A few of my friends use Legend of 5 Rings CCG cards as aids to the RPG. It's really useful as you get location, npcs and plot elements, and you can use the card text as well.
That Realms book looks interesting. I guess it fills the same space as The Grand History of the Realms did. A nice fluffy piece that can survive an edition change.
Amazon carries some KenzerCo stuff, so they will probably get the HoB (or for that matter, my LGS). I won't get any beta .pdf with those though.
*sigh*
Anyway, back to the book. Very impressive looking!
Always been a fan of KenzerCo and I would pre-order this in a second but for one thing.
$60 for the book.
$42 for postage (I am Australian).
There is no way I am paying $42 postage.
Enough said I guess.
I am certainly having a lot of trouble buying the PH2, three stores I have tried so far have sold out. Another is hopefully getting a new shipment today.
I have had the same problem with AEG's Ultimate Toolbox.
I may be recalling incorrectly but I believe Florence also had some 'tower wars' before they were banned and no tower could be built taller than the old city hall (the one before the Palazzo Vecchio, the name escapes me at the moment).
I loved Bologna when I visited, you are very lucky Parduz.