GC 2006 - Ptolus Hardback $120!?!

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You really should brush up on your reading skills. I never said companies were not in business to make money, and Im glad you're heading up Malhavoc's PR now. But thats ok, almost every comment you've made on this topic paints you in the same picture.

I will grudgingly accept being painted as a reasonable person with a sense of perspective about things, even when it turns out that the entire industry is not geared around my budget and my needs.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

We do greenlight these things as consumers. If we keep buying the outrageously priced stuff other companies might follow suit figuring it'll work for them as well. RPG stuff has been getting more and more expensive every year. IMO, We dont need an evolutionary leap to the price increase just yet. I just dont want to see this kind of price trend forming.

Who knows, 10 years from now we may need a six figure salary to support our gaming habit.

Ever take a look at RPGNow? There are tons of cheap game products there, with no end in sight.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I will grudgingly accept being painted as a reasonable person with a sense of perspective about things, even when it turns out that the entire industry is not geared around my budget and my needs.

This is actually one of the few times I wish EN World had a rep system , so I could give you rep++ for this post.

 

[Monte At Home]

To answer a few more questions:

Yes, it's d20.

Yes, the NPCs use alignment (the text in those sample pages is virtually unedited, it's really there to give you an idea of layout/organization and little more). It's pretty standard d20.

I'm looking into Banewarrens right now, determining whether a conversion is really needed.

As for more details about the setting itself rather than the package, that's a great question (and what I'd be asking myself). Now that all the basic details are out of the way, that's what I figure I've got about a year to describe. Please check in at montecook.com now and again in coming weeks/months for previews of actual content, discussions of what makes Ptolus Ptolus, and so forth. That's the fun stuff to write about in my opinion. With this much time, we hope to provide you with more than enough info so you can decide if this city/setting is for you.

 

[HeinorNY]

poor bastard

What about the PDF version price?
Any chance we will have it soon?

 

[tetsujin28]

HERO system 5th Edition Revised can stop a bullet. They even filmed it. It has also been involved in several unfortunate incidents that resulted in hospitalizations for back strain.

The first is true. The second is demonstrably false. Hero 5ER is actually freakishly light.

 

[tetsujin28]

You really should brush up on your reading skills.

And you should brush up on your politeness skills.

Everyone can improve, somehow I never said companies were not in business to make money, and Im glad you're heading up Malhavoc's PR now. But thats ok, almost every comment you've made on this topic paints you in the same picture.

Wow, bad manners, false sense of entitlement, and ignorance of how the market works. I've never seen that before.

Oh, wait a minute. I forgot. This is the internet.

BTW, A car is alot different than an RPG gamebook regardless of your using it as an example.

The car in the example was a Ferrari. No-one, save Michael Schumcher, needs a Ferrari, just as they don't need a roleplaying game.

 

[tetsujin28]

I will grudgingly accept being painted as a reasonable person with a sense of perspective about things, even when it turns out that the entire industry is not geared around my budget and my needs.

I applaud your reasonableness and perception, sir

This is actually one of the few times I wish EN World had a rep system , so I could give you rep++ for this post.

Word.

 

[Yair]

I will grudgingly accept being painted as a reasonable person with a sense of perspective about things, even when it turns out that the entire industry is not geared around my budget and my needs.

This is, truly, the best response I've ever read to a snarky post.
Kudos!

 

[Cergorach]

$120 is expensive, especially when books such as Stargate SG-1 or SpyCraft 2.0 weigh in at 500 pages each and cost only $40-$50. Sure there's a lot of extra stuff, but is that worth it? I would say no, but after looking at the previews of the book... I love the presentation, i like the writing (the page of a dozen tavern rules rocks!), the presentation sounds nice, and Monte mentioned here that they're going to print with a very sturdy binding (making it hopefully indestructable). Add to that the goodies that you get when preordering, the fuzzy warm feeling you get when you support a publisher by paying full price at their online store, and the use you'll get from it when the need arises that you need to stop a pen knife... ;-)

You have another sale!

A couple of questions for Monte:
- Can you keep the numbering and signing small (i once got a signed book were the auther felt the need to use the entire page for his grafiti).
- Will the pdf versions of the book be on the CD? If not, why not?
- Is more support planned for Ptolus? What about the rest of the world were Ptolus is situated in?
- If this book is not a failure (financially), can we expect more of such products from Malhavoc?
- How many of this book are you planning to print? (just curious)
- Any novel support planned?