(Mongoose) June Releases
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Nah, there's be a chance of me being wrong someday then.
I was wrong once. I remember it well - it was back in '86. I had a cold that day.
Nikchick said:
Well, c'mon, Morrus, at least give yourself a challenge. I mean, is anyone *really* surprised?
Nah, there's be a chance of me being wrong someday then.
I was wrong once. I remember it well - it was back in '86. I had a cold that day.
baseballfury
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Re: Re: Re: (Mongoose) June Releases
So last week Paradigm announced an elf book for August and now suddenly you guys announce one for June. Shameless, absolutely shameless.
Why don't you slot in the Slayer's Guide to Flumphs instead? There's a much greater chance I'd buy that than support this kind of sleazy maneuvering.
Nikchick said:
Well, c'mon, Morrus, at least give yourself a challenge. I mean, is anyone *really* surprised?
So last week Paradigm announced an elf book for August and now suddenly you guys announce one for June. Shameless, absolutely shameless.
Why don't you slot in the Slayer's Guide to Flumphs instead? There's a much greater chance I'd buy that than support this kind of sleazy maneuvering.
Vanuslux
Explorer
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So...this makes what...four elf books on the way? Did no one think "Hey...if we're going to just on the racebook bandwagon, maybe we should get the jump on the competition by starting off with a different race than elves."
Not that I have anything against racebooks. I like them...though what I really want is something like the Quintessential Orc. The Slayers Guides, though interesting, are severely limited by their small size and (in my opinion) lack of vision. I'd really love to see a series of books which really fleshes out social, intelligent monster races to their fullest potential.
Heh...I loved the old Ecology of the Flumph article in Dragon magazine.
baseballfury said:
So...this makes what...four elf books on the way? Did no one think "Hey...if we're going to just on the racebook bandwagon, maybe we should get the jump on the competition by starting off with a different race than elves."
Not that I have anything against racebooks. I like them...though what I really want is something like the Quintessential Orc. The Slayers Guides, though interesting, are severely limited by their small size and (in my opinion) lack of vision. I'd really love to see a series of books which really fleshes out social, intelligent monster races to their fullest potential.
Heh...I loved the old Ecology of the Flumph article in Dragon magazine.
drnuncheon
Explorer
baseballfury said:
Umm...you know you're responding to someone (Nikchick) working for Green Ronin, not someone working for Mongoose, right? Be careful with those quotes.
You mean (not to sound like a broken record) like Green Ronin, who's starting off with Dwarves (Hammer & Helm)?
J
I don't mean to get grouchy, I just dislike it when I see people taking undeserved shots at a company whose stuff I like a lot.
Gez
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A book about elves ? Why not, it's a good idea. But are you sure you needed a new collection for that ? You already had one perfectly adequate: gimmie the Slayer's Guide to Elves ! How to kill and torture these critters. How to make them regret being born. How to disgust players from adopting yet-again these damn munchkin biggots !
On the other hand, you could be sure I would buy a Quintessential Kobold book, just for the name if nothing else. Eh, I could even submit you subraces, prestige class and mythological background for them.
On the other hand, you could be sure I would buy a Quintessential Kobold book, just for the name if nothing else. Eh, I could even submit you subraces, prestige class and mythological background for them.
Vanuslux
Explorer
Re: Re: (Mongoose) June Releases
Och! I'd forgotten about Hammer & Helm because the name didn't jump to mind as a race book. My mistake. But that just shows one of the ways that Green Ronin is a cut above the average d20 publisher. I still stand on my point that it's a bit late in the game to be kicking off another racebook series with elves.
I might like some of the stuff that Mongoose publishes, but surely no one is jumping out of their seats to give Mongoose a gold star for "Most Original Concept". Maybe I'm wrong, but I still don't think calling the concept uninspired qualifies as a "cheap shot".
drnuncheon said:
Och! I'd forgotten about Hammer & Helm because the name didn't jump to mind as a race book. My mistake. But that just shows one of the ways that Green Ronin is a cut above the average d20 publisher. I still stand on my point that it's a bit late in the game to be kicking off another racebook series with elves.
drnuncheon said:
I might like some of the stuff that Mongoose publishes, but surely no one is jumping out of their seats to give Mongoose a gold star for "Most Original Concept". Maybe I'm wrong, but I still don't think calling the concept uninspired qualifies as a "cheap shot".
drnuncheon
Explorer
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I meant Green Ronin.
Vanuslux said:
I meant Green Ronin.
Hi guys,
I do actually have a proposal for The Quintessential Kobold, though I am not sure there is much length to it! What I am rather more interested in is The Quintessential Half-Orc, the first draft of which is on my desk now, and it looks to be hot stuff.
Picking exactly which Quintessential book to release when is the haredst challenge for us at this point - on the one hand, we have some very left-turn ideas and proposals that I think will make people sit up and take notice. On the other hand, Fighters and Elves are likely to be a lot more popular. At this time we have a couple of 'mainstream' topics I want to address with the Quintessential series first (we always had to do Fighter, Thief, Cleric & Wizard before the rest), but from September onwards you should see some that are a little more off the wall - including the odd book here and there that supports settings other than the traditional medieval European setting. . .
Matthew Sprange
I do actually have a proposal for The Quintessential Kobold, though I am not sure there is much length to it! What I am rather more interested in is The Quintessential Half-Orc, the first draft of which is on my desk now, and it looks to be hot stuff.
Picking exactly which Quintessential book to release when is the haredst challenge for us at this point - on the one hand, we have some very left-turn ideas and proposals that I think will make people sit up and take notice. On the other hand, Fighters and Elves are likely to be a lot more popular. At this time we have a couple of 'mainstream' topics I want to address with the Quintessential series first (we always had to do Fighter, Thief, Cleric & Wizard before the rest), but from September onwards you should see some that are a little more off the wall - including the odd book here and there that supports settings other than the traditional medieval European setting. . .
Matthew Sprange
