Important Announcement
April 1, 2011 (Minneapolis, MN) – Citing “irreconcilable creative differences,” Heroic Journey Publishing President Mark Reed and Mecha creator Chris Perrin have decided to split.
“This decision was not reached lightly. The fact of the matter is that Mark Reed is jerk,” Perrin said this morning in a briefing to the press. “So, I’m done.”
The dissolution of the relationship between the parties was not, however, without issue as, by contract, Heroic Journey Publishing is half-owner of Mecha. This caused the two parties, Mister Perrin and Mister Reed, to split the property. However, neither of the two parties wanted to split the royalties on the game. Therefore, both parties’ legal representation met in a closed door setting and advanced what they are calling “the Solomon Option.”
Both Mister Perrin and Mister Reed immediately agreed to it. Therefore, henceforth, Mecha has been split with each party receiving every other word in the book. For instance, the opening sentence “This book owes to a lot to so many people.” is now broken up. Mister Reed owns “This owes a to many” and Mister Perrin now owns “book to lot so people.” Both parties are happy with the layout being done on their new books and hope to get them published before the other.
The negotiations were not entirely unamicable. Mister Reed consented that Mister Perrin could have rights to the words “laser” and “sword” while he kept rights to “this” and “that.” Mister Reed feels that his version is far more readable while Mister Perrin believes his version is far more awesome.
Will this strategy work? Only time will tell. Look for both versions of Mecha soon on DriveThruRPG.com.
Happy April Fool’s!
The Aggrieved Mister Perrin
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