GC 2006 - Ptolus Hardback $120!?!

[BryonD]

Much like the anti-Monte fans feel compelled to post their dislikes in every single thread no matter how slim the reference? Usually accompanied by little snide comments?

They do?

Seriously. Monte's a great guy and a great designer.

He is one of the primary designers of what I consider the greatest RPG ever.

If you don't like his stuff, no skin off my nose.

Huh?
Depart radically from the text often?

If you start getting nasty about him, well I'm sticking up for him. I also stick up for anyone else I see getting attacked unnecessarily when I know them personally. (Even when I don't know them in many cases.)

Thats very nice.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmm, the under/city/over division is a little disappointing to me, too. I was hoping for the world/the city/the adventure, myself.

 

[Kvantum]

Well, I had no idea the thread would end up this contentious when I started it, jeez.

My big problem with the book's price is that 120 bucks is a third of my GenCon book budget. It's definitely tempting, but... I just can't justify spending 120 bucks on it at GenCon just to get an autographed copy. Likely I'll go the Amazon route, too. $79 is a lot more palatable than $119.99 or whatever it will turn out to be.

Now the question becomes "Is Monte insane enough to release a 640 page pdf of the book?"

 

[Crothian]

Now the question becomes "Is Monte insane enough to release a 640 page pdf of the book?"

Yes, and as a PDF reviewer it will kill me......

 

[Voadam]

Yes, and as a PDF reviewer it will kill me......

More than a month after getting it I'm still working through wildwood from Bastion Press, which is only 256 pages. But Ptolus is supposedly going to be split into three pdfs so it should be comparable.

 

[Voadam]

Now the question becomes "Is Monte insane enough to release a 640 page pdf of the book?"

"AE just wasn't big enough!"

 

[Crothian]

More than a month after getting it I'm still working through wildwood from Bastion Press, which is only 256 pages. But Ptolus is supposedly going to be split into three pdfs so it should be comparable.

Wildwood didn't take me that long. But Arcana Evolved did. I've got Iron Heroies in the Batters box right now and that's another tough one.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I can't imagine that he'd release *only* the nice leatherbound edition and expect people to buy it. $120 is a lot of money, and goes past a lot of people's spending thresholds. I know it shoots right past mine.

If he wants people to buy and play in the Ptolus campaign setting, and, let's be honest, he does, then there'll have to be a regular edition at a less astronomical price ($60-$80, most likely). The fact that several people have commented that they heard this was just a special GenCon edition is further proof, I think.

Brad

 

[WildWeasel]

Actually , I own a car, tyvm. I also have 2 jobs which keep me spoiled when it comes to things I want to buy so no problem with spending that kind of money on anything. I just wont spend that kind of money on one book. Save me the fanboyism and try getting out more yourself.

So, uh, why doesn't a book qualify as "anything"?

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Years ago, I remember getting a flyer catalog from Chaosium. It asked if people would be interested in a huge, deluxe Call of Cthulhu adventure. It would cost about a $100 (and that was wayyyy back in the 80s (as I recall), mind you), but would include handouts and props, such as an idol that the investigators were supposed to find. It sounded cool, so I replied that i'd definitely want one if/when it was published. Never heard anything else about it, except that the adventure eventually became "Horror on the Orient Express," which was a boxed set, but not of the size of the product they initially talked about.

Anyway, this Ptolus product reminds a lot of that, except it looks like this one will get published as promised.