Necromancer's City of Brass

[w_earle_wheeler]

I had pre-ordered it from Books-A-Million, but then it was listed as "out of stock" and I canceled the order. I got cold feet about spending that much money I guess.

Now I'll be waiting for reviews of the product before I attempt to order it again.

 

[EricNoah]

It is funny how "bring back boxed sets" was the mantra for a while, with those same people pooh-poohing hardcover books as a cheap way to get out of doing it right. I guess you can't please everybody.

 

[Grimstaff]

I love Necromancer's products, but sometimes its a little hard to get information about them before you buy. And with a price tag this high, I would really like to know the TOC, format details, etc.

Am I missing it somewhere?

I dont think so, Necro's webmaster went AWOL several months back, and their website has been pretty sketchy on things ever since. The last mention of it seems to be a preview of the cover art from a couple of months ago.

 

[johnnype]

I'd like to read a review or two myself. I'm also waiting to hear what WotC's big announcements are before I sink any more money on D20. I suspect I'll own it by this time next week.

Ari, are you one of the writers? How much Epic material does it include?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It is funny how "bring back boxed sets" was the mantra for a while, with those same people pooh-poohing hardcover books as a cheap way to get out of doing it right. I guess you can't please everybody.

Heh, I felt like a lone voice in the wilderness in those days. My boxed sets ended up a loose set of booklets and pieces of paper in record time, back in the old days. The hardcovers, though, are still in good shape.

 

[grodog]

It is funny how "bring back boxed sets" was the mantra for a while, with those same people pooh-poohing hardcover books as a cheap way to get out of doing it right. I guess you can't please everybody.

I'm really looking forward to checking this out, and I for one am very excited that NG published CoB as a boxed set: the quality of the Wilderlands box set was quite good, and I'm hoping for the same here.

 

[DaveMage]

I'm really looking forward to checking this out, and I for one am very excited that NG published CoB as a boxed set: the quality of the Wilderlands box set was quite good, and I'm hoping for the same here.

Ditto.

Although since I ordered from amazon, I could see it next week or next year....

 

[catsclaw227]

Was Rob Kuntz's City of Brass for Hackmaster a serious book? I heard that it isn't the satire that much of the Hackmaster stuff was and that it was pretty darn good.

The fact that it was called Sir Robilar's City of Brass tells me something about it.

 

[catsclaw227]

Although since I ordered from amazon, I could see it next week or next year....

Oh man.... I got the impression from my purchase invoive that it would be shipped tomorrow. I really hope I don't have to wait a couple of weeks.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Ari, are you one of the writers? How much Epic material does it include?

Nope. When I referred to my experience with boxed sets, I was talking about Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra, from Green Ronin. My only credits for Necromancer to date are The Doom of Listonshire and the Tome of Artifacts.

While it would've been amazingly cool to be a part of something as laden with classic references as City of Brass, I have to say, I'm looking forward to picking it up and reading it purely as a fan.