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  • (Announcement) Forgotten Futures Shareware Distribution Ending

    From Marcus Rowland@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 20 03:26:37 2016
    I haven't been active on Usenet for the last few years, but for those of you who don't know me I'm Marcus Rowland and write/publish Forgotten Futures, a shareware tabletop RPG based on Victorian and Edwardian SF etc.

    Forgotten Futures has been published as shareware since 1993; most of the game material is on line with extra source material available to registered users. 10% of the game's proceeds support Cancer Research UK. Unfortunately changes in European tax law
    mean that taking online registrations has recently become impossibly complicated, and I've reluctantly decided to end this form of distribution. Instead all of the game and source material will go on line later this year, free of charge, though there
    will be a tip jar button for anyone who wants to support the site and cancer research.

    One of the consequences is that I want to send partial refunds to everyone who has registered since the last release of the game - what I've offered users is the choice of a refund or donation to Cancer Research UK. If people want refunds I would like to
    confirm their current PayPal addresses. I've heard back from some (and have already raised more than £150 for charity) but I still have more than 30 people who either haven't replied or whose email is bouncing. If you think you might be affected please
    check your spam filters for my email, or contact me to check your registration status. If you know anyone else who might be entitled to a refund please point them at this post.

    Full details of the situation are here: http://ffutures-news.insanejournal.com/2016/05/09/

    Many thanks!

    --

    Marcus L. Rowland
    Forgotten Futures: The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game http://www.forgottenfutures.com - http://www.forgottenfutures.co.uk

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  • From Marcus Rowland@21:1/5 to Marcus Rowland on Tue Jun 7 12:47:41 2016
    Further to this, refunds have now been sent to all of the current registered users who did not ask me to pass on the money to charity, and I have donated £210 to Cancer Research UK. If you think that you are entitled to a refund and have not received
    one please contact me.

    I hope to have all of the Forgotten Futures material available for free download (via bittorrent and direct download) towards the end of this month if all goes well.

    On Friday, 20 May 2016 11:26:38 UTC+1, Marcus Rowland wrote:
    I haven't been active on Usenet for the last few years, but for those of you who don't know me I'm Marcus Rowland and write/publish Forgotten Futures, a shareware tabletop RPG based on Victorian and Edwardian SF etc.

    Forgotten Futures has been published as shareware since 1993; most of the game material is on line with extra source material available to registered users. 10% of the game's proceeds support Cancer Research UK. Unfortunately changes in European tax
    law mean that taking online registrations has recently become impossibly complicated, and I've reluctantly decided to end this form of distribution. Instead all of the game and source material will go on line later this year, free of charge, though there
    will be a tip jar button for anyone who wants to support the site and cancer research.

    One of the consequences is that I want to send partial refunds to everyone who has registered since the last release of the game - what I've offered users is the choice of a refund or donation to Cancer Research UK. If people want refunds I would like
    to confirm their current PayPal addresses. I've heard back from some (and have already raised more than £150 for charity) but I still have more than 30 people who either haven't replied or whose email is bouncing. If you think you might be affected
    please check your spam filters for my email, or contact me to check your registration status. If you know anyone else who might be entitled to a refund please point them at this post.

    Full details of the situation are here: http://ffutures-news.insanejournal.com/2016/05/09/

    Many thanks!

    --

    Marcus L. Rowland
    Forgotten Futures: The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game http://www.forgottenfutures.com - http://www.forgottenfutures.co.uk

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  • From Marcus Rowland@21:1/5 to Marcus Rowland on Mon Jun 20 10:52:41 2016
    Phase 1 of this is now complete. I've made all of the material available as a zipped download that can be copied to a directory or CD-ROM - later I'll be setting up the site so that all of the files can be read without downloading a 480mb file. If you're
    interested please take a look - but it's possible that downloading will be slow over the next few days if there's a big rush.

    As usual it's http://www.forgottenfutures.co.uk - to get the zip file follow the CD-ROM link from the front page.

    On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:47:42 UTC+1, Marcus Rowland wrote:
    Further to this, refunds have now been sent to all of the current registered users who did not ask me to pass on the money to charity, and I have donated £210 to Cancer Research UK. If you think that you are entitled to a refund and have not received
    one please contact me.

    I hope to have all of the Forgotten Futures material available for free download (via bittorrent and direct download) towards the end of this month if all goes well.

    On Friday, 20 May 2016 11:26:38 UTC+1, Marcus Rowland wrote:
    I haven't been active on Usenet for the last few years, but for those of you who don't know me I'm Marcus Rowland and write/publish Forgotten Futures, a shareware tabletop RPG based on Victorian and Edwardian SF etc.

    Forgotten Futures has been published as shareware since 1993; most of the game material is on line with extra source material available to registered users. 10% of the game's proceeds support Cancer Research UK. Unfortunately changes in European tax
    law mean that taking online registrations has recently become impossibly complicated, and I've reluctantly decided to end this form of distribution. Instead all of the game and source material will go on line later this year, free of charge, though there
    will be a tip jar button for anyone who wants to support the site and cancer research.

    One of the consequences is that I want to send partial refunds to everyone who has registered since the last release of the game - what I've offered users is the choice of a refund or donation to Cancer Research UK. If people want refunds I would
    like to confirm their current PayPal addresses. I've heard back from some (and have already raised more than £150 for charity) but I still have more than 30 people who either haven't replied or whose email is bouncing. If you think you might be affected
    please check your spam filters for my email, or contact me to check your registration status. If you know anyone else who might be entitled to a refund please point them at this post.

    Full details of the situation are here: http://ffutures-news.insanejournal.com/2016/05/09/

    Many thanks!

    --

    Marcus L. Rowland
    Forgotten Futures: The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game http://www.forgottenfutures.com - http://www.forgottenfutures.co.uk

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