Top 10 Reasons Why I Think Dawning Star is Awesome
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Turanil
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If it's to "punish" (but I am NOT suggesting that), just rather don't buy Dawning Star from Indie Press Revolution, but from someone else. That said, I would be interested to take a look in Dawning Star someday. Maybe it could even be used with d20 Apocalypse (in addition to d20 Modern / Future)...philreed said:
Kanegrundar
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I picked up Dawing Star when it first came out. It's a great setting that has honestly set the bar for anyone else that wants to publish a D20 Future setting. It's honestly one of the better campaign settings I've picked up for any genre of gaming.
As far as the other issues stemming from Ed's comments...I'm not wading into that festing pool...
Kane
As far as the other issues stemming from Ed's comments...I'm not wading into that festing pool...
Kane
enworldatemylogin
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How about we get back to why we like it?
haiiro
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philreed said:
I can vouch for Justin being a pretty cool guy, as we exchanged several emails when I was considering picking up Poisoncraft: The Dark Art as a POD book. I wound up buying it, and it's a fantastic book -- something I would have loved to see partnered with a larger company, so that it could get more exposure. In any case, I look forward to hearing about Blue Devil releases because of the quality of that one book.
I looked at Dawning Star when I saw it on the shelf at my FLGS, largely based on the strength of Poisoncraft and Justin's enthusiasm about it. Unfortunately, it wasn't my cup of tea, and I didn't wind up buying it. In any case, Dawning Star is a neat book, and well worth a look.
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Henry
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I'm moving this to publishers and Press releases, because it strikes me as such by its tone and construction as anything else.
More importantly: If people want to discuss the book, feel free to do so, but let's please not bring up any issues from the previous thread. If a moderator or admin has closed a thread, the subject needs to stay closed.
Thank you, all.
More importantly: If people want to discuss the book, feel free to do so, but let's please not bring up any issues from the previous thread. If a moderator or admin has closed a thread, the subject needs to stay closed.
Thank you, all.
Justin D. Jacobson
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Couple of things:
1) Ed is also a very nice guy. I've told him this before: He's not particularly adept at conveying himself on message boards. For some reason, his posts are often taken in the worst possible light. I can tell you, his intentions were admirable. I certainly appreciate the effort. As others have pointed out, even if you don't like Ed (or don't like me for that matter), you should still check out Indie Press Revolution. They have a stable of top-notch games you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. They ship quickly on favorable terms. In the end, isn't that all that really matters in a web-based storefront. I don't know Jeff Bezos from Adam (though he's a fellow Princetonian), but if he turned out to be a raging ass-jacket, I'd still buy from Amazon as long as the service they provided did the job.
2) With regard to EN World advertising (on the other thread). It did, indeed, accomplish what I set out to do: brand recognition. Morrus is correct. It's the principal reason for such advertising. Obviously, I'd appreciate a few direct sales from it. However, the best thing I can get from it is having people thing about it and file it away in there subconscious. Then, if someone starts a thread about sci-fi settings, maybe one or two people will chime up with: "Hey, you should check out Dawning Star; it looks pretty cool." I must report that I did see some of that effect after our recent spate of ads. In short, I'm more than satisfied with the results of EN World advertising.
3) With regard to the ad itself, there's only so much you can do in a banner ad. I wanted to catch people's eye; I think the "dawn" effect does that. I wanted to convey it was sci-fi. I wanted to let people know it was d20. I wanted to give a hint of the theme of the setting, which is the sense of hope in the coming of a new day. I think the ad accomplishes that. If you want to know more about it, the website gives a lot more info.
4) I think there only one real reason to get Dawning Star: It's damn good.
1) Ed is also a very nice guy. I've told him this before: He's not particularly adept at conveying himself on message boards. For some reason, his posts are often taken in the worst possible light. I can tell you, his intentions were admirable. I certainly appreciate the effort. As others have pointed out, even if you don't like Ed (or don't like me for that matter), you should still check out Indie Press Revolution. They have a stable of top-notch games you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. They ship quickly on favorable terms. In the end, isn't that all that really matters in a web-based storefront. I don't know Jeff Bezos from Adam (though he's a fellow Princetonian), but if he turned out to be a raging ass-jacket, I'd still buy from Amazon as long as the service they provided did the job.
2) With regard to EN World advertising (on the other thread). It did, indeed, accomplish what I set out to do: brand recognition. Morrus is correct. It's the principal reason for such advertising. Obviously, I'd appreciate a few direct sales from it. However, the best thing I can get from it is having people thing about it and file it away in there subconscious. Then, if someone starts a thread about sci-fi settings, maybe one or two people will chime up with: "Hey, you should check out Dawning Star; it looks pretty cool." I must report that I did see some of that effect after our recent spate of ads. In short, I'm more than satisfied with the results of EN World advertising.
3) With regard to the ad itself, there's only so much you can do in a banner ad. I wanted to catch people's eye; I think the "dawn" effect does that. I wanted to convey it was sci-fi. I wanted to let people know it was d20. I wanted to give a hint of the theme of the setting, which is the sense of hope in the coming of a new day. I think the ad accomplishes that. If you want to know more about it, the website gives a lot more info.
4) I think there only one real reason to get Dawning Star: It's damn good.
HellHound
ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo
Justin D. Jacobson said:
I can attest to that, Justin. I've heard of Dawning Star on several message boards, many chat rooms, people talking at my FLGS and at an RPG club meeting.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid you are fighting against a resurgence of Star Wars... and for some reason a lot of sci-fi players I know have broken out Classic Traveller or MegaTraveller in tha past few months.
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