[Adamant Entertainment] Renewed, Refocused and Returning

GMSkarka

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We're back.....

Thank you to everyone who expressed their best wishes regarding the cancer treatment -- it was successful, and now I'm ready to get Adamant Entertainment back into the swing of things.

During our hiatus, I took a long look at our production schedule, and decided to re-focus our efforts -- concentrating on the lines which are successful for us. This has resulted in the cancellation or alteration of other lines -- we only have so many hours in the day, after all, and can't afford to have our focus spread across so wide a field.

Here is where Adamant will be concentrating our efforts:

  • Thrilling Tales: This is our flagship line. It has been very successful for us, and we've carved out a valuable niche for ourselves as the first name in d20 Pulp. More adventures are on the way, including our first-ever "serial adventure", The Crimson Emperor: a five-part adventure series that will be released weekly, from March into April of this year. We'll also be continuing our licensed conversions of Hero Games' acclaimed Pulp Hero adventures. Sourcebooks are underway as well, including Perils of the Orient, a Pulp Villains supplement written by novelist C.L. Werner! Thrilling Tales Theatre will return, with another exciting serial cliffhanger in mp4 format, plus PDFs adapting elements from the serial for game use!.

    The big news, though, is the launch of Thrilling Tales Quarterly, a brand new fiction magazine, available in bookstores and comic shops starting this Summer. The magazine will feature brand-new stories by some of the top authors in the pulp-revival and gaming fields, featuring new characters, and new adventures of classic characters as well. (The linked site only features the main page so far -- watch for more features as they debut over the coming months)

  • D20 MasterKit: d20 fantasy remains the bread-and-butter of the PDF industry. This line, which features our top-selling product (Corsair), will continue to offer players and gamemasters utility products for use in their home campaigns. Products on the way include The Sharp End: Sword by Conan RPG designer Ian Sturrock; A system for handling NPCs in fantasy or modern d20, based on the innovative rules found in Spycraft 2, and much, much more.

  • The Imperial Age: Our line of Victorian-era products for use with d20 Modern and d20 Past will feature releases every month of the year, including The Gamemaster's Guidebook to Victorian Adventure; Imperial Age: British India; Imperial Age: Engines, and more, including a tabletop miniatures wargame set in a unique Victorian SF campaign world!

  • MARS: Our long-awaited planetary romance RPG will launch soon, beginning with a stand-alone core rulebook which will be available in PDF, softcover and limited-edition hardcover formats. We've kept people waiting for this one long enough! Support for the line (adventures, etc.) will be scheduled largely depending upon the response to the core book-- if it sells well, expect a full line.

  • M&M Superlink: While we're pleased to support the World's Greatest Superhero RPG, we've been disappointed by the sales of our monthly ezine, Amazing Triple Action. We've come to the realization that M&M players and GMs are more interested in specific-use supplements, rather than general magazine content. To that end, ATA will be cancelled, but our Superlink support will continue with individual supplements and adventures. (Subscribers to ATA will receive these products for the duration of their original subscriptions)

  • Buccaneers & Bokor: The product line that launched our company will continue as the quarterly source of piratical d20 goodies.


Keen-eyed readers will note that the announced-as-forthcoming lines Omega Briefing and Star System have been cancelled. Our plate is pretty full as it is -- we may re-visit these concepts at some point in the future, but for right now, they've been shelved.

Thank you for your continued support. We're proud to have you as our customers.
 

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Glad you're doing well (and getting back to work ;) )

This bit here is very interesting.
GMSkarka said:
The big news, though, is the launch of Thrilling Tales Quarterly, a brand new fiction magazine, available in bookstores and comic shops starting this Summer. The magazine will feature brand-new stories by some of the top authors in the pulp-revival and gaming fields, featuring new characters, and new adventures of classic characters as well. (The linked site only features the main page so far -- watch for more features as they debut over the coming months)
Now my big question... Will you be doing on-line sales, or subscriptions, for that, or do I need to try and get my local comic shop (who are nearly useless when it comes to ordering things) to get them in? I'd much rather order direct from you, if that's going to be an option.
 

Glad to have you back, Gareth.

The Imperial Age: Our line of Victorian-era products for use with d20 Modern and d20 Past will feature releases every month of the year, including The Gamemaster's Guidebook to Victorian Adventure; Imperial Age: British India; Imperial Age: Engines, and more, including a tabletop miniatures wargame set in a unique Victorian SF campaign world!
This is going to rock. So glad I got the year subscription! :D
 

madelf said:
Now my big question... Will you be doing on-line sales, or subscriptions, for that, or do I need to try and get my local comic shop (who are nearly useless when it comes to ordering things) to get them in? I'd much rather order direct from you, if that's going to be an option.

We'll have a direct-subscription option, from the website. Also considering PDF sales via OBS, but not sure yet -- I'm not entirely convinced that there's a market for fiction in PDF.
 

GMSkarka said:
We'll have a direct-subscription option, from the website. Also considering PDF sales via OBS, but not sure yet -- I'm not entirely convinced that there's a market for fiction in PDF.
I think there might be a market for fiction in PDF (or at least as electronic media, not sure PDF is going to end up being the most popular format as the ebook market matures). I suspect it might work better as a story-by-story purchase rather than a larger anthology format though (like a quick-read impulse buy). And it would need to be inexpensive, of course, but I think fiction has a broader potential market base than rpgs could ever dream of. That market will only expand with time.

Note that the above is based on little real data, but I still think I'm right. As for being on the fence about making it available in PDF... what's it hurt? You run off a PDF with lower resolution settings, from the same file you're using for the print version, and put it up. If it sells, great. If it doesn't... what's the loss?

That said, I'd personally rather spend a little more and get it in print. Pulp fiction is something I know I'll like, so it's a pretty safe investment. :D
 




I wouldn't say crabby... I'd say passionate and forthright... & occasionally misguided... ;-)

Welcome back, by the way!

- Marcy
 
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