World's Largest City [Merged]

[Crothian]

That's what I want to know from someone who was there!!

 

[Treebore]

Well, the person on RPG says they know it was sold there. Sold out, in fact. They just want to know what those who bought it think of it.

 

[jdrakeh]

Is that rumor or fact?

Well, until a secondary source confirms, it's presumed rumor -- but the OP on RPGnet swears that he saw the book and that it sold out quickly. I'd say there is a good chance that it's fact.

 

[Jim Hague]

Given that the line developer for the 'World's Largest' line is out of AEG's employ, and that AEG is getting out of RPGs after their finanical difficulties, and that there's neither promotion nor an actual product that ever developed from the advertisement, I think the poster at RPG.net is probably mistakling WLC for Ptolus or City State of the Invincible Overlord. There ain't a World's Largest City - nobody was ever commissioned to write it, no art, nothing.

 

[DM_Jeff]

There ain't a World's Largest City - nobody was ever commissioned to write it, no art, nothing.

Totally wrong. Completely. Just because the one line developer is gone doesn't mean there wasn't someone else to step in. There was (a pity, but that's another topic).

I know it was commissioned because my wife and I were hired to do a little writing for it. And we did. And we were paid for it back in July of this year. When I made a comment to John Zinzer at GenCon about what a stand-up company AEG was for paying its freelancers, he said it was that time because the book was seeing print. Yes, one section stunk (not my section, BTW ) but it's being developed and released. When, I have no idea.

-DM Jeff

 

[Jim Hague]

Totally wrong. Completely. Just because the one line developer is gone doesn't mean there wasn't someone else to step in. There was (a pity, but that's another topic).

I know it was commissioned because my wife and I were hired to do a little writing for it. And we did. And we were paid for it back in July of this year. When I made a comment to John Zinzer at GenCon about what a stand-up company AEG was for paying its freelancers, he said it was that time because the book was seeing print. Yes, one section stunk (not my section, BTW ) but it's being developed and released. When, I have no idea.

-DM Jeff

Re-eally...I find it pretty unusual that Zinser has been doing zero promotion on this. Nothing in the Alderac site, nothing on GamingReport or the other news sites.

 

[DM_Jeff]

They're an odd bunch, Jim. AEG did promote Warlords of the Accordlands to death back when it was supposed to come out, but when it actually released a couple of months ago, nothing but a couple of little blurbs on their website, no big fanfare or announcement or anything, some folks just noticed it was finally for sale at a local game store! It IS odd, I agree.

-DM Jeff

 

[Jim Hague]

Thinking back on it, I guess I expected a bit more fanfare for the follow-up to WLD. Zinser's usually much more on the ball when it comes to promoting his wares. Regardless, if it's out, I wish folks that worked on it and AEG the best.

 

[Crothian]

I thinki there was a bit of promotion for it before Gen Con, but it didn't make that obviously.

 

[ghul]

Yggsburgh

Fellows,

Keep in mind that Gary Gygax's Free Town of Yggsburgh modules will take the core volume, Castle Zagyg Vol. I, Yggsburgh, and flesh it out to completion. There will in total be 19 town modules and 5 suburbs modules, each slated to be about 64-pages. That's an estimate of over 1500 pages of city development, with loads of maps, NPCs, locations, and adventure hooks. These will be released by Troll Lord Games for the Castles & Crusades system, which is quite compatible with all versions of D&D. It is a huge and ambitious project, written by about a dozen freelancers all working under the guidance of the Father of the Game.

Just sayin'
--Ghul