johnsemlak
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You know there is a fan-produced 3e birthright PDF at www.birthright.net ?jaldaen said:
That Was The Year That Was
- Thread starter Mongoose_Matt
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Hi guys,
We do not have Birthright - I can quash that one now.
However, Birthright fanatic and new Mongoose writer Patrick Younts is just starting a project that might be right up your street. Stay tuned, lots of announcements coming up this month!
We do not have Birthright - I can quash that one now.
However, Birthright fanatic and new Mongoose writer Patrick Younts is just starting a project that might be right up your street. Stay tuned, lots of announcements coming up this month!
Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
Darn! Did we give you any food for thought?Mongoose_Matt said:
Cool I look forward to it...Mongoose_Matt said:
Also if I can ask a stupid question... Are the Quintessential books going to be updated door 3.5? I don't have any of them in person... I just ordered a copy but haven't received them yet.
IF your curious I have no local store hence the ordering.
The quick answer to this is that the Quints are being updated as they are reprinted. For example, Q.Wizard has just gone off to reprint, and that will be fully updated.
Howeverm the larger question is what we do with the immense amount of material in our back catalogue with regards to 3.5. I have some ideas but we'll have to see if they pan out
Howeverm the larger question is what we do with the immense amount of material in our back catalogue with regards to 3.5. I have some ideas but we'll have to see if they pan out
Ranger REG
Explorer
I would wish that on almost ALL of the publishers out there, whether they're doing d20 or not.Krug said:
But I am doubtful. I mean, the only way they can get better in editing and proofreading is stop accepting the fact that "errata happens." For past years, I have asked for errata-free product, only to be served with the response like "it's impossible" or "there will always be a mistake slip by the editor's eye." Dude, mistakes happen only if you let it. So don't.
I don't care if you have to miss the deadline to spend more time editing. Only gamers with abnormal anxiety wait on your release date.
jmucchiello
Hero
How about if they spend more money on editing? Do you want to pay $100 for a gaming book that's been edited by a huge staff of editors so that "one little error" doesn't slip through? Errors happen. At some point the amount of money spent per error found exceeds the threshold of finding buyers willing to pay the costs for the book. There are very interesting parallels between publishing's attitude of Errors Happen and Godel's Incompleteness Theorum and various scientific papers on Chaos Theory. Order tends toward Disorder. What I'm saying is the universe works against perfection. Don't expect it is a RPG supplement.Ranger REG said:
Actually, I'm sure accountants suffer far more anxiety over missed release dates than gamers. While spending more and more money on editing, the game company is not making money. And profit margins on RPG supplements are not exactly so overflowing that you can just throw money at more editing.
Well, we are taking this issue and giving it the best whack of the bat we can. I don't like the idea of errata being inevitable. I think the ideal is worth striving for.
So, we have made some fundamental changes within Mongoose, particularly on the layout and editing side. We have bought the tools and we have hired the talent.
You'll begin seeing the results this year, starting with Conan and Quintessential Fighter II - Advanced Tactics.
So, we have made some fundamental changes within Mongoose, particularly on the layout and editing side. We have bought the tools and we have hired the talent.
You'll begin seeing the results this year, starting with Conan and Quintessential Fighter II - Advanced Tactics.
Mongoose Editing
I for one think editing is not a major issue in a book. I only gets me when it is really bad. The last B5 book you released, Minbari Federation, Matt had terrible editing. I got the feeling in reading your forums Matt that the writer was the editor. if that was the case then you guys made a big mistake. You really won me back as a customer with your B5 product. But please look into editing them a bit better.
(I left all editing mistakes in my message to show I am not that big on editing so I when even I see mistakes in a book then you know it is bad!)
Mongoose_Matt said:
I for one think editing is not a major issue in a book. I only gets me when it is really bad. The last B5 book you released, Minbari Federation, Matt had terrible editing. I got the feeling in reading your forums Matt that the writer was the editor. if that was the case then you guys made a big mistake. You really won me back as a customer with your B5 product. But please look into editing them a bit better.
(I left all editing mistakes in my message to show I am not that big on editing so I when even I see mistakes in a book then you know it is bad!)
Ranger REG
Explorer
Now THAT's the attitude I want. It may be a lofty goal, but it is definitely worth striving for rather than surrender to it.Mongoose_Matt said:
I know there are things in the universe that cannot be controlled, but errata is one we can.
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