several others (not disclosed previously)

I do hope that these titles will see the light of day via another publisher, such as GMT Games and their P500 Program. Vote for them, should they appear!

MiH´s revised schedule is as follows:
November 1998: LODZ 1914
March 1999: TUNISIA 1943
Origins/July 1999: Two more games (one of them very small).

Although the future publication schedule for MiH has been severely curtailed, I nonetheless look forward to releasing quality titles every 4-6 months. Perhaps down the road, the market and my own professional commitments will allow for an increase in publishing activity.

Ulrich Blennemann
Moments in History

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