Not really so strange since Geoff from the company has said the following (in translation):
"The news came as a bolt from the blue: for financial reasons Asmodee will stop the edition of Hell Dorado. About this game I always has been honest regarding our delivery delais, our products, our problems, our mistakes and our objectives, it made sense to me to keep this true language with you.
Now it is not finished, not yet…in fact not everything is finished.
The current situation is:
The artist, conceptors and sculptors, will loose their job in April.
Few extensions will be produced and released until June. (the Immortal starter box end of February, 1 Immortal and 1 Westerner extension in March, 1 Saracen and 1 Demon extension in May and finally 1 Lost and 1 Mercenary extension in June)
To continue the production follows two main ideas: the urge to properly finalised the game (if end there is), and to keep an open door to a potential new producer.
Indeed since the beginning of this week I worked really hard to find a solution to save this game (few options are explored for the moment).
Further more many things (concept arts, new profiles, really motivated persons, already produced and paid translations – cards and rules – two books, the production moulds of the existing miniatures, the exposition models, etc…) are waiting to be used. As you see many attractive points for a potential buyer…
To release products until June should also give enough time to be prepared if somebody decides to continue the Hell Dorado adventure.
Regarding the events I let Nicolas Fuseau explain the situation
'Tournaments planned until end of april will be assured. Tournaments planned in May and June are cancelled.
The pioneer program has no more reason to continue. The guys who offered their canditure will be rewarded as promised.
Ravage magazine will publish Hell Dorado articles until June.'
There is the situation for the moment 5 days after this fateful decision. I can easily imagine your deception, your frustrations, your interrogations. I prefered to stay honest with you before the release of the Immortals to give all the cards before you spend for this game any longer.
You shall also think it is a strange desicion and a bad timing considering the annonced future of this game. To be fair my team and I fully share this feeling. But the fact is the decision has been taken, no way to change it. Today my only target is to look forward, to find a way to save Hell Dorado and to maintain the job of 3 sculptors and one conceptual artist…
Feel free to contact me if you have any question… just give me time to answer as I am quite busy for the moment.
Geof
PS: If you don't maind I would prefer to do not comment about what shall or should have been done to avoid this decision. It is done anyway. Yesterday is the past, however if you have any idea to prepare tomorrow you are more than welcome.
Anyway I would like to thank you all to have supported this game so far."
So you see, the Immortal model above is the release for March.
