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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5714531" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachments/news/50125d1319505018-frog-god-games-announces-rappan-athuk-complete-pathfinder-rpg-rar_cover.jpg[/align]At the end of September 2011, Bill Webb of Frog God Games (“FGG”) mentioned on Paizo’s Messageboards that he would soon have a significant product announcement.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tonight on the evening of October 24, 2011, Bill Webb confirmed on the Paizo Message Boards that FGG would release next summer a new expanded version of the mega dungeon Rappan Athuk. The tome is expected to be approximately 1,000 pages in length and like the recently released <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em> will be bound using library stitching, sewn, glued and assembled in archival format. Webb also says that he is looking into a faux leather cover for the book. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Webb had mused about adding a faux leather cover for <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em>, but he eventually backed off the idea as it would have reportedly increased the price well north of $100 and there were real concerns that the market had little interest in such an expensive book. I expect that given the remarkable success of the <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em>, Bill Webb has decided that there is enough interest in such a collector’s edition, after all.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The new version of Rappan Athuk has not yet received a “Complete” moniker to its title and it is not yet clear what the final title of the book is expected to be. The original version of <em>Rappan Athuk</em> together with the expansions provided in <em>Rappan Athuk Reloaded </em>contained 36 levels in a mega-dungeon that earned a reputation for posing a significant challenge to players. <em>Rappan Athuk</em> was one of the early hits of the 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition third party adventure products.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It has been nearly ten years since Webb finished his initial designs for <em>Rappan Athuk</em> and it looks like he has been busy in the meanwhile. Webb promises that the new version of Rappan Athuk will feature over 50 dungeon levels and dozens of wilderness areas, three villages nearby the main dungeon’s locale and the Temple of Tsathogga. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Webb says the “book will be available for pre-order in March or April 2012. Retail price and page count are still to be determined (though it will probably be about $125 and 1000 pages or so). The pre-ordered copies will contain bonus material as a .PDF enhancement that were cut from the final manuscript and will not be available after the pre-order period ends.”</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There were a remarkable number of complaints concerning the <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em> from gamers who said that they were not even aware of the product. A lack of product awareness concerning the very existence of the book was one of the factors which lead to the sale of <em>Tome of Horrors Complete</em> on Paizo’s webstore helping to set Paizo’s one day sales record last month. Accordingly, apart from this product announcement, I will remind people from time to time about the new Rappan Athuk book in the coming months. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Like last time, I expect it probably will not matter and many people will <em><strong>still</strong></em> probably not be aware of the book and will miss the chance to pre-order it – but that’s no reason not to try. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5714531, member: 20741"] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachments/news/50125d1319505018-frog-god-games-announces-rappan-athuk-complete-pathfinder-rpg-rar_cover.jpg[/align]At the end of September 2011, Bill Webb of Frog God Games (“FGG”) mentioned on Paizo’s Messageboards that he would soon have a significant product announcement.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Tonight on the evening of October 24, 2011, Bill Webb confirmed on the Paizo Message Boards that FGG would release next summer a new expanded version of the mega dungeon Rappan Athuk. The tome is expected to be approximately 1,000 pages in length and like the recently released [I]Tome of Horrors Complete[/I] will be bound using library stitching, sewn, glued and assembled in archival format. Webb also says that he is looking into a faux leather cover for the book. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Webb had mused about adding a faux leather cover for [I]Tome of Horrors Complete[/I], but he eventually backed off the idea as it would have reportedly increased the price well north of $100 and there were real concerns that the market had little interest in such an expensive book. I expect that given the remarkable success of the [I]Tome of Horrors Complete[/I], Bill Webb has decided that there is enough interest in such a collector’s edition, after all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The new version of Rappan Athuk has not yet received a “Complete” moniker to its title and it is not yet clear what the final title of the book is expected to be. The original version of [I]Rappan Athuk[/I] together with the expansions provided in [I]Rappan Athuk Reloaded [/I]contained 36 levels in a mega-dungeon that earned a reputation for posing a significant challenge to players. [I]Rappan Athuk[/I] was one of the early hits of the 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition third party adventure products.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]It has been nearly ten years since Webb finished his initial designs for [I]Rappan Athuk[/I] and it looks like he has been busy in the meanwhile. Webb promises that the new version of Rappan Athuk will feature over 50 dungeon levels and dozens of wilderness areas, three villages nearby the main dungeon’s locale and the Temple of Tsathogga. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Webb says the “book will be available for pre-order in March or April 2012. Retail price and page count are still to be determined (though it will probably be about $125 and 1000 pages or so). The pre-ordered copies will contain bonus material as a .PDF enhancement that were cut from the final manuscript and will not be available after the pre-order period ends.”[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]There were a remarkable number of complaints concerning the [I]Tome of Horrors Complete[/I] from gamers who said that they were not even aware of the product. A lack of product awareness concerning the very existence of the book was one of the factors which lead to the sale of [I]Tome of Horrors Complete[/I] on Paizo’s webstore helping to set Paizo’s one day sales record last month. Accordingly, apart from this product announcement, I will remind people from time to time about the new Rappan Athuk book in the coming months. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Like last time, I expect it probably will not matter and many people will [I][B]still[/B][/I] probably not be aware of the book and will miss the chance to pre-order it – but that’s no reason not to try. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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