World's Largest Dungeon?

[Jim Hague]

Jim: Welcome to the Boards!

This sounds like the type of product I've wanted to buy for, oh, about 20 years.

My questions:

1) What's the estimated street date on this?

2) Will the format be a boxed set, a single book, or multiple books?

3) Will there be player handouts that are included in it?

and, finally, if you know,

4) Will there be on-line downloads that accompany it to make it easier for a DM to run?

Thanks!

Glad to hear enthusiasm, and glad to be here to do my best to answer questions.

I haven't been informed of the street date quite yet, so I can't let you know for sure. As soon as I do, though, I'll be happy to post it. Same on the format and price.

However, I can hint without going into specifics that we're adding a lot of very, very cool stuff to the WLD for both players and DMs. Handouts are the province of the individual writers and our editor, Jim Pinto, but I wouldn't be surprised to see such a thing pop up. I do know of the latest addition to the WLD, which will provide a very good reason for PCs to enter the WLD and deal with what's inside, no matter what the party is comprised of, or the campaign setting...but more on that later.

I'll be up front and say this - AEG's d20 and OGL offerings this year are going to make a big impact on the market, IMO. WLD and the Warlords RPG are looking very sweet, with a lot of bang for your gaming dollar, and the Spycraft and Stargate lines are going to continue to storm the market. I know, I know, I sound like a marketing flack...but I'm a gamer, just like you folks. And I wouldn't recommend a product I wouldn't be willing to plunk down my hard-earned cash for. Even if I did write some of it.

 

[Trainz]

Again, I can't fully speak to everyone's section, but 10% sounds about right, looking at everything so far. That isn't, I note, a hard and fast number. We've gone to every effort to balance the time spent in play out - giving PCs places to rest after a battle, allies where needed, and things to do generally.

Well, if that figure happens to be true, it certainly is reasonable. And quite an achievement too.

I wouldn't be interested in said product if only half of it was really described.

Thanks for the infos !

 

[MerakSpielman]

What's the speculative price tag on this thing?

 

[thundershot]

Man o man... I'm looking more and more forward to this thing...



Chris

 

[johnsemlak]

The promo says it will have all monsters from the SRD. Will it have any new monsters, or perhaps monsters previously introduced as open content?

Will the product have good web support (handouts, web enhancements, etc.)?

In case I missed this tidbit, will the maps be in large pull-out format or page-sized?

Will any of it be in color?

 

[Jim Hague]

Again, I can't speak to the pricing or format yet, because I don't know. As soon as I do, though, I'll post here to satisfy everyone's curiousity.

As for the creatures found in the World's Largest Dungeon - we've stuck strictly to the SRD monsters...but don't expect the usual run. Templates have been applied, advancements made, and the authors of the WLD have run with them.

We've put a new spin on a lot of the creatures in the SRD for the World's Largest Dungeon, and as the project nears publishing time, I'll see if I can sneak one or two of them onto the boards here as a preview.

 

[MerakSpielman]

Again, I can't speak to the pricing or format yet, because I don't know. As soon as I do, though, I'll post here to satisfy everyone's curiousity.

As for the creatures found in the World's Largest Dungeon - we've stuck strictly to the SRD monsters...but don't expect the usual run. Templates have been applied, advancements made, and the authors of the WLD have run with them.

We've put a new spin on a lot of the creatures in the SRD for the World's Largest Dungeon, and as the project nears publishing time, I'll see if I can sneak one or two of them onto the boards here as a preview.

By the way, if you want a professional editor who will work on RPG products for free (or, rather, for the thrill of getting to see them before the rest of the slavering masses), just email me!*


*a real offer. I can supply resume and portfolio if requested.

 

[Trainz]

By the way, if you want a professional editor who will work on RPG products for free (or, rather, for the thrill of getting to see them before the rest of the slavering masses), just email me!*


*a real offer. I can supply resume and portfolio if requested.

And I must say that Merak is quite good at it too. He's an editor for Cooperative Dungeons, and we're all impressed by his work.

 

[Jim Hague]

I'm but a humble freelancer, alas, but if Merak would like to get an editing gig with AEG, surf out to the site and check out the contact info there. Good editors are always welcome.

 

[Frilf]

By the way, if you want a professional editor who will work on RPG products for free (or, rather, for the thrill of getting to see them before the rest of the slavering masses), just email me!*


*a real offer. I can supply resume and portfolio if requested.

Send along your details, Merak. We may have a project for you Check out our site www.silverthornegames.com and use the email link there under "Contact Us" or some such moniker.

Thanks!
Ian