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Hey, I'd rather know the truth than be right about a guess!

Thinking about it some more, the 22 hard covers will take up more space in relation to the pages inside them, so it's more likely to be at the low end of my estimate than the high end, so we're back to the smart bet being 128 pages. It makes the most sense, with everything that we know.

It occurs to me that comparing it to the PHB (a fat book for its price point) might be a bit much, so I tried the same ratio against Phandelver (14 per case) and got 142 pages instead of 174. So 128 to 160 are both in the running and it is unlikely to be smaller than 128.

Obviously, this is an imperfect guess but that would put it at anything less than 174. Which makes as much as 160pgs not impossible. Even 128 would be possible, but they could easily fit 25 in a case if it were that small.

Interesting idea! It says 22 where the PHB says 10. So less than half as thick, approx?

Just to warn you (not that I have been very quick to post lately at the best of times): I am traveling and short on time to post for the next couple of weeks. I hope when I get back that we can all redouble our efforts to move forward! I will try to keep us going in the meantime as well, I...

Raising Arizona. I literally fell out of my chair and rolled around on the floor laughing until I was in great pain watching Nic Cage chase crawling babies. And yeah, Saving Private Ryan's opening hurt my face. Seriously, I think my jaw was so tight when the scene was over that it hurt for...

T There's two main places where the hype train is worthwhile. When your product becomes available to preorder, and when it is available to buy. It shocks me how often publishers (and movie studios are even worse) do the first one too early and forget do the second one at all (too busy being...

I agree 100%. I think that the "hype machine" has got to the point where it does more harm than good (I'm not saying to not pursue hype, just tone it down a notch). We often have people ask for a comic that I have never heard of, only to find that it was announced at a con TODAY or shown in a...

I wonder if there's any chance that they would reduce the trim size and increase the page count? I'm not advocating for it. Just wondering. I can see 96 or 128 pages in a regular sized HC, though.

I think the part that you find confusing is that the publishers USED to announce stuff to us retailers, THEN WE would announce them to fans. With the internet and direct sales, us retailers now hear about things at the same time the customers do (later if you follow a particular producer's...

I have a lot of recommendations for things I never do (like stay organized, post regularly, and play games that are NOT D&D).

AFAIK adding pages is not very expensive when it comes to printing (though that may be changing). The initial set-up costs, paper stock (& cover), binding, and print-runs make more of a difference, or so I've heard. There's certainly sweet-spots, when it comes to page count, though. Like you...

It doesn't impress me much, but it will probably look better with the foil treatment. They usually do.

I've run PBP here for what's turned out to be several years. I just kind of fell into it. It has its benefits (you can take your time describing your turns. As DM, you can do actual proper research into your players' requests, or for when you write a lore-heavy post). And it has drawbacks...

I will try to get back to it ASAP. Thanks for the encouragement!

Lionel and Tommi found the others about two miles down the Trade Way. Sir Isteval looked dubiously at the old mule, but he nodded to Tommi without complaint.

IIRC in 3e you'd be looking for an "Aspect of Auril". But it doesn't look like that was ever made.

The marshal laughed and said, "Well. If you want one for 'bait', then I guess we could spare an old mule. Poor fellah's seen better days, and I can't say I'm proud to see him go by being eaten by trolls, but his sacrifice will be for the greater good." He called to a dwarf subordinate and...

The Marshal scratched his head and looked around, "I'm not sure we have any riding ponies. At least, none to spare. Besides, they might just give you away. Trolls can smell horses, and they like to eat them."