Public Announcement

[Steven Marsh]

As recently announced, we are focusing on our core games and adapting our operations to better fit today's shifting market. As part of the change in our schedule, we are closing down Pyramid magazine later this year. The December 2018 issue will be the final issue of the magazine, and effective immediately, we are no longer accepting subscriptions.

Existing subscribers, in January 2019, will be given the choice of a refund (delivered by check) for unfulfilled issues or, if they wish, two times the refund value in Warehouse 23 credit. Each subscriber will receive an email late this year with instructions on how to claim their refund or store credit.

Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program. Additionally, this will give the team time to explore the thousands of Pyramid articles that we have published since 1993 and select the best works that are worthy of compilation, expansion, and update to the GURPS 4th edition rules.

Thank you for years of support. We will miss Pyramid, but there's nothing stopping us from bringing the magazine back when the market changes again. Steve Jackson Games has been here for decades, and we will continue to do what we need to do to publish games for many years to come.

[Kalzazz]

A sad thing

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Steven Marsh

As recently announced, we are focusing on our core games and adapting our operations to better fit today's shifting market. As part of the change in our schedule, we are closing down Pyramid magazine later this year. The December 2018 issue will be the final issue of the magazine, and effective immediately, we are no longer accepting subscriptions.

Existing subscribers, in January 2019, will be given the choice of a refund (delivered by check) for unfulfilled issues or, if they wish, two times the refund value in Warehouse 23 credit. Each subscriber will receive an email late this year with instructions on how to claim their refund or store credit.

Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program. Additionally, this will give the team time to explore the thousands of Pyramid articles that we have published since 1993 and select the best works that are worthy of compilation, expansion, and update to the GURPS 4th edition rules.

Thank you for years of support. We will miss Pyramid, but there's nothing stopping us from bringing the magazine back when the market changes again. Steve Jackson Games has been here for decades, and we will continue to do what we need to do to publish games for many years to come.

. . . this is terrible.

[Rasputin]

Sad.

Can we still submit articles for upcoming issues, or do you have enough to publish from here on out?

Also, will there be a possibility for a license to allow a similar publication? Pyramid has been a blessing for us to hone our craft on our favorite RPG.

[ULFGARD]

Is this the beginning of a death spiral for GURPS? A major refocus of sjgames to TFT? A move to kickstarter projects for everything?

[philreed]

Originally Posted by ULFGARD

Is this the beginning of a death spiral for GURPS? A major refocus of sjgames to TFT? A move to kickstarter projects for everything?

"Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program. Additionally, this will give the team time to explore the thousands of Pyramid articles that we have published since 1993 and select the best works that are worthy of compilation, expansion, and update to the GURPS 4th edition rules."

[ULFGARD]

Originally Posted by philreed

"Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program. Additionally, this will give the team time to explore the thousands of Pyramid articles that we have published since 1993 and select the best works that are worthy of compilation, expansion, and update to the GURPS 4th edition rules."

I read it, and I hope it's the case. Pyramid has been the only reliable release for years, including times when other big products took resources away from GURPS. I'm just wondering if we're only losing Pyramid, not gaining more supplements. If the flow of new material becomes too slow, the line will be in danger of disappearing even further from any sort of awareness beyond the existing fanbase.

I honestly don't know if Pyramid was a money sink for sjgames; if so, it was probably the best business decision that could be made. I really hope this will hrrald a new era of more tgan 4-ish supplements per year.

[Krinberry]

Originally Posted by philreed

Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program.

Woohoo, Vehicles for 4E! :)

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by philreed

"Closing down Pyramid will give our team more time to spend on the GURPS game, producing more PDFs and bringing more out-of-print GURPS books back to print through the GURPS On Demand program. Additionally, this will give the team time to explore the thousands of Pyramid articles that we have published since 1993 and select the best works that are worthy of compilation, expansion, and update to the GURPS 4th edition rules."

SJGames was able to handle both a magazine and the GURPS line before, so clearly something changed between then and now that requires a choice between the GURPS line and the Pyramid magazine. Just one example of a thing that could have changed is this: previously, the GURPS and Pyramid lines could have made enough money to support more people working on it. Now they do not, and that may be one reason you're consolidating your line by ending support for Pyramid.

I don't think concern is unwarranted. I find it difficult to interpret this choice as a sign that the GURPS line is doing better than ever.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by ULFGARD

Is this the beginning of a death spiral for GURPS?

Again? I keep reading about GURPS dying / being dead several times per year . . .