Designers Wanted

[Airlifter]

John,

I'm afraid my (fifteen at the time) stepson's (The Doctor here at PG-HQ) experience was not so sanguine as you would suggest here. He submitted (with documentation of sources) a ten-scenario set that centered on "The Brandenburgers" in the 1943 Kos battles and the 1944 anti-partisan actions (Tito) in the Balkans. Ironically, this was on 6 December 2012. We even had Jay take a look at a few of them prior to sending them on to APL so that they would have cleared a third-party review by someone familiar with PG game design: Jay's review was encouraging.

I certainly understand the proposed supplement concept being rejected for any number of reasons: but what I found particularly unprofessional and nekulturny was the lack of even an acknowledgment letter (or even email) in reply, particularly given that our cover letter indicated that The Doctor was a young teenager. This was quite discouraging given the significant effort he put in to reading available source material and constructing the scenarios in standard format.

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I never saw the submission so I can't comment on it myself. I do know the recent emphasis is on standalone games that don't rely upon other games to play, so I can say that may have been the reason it has not seen print. I can also reveal that I submitted the original Sword of Israel (original name Sword of David) in 2009 and it just hit the market. So I can tell you from first hand experience it can be a SLOW process.

None of this excuses a lack of response though. For what it's worth, I would suspect its in Mike's slush pile that he paws through periodically looking for the next idea. I will say something to Mike, and hopefully you'll at least get a response. And please don't let it discourage you.
Spasiba.
Cheers.