Classic Monsters The Manual Digital Release

[Troll Lord]

Is this going to be available in print for those of use who missed the kickstarter?

Absolutely. We ran into a small snag, but it has been overcome and the final proofs went in last week. It generally takes about 3 weeks after that to ship to us, and about 2-3 days to get it processed in and orders floating out. You can pre-order it now here if you are inclined.

It will ship to stores about the same time it ships to us, but it generally takes a week or so longer to hit the street.

I'm hoping for a ship date from the printer today or tomorrow.

Thanks!
Steve

 

[Troll Lord]

Pretty sure that is a yes. I seem to remember that the Kickstarter was literally just that, to help cover costs for getting it into print.

The kickstarter is one of those things we were dubious on, but it turns out its a great way to promote a product and re-establish the long abandoned (by the distribution channel) pre-order system. I know Treebore knows, but we actually moved off the kickstarter but launched pre-order package deals on our website for both Rune Lore and Codex of Aihrde.

We'll be selective for our Kickstarter projects, items we feel we need more promotion behind such as the Thesaurus we are working on.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I love, love, love Classic Monsters.

• I love that the grue is the Zork grue, and not the lame-ass D&D ones. (Seriously, who thinks those things are cool?)
• I love that a bunch of the monsters taken out of the SRD have counterparts for C&C now.
• I love that some of the goofier monsters from the Fiend Folio at 1E are back.
• The artist either not knowing or not wanting to stick with the D&D definition of a "gorgon" actually makes the gorgorimera more interesting now.
• I love that the niblog is not an instant "screw you, you lose" move from the DM -- and only a little bit tougher than his single hit die would indicate.
• GREAT picture of the terrasque.
• I'm also amused that the artist didn't read that lurkers (above) are only found inside caves -- the picture of one blending in with the clouds above in a way makes it a more interesting monster.

The only minor problem I have is that since so many of the names are tweaked, presumably for legal CYA reasons, that someone with a better collection of 1E and 2E source material than me needs to create a master list of what monsters in Classic Monsters map to what critters in older books, for ease of use when converting classic materials. Some, like the "Tween" becoming the "Twin," are easy, but some of the various shaggy humanoids all blend together for me.

Awesome book, and I'm glad I supported it on Kickstarter.

 

[Treebore]

Plus the FB post today indicates they should have the print books in a week or so, so we should have ours inside of 3 weeks from now.