Grim Tales: SLAVELORDS of CYDONIA - Advance Copy: Taking Q&A!

[Wulf Ratbane]

By the way, it would be nice if the BAG web site were updated to allow PayPal purchase of this item directly from the publisher. I am waiting to see if I get this week or next month for my birthday. After that I'll probably buy it direct or from an eBay store.

I don't generally put our books up for sale on our site until I am sure they've been received at retail. (Just trying to play fair with our retailers.) Trust me, that link will go live ASAP.

Also, Wulf et al, please put a link in your sig to the BAG web site.

I don't often use my sig as most of my posts are pretty brief. I'll try to remember to use it to sign off anyway, if you promise to try to remember www.badaxegames.com. It's tough, I know.

Wulf
www.badaxegames.com

 

[Piratecat]

When I run this I expect to start the game in the early 1920's. I'll start the PCs in an African coastal town and have some fun getting them into the interior. Once they arrive, I'll slide into the module itself.

It's a little unclear (or rather, left open) where the starting action takes place. The native culture and names seem African to me, but jaguars (referenced in the module) are only located in Latin America. I'll have to consider changing the nature of the natives a little and shifting the game to Belize or Brazil instead. Alternatively, I'll keep the action in Africa and use a different predator.

One great idea for Africa, though; if the lethid menace has been hiding there, I see a lot of fun in lethid-infested lions or cape buffalo. Hoo boy, talk about scary.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

It's a little unclear (or rather, left open) where the starting action takes place. The native culture and names seem African to me, but jaguars (referenced in the module) are only located in Latin America. I'll have to consider changing the nature of the natives a little and shifting the game to Belize or Brazil instead. Alternatively, I'll keep the action in Africa and use a different predator.

Any leopard-like creature will do.

Although-- gods!-- cheetahs would be real bad.

Africa works better and was probably more what the authors had in mind (especially as later books talk about rgleth-elephants a-comin' through the portal... but also bears...

You know, just mix and match.

Cause to me, there's nothing scarier than a shark on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see. --Jack Handy

Wulf

 

[scourger]

I don't generally put our books up for sale on our site until I am sure they've been received at retail. (Just trying to play fair with our retailers.) Trust me, that link will go live ASAP.

I don't often use my sig as most of my posts are pretty brief. I'll try to remember to use it to sign off anyway, if you promise to try to remember www.badaxegames.com. It's tough, I know.

Wulf
www.badaxegames.com

I wish I could trust my FLGS to get it in stock or special order it for me. They've been better lately, but I just don't want to chance missing this one.

GOOGLE finds the web site everytime, but I took the radical step of adding it to my favorites!

Thanks!

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I wish I could trust my FLGS to get it in stock or special order it for me. They've been better lately, but I just don't want to chance missing this one.

I will set aside a copy for you.

 

[Verequus]

Will you ship SoC to continental europe, too? Your own store doesn't send books directly abroad, so I would have to look/ask at my FLGS. I'm still wondering though, if I'd use SoC directly or as a baseline for an own campaign, which could really profit from your book. Depends probably from the work I can do. ;-)

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Will you ship SoC to continental europe, too? Your own store doesn't send books directly abroad, so I would have to look/ask at my FLGS.

Our books are sold abroad, through major distributors, though I cannot tell you specifically which retailers.

You can always order from Amazon of course.

Finally, if you are willing to pay shipping costs and make arrangements with me in advance, I can certainly ship a copy overseas for you. (It's better if you buy several Bad Axe books at once, of course, because shipping overseas isn't cheap...)


Wulf

 

[Verequus]

Thank you for the last option - I'll have to consider it, because I know of Amazon's rates. Oh, how much will cost the shipping, if you would send it me directly? Need it for my calculations.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Thank you for the last option - I'll have to consider it, because I know of Amazon's rates. Oh, how much will cost the shipping, if you would send it me directly? Need it for my calculations.

Depends on where you are. The USPS has charged me anywhere from $6 to $20 for shipping overseas. I can tell you that airmail is generally only a few dollars more than surface, and certainly worth the added expense to cut down shipping time.

Wulf

 

[Verequus]

Like my location says: Somewhere in Bavaria, Germany. ;-) How much is the extra cost for airmail and how many weeks are saved through this option usually?