Goodman Games joins the high-priced market...

[merciless]

i have to agree it definitely looks worth $70 even if i don't have $70. i've played and GMed lots of DCC's and loved most of them and merely really liked the rest. Emerald Cobra has yet to be beat. i cant wait to see how yuanti fit in to the world!!
Adventure begins is definitely cool. i have yet to run any of them but i'm looking forward to Well of the worm and Isle of fury and Crystal Shrine which is cool because i love psionics. i hope to see more of that in the box set. seems silly that its number 35 like it's just another module but whatever. i thought it was silly when they made number 0 but nobody else seemed to care!

 

[Son_of_Thunder]

I'm all over this. Come on Sept.

 

[Arnwyn]

Looks very interesting, and I wish them the best.

I'm not interested in it, though, as I've long since chosen my campaign world.

 

[Darrin Drader]

This looks like the type of thing I'll need to own. It does look a little Basic D&D Gazetteer-ish, but I'm fairly certain that't exactly what they're going for. Actually, the main reason I'm interested is because I want a "throw-away" world that I can customize to my heart's content. I always feel like I'm stepping on someone's toes when I run anything in the realms that actually alters the setting in any way.

 

[EricNoah]

You know, something like this usually comes out AFTER I need it. I was just saying on another forum that my next campaign would be ... a "lite" setting, lots of Dungeon Mag and DCC adventures (I'm in a "published adventures only" phase in my gaming life), tied together with a little bit of Bards Gate and Tomb of Abysthor. And in fact I was seriously eyeing Renshai's DCC map as one of the possible settings. So this should work out great!

Tangent: Renshai, if you're still reading -- and as you are kind of a master of CC2 info ... do you know if there's a CC2 map of Bard's Gate and/or its neighboring countryside available somewhere? I have the book and am enjoying it -- I think having an electronic map would really help me with preparing handouts for players and adding cusom content.

 

[Remathilis]

Oh, this WILL be mine!

Couple questions Renshai:

1.) What's the details on deities? Generic pantheon, something specific, or not-metioned (aka add yer own)?

2.) Is the world going to be generic enough to plop in goliaths, warforged, samurai, psionics, etc without breaking the setting?

3.) Snake-men? Yuan-ti or something new?

4.) Did I see "Freeport" mentioned? As in, ya know, FREEPORT? Maybe Green Ronin will get some coin out of this too...

I've been wanting something like this for a long time...

 

[EricNoah]

3.) Snake-men? Yuan-ti or something new?

That's an interesting question. Some of their DCCs use non-open creatures (drow and yuan-ti if I'm remembering correctly -- someone please correct me if I'm wrong here). I work under the assumption that Goodman Games got special permission to do so for each module as necessary. I wonder if that extends to their campaign setting too?

 

[GVDammerung]

Goodman Games products are always pretty much solid. I'll want a closer look but I'd anticipate picking this up - even at $70. The value looks like its there, unlike Shackled City at $60 (YMMV), and it is not a wallet buster, to say nothing of the time needed to become familiar with it, like Ptolus at $120 (YMMV). I especially like it that the poster maps are NOT double sided. THAT is value I'll pay for without flinching - charge me more but give me SINGLE SIDED poster maps!

 

[merciless]

good point about doublesided maps! Ptolus touts doublesided maps like they're a good thing! is there a paper shortage? but the map previews look so far so good. i can't wait to put them up on my walls *looks for room on walls plastered with RPG maps* hm...maybe I need to expand to a new room.
yes i'm very anxious about the yuanti now! they're one of the most interesting races out there and i loved how they figured into Emerald King but you're right they're non-open creatures. but they used them before so they should be able to use them again!
looking at the map previews is very exciting. i wish i had a better sense of the scale though...patience... can anyone make out any DCC locations? the only thing i see is the island where the Emerald King took place - easy to spot on the players map! i really love how that map is incomplete looking but i marvel at how dead on accurate it is compared to the full map. Aerth has some great cartographers!!

 

[Omote]

This is somthing I'm definitely going to pick up. I;ve always been a sucker for settings, and really like generic settings that I can mix up myself if need be. I like highly specialized settings like Ptolus, but I find much more use out of settings like the Wilderlands and hopefully with DCC World.

...............................................Omote
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