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Here at Mongoose we are very pleased to welcome a new partner to the Flaming Cobra imprint - Magnum Opus. Run by James 'Hogshead' Wallis, Magnum Opus will be debuting this September with Baron Munchausen and then on October, Dragon Warriors. Dragon Warriors holds a special place in the hearts of several of us at Mongoose, as we remember playing it at school!

Anyway, enough of that - a few words from Mr Wallis. . .

MAGNUM OPUS PRESS

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THE RE-RELEASE OF THE ‘DRAGON WARRIORS’ RPG

30th June 2008

The short version: it's Mongoose

The longer version:

Magnum Opus Press is proud to announce that it has signed contracts with Mongoose Publishing Ltd to release new editions of the renowned classic RPGs Dragon Warriors and The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchaunsen, as well as other properties to be announced in the future. The games will be released under Mongoose's Flaming Cobra imprint, which is already has hits such as Cthulhutech and Spycraft 2.0.

Under the terms of this deal Magnum Opus Press will retain full creative control over the games, and will do all the design, writing, illustration and layout for the products. Mongoose will handle all printing, publicity, sales and distribution.

The first Magnum Opus products are due to hit shelves in games stores around the world in September this year, with a new edition of the 1998 Origins Award-nominated RPG The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen., described by cartoonist John Kovalic as "Utter brilliance in RPG form". This ‘new’ version, a facsimile of the suppressed 1808 printing, is roughly double the length of the 1998 release and contains 55% more insults about the French.

The revised Dragon Warriors rulebook and the first supplement for the system will follow a month later. These will present a re-edit of the original British fantasy RPG by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson, a best-seller in the UK in the 1980s and a cult classic today, with all-new covers and artwork.

"Flaming Cobra is a natural home for these great British RPGs," said James Wallis, director of Magnum Opus Press. "The imprint allows Magnum Opus to play to its strengths as a creative powerhouse and ideas factory, while tapping into the UK’s most developed and successful sales and distribution systems for RPGs."

Magnum Opus Press is the new publishing company from James Wallis, who ran Hogshead Publishing (Warhammer FRP, Nobilis) from 1994 to 2003. It will continue to publish non-gaming titles outside the Flaming Cobra deal. Magnum Opus Press is a subsidiary of the games-consultancy Spaaace.


All rights in Dragon Warriors remain the property of Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson, and are used with permission by Magnum Opus.)


For more information, click on the link below.

More information: Flaming Cobra

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