Email to Ed Pugh - Reaper Miniatures

Not that I am aware of or could discover, no one ever purchased it from the bankruptcy trustee. A company called Pewtercraft did purchase the K&M models, but their paperwork did not include the game rights. That said they would have gotten the trade name to use with the line so its muddy at best. That’s all I can pass along.

Best wishes,

Ed Pugh
CEO
Reaper Miniatures
ReaperMini.com
ReaperGames.com


James wrote:

Ed,

I may have emailed you a few years ago – I can’t remember. I apologize in advance if you have already answered this question.

Do you have the rights to the old Knights & Magick (miniature ame) by Heritage USA?

If so, would Reaper be willing to discuss selling the rights?

If not, any idea who might hold the rights? I contacted the designed and he didn’t know but suggested I start with you.

I’m probably the biggest Knights & Magick fan. I played K&M for years as a kid and have many fond memories of the game. I’d like to obtain the rights in an effort to keep the game around. This isn’t a money making venture; as you can imagine the game is somewhat dated.

I would appreciate any response. I know you guys are busy.

Thanks in advance,

James Eastham
Portland, OR

Initial Contact with the Designer - Arnold Hendrick

Mr. Hendrick,

I have to say that I’m probably you’re number one Knights and Magick fan. I still remember buying my first set many, many years ago.

Thank you for designing such a great game. I’ve had countless hours of enjoyment playing K&M.

Is there any chance you would be willing to sale the rights to the game? I would like to see the game preserved and have some ideas.

Please let me know and thanks again!

James

Arnold's Response:

Hi James,

I'm glad K&M has afforded you so much enjoyment. Regertably, the game was the property of Heritage USA, which declared bankruptcy in 1983. It's assets were sold by the bankruptcy court, and I have no idea who acquired what items. I would expect that if nobody acquired the specific rights to K&M (and I doubt anyone did, it wasn't that popular a product), somebody probably acquired "rightts to all other properties" which would have included K&M.

Some years ago, a fan of the Dwarfstar games researched the rights to those products, since he wanted to bring them back as downloadable products. That site is http://dwarfstar.brainiac.com/ and seems to indicate that Reaper Miniatures had rights to those products. The guy who contacted me about the dwarfstar stuff was Joe Scoleri (email is themaverick@volcano.net ), and he created the website. You might contact him for more information about the fate of various rights, and who to contact about it.

good luck!

all the best,

Arnold Hendrick