Year of the BIG BOOKS?
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BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
Trend.
Retailers are having a hard time stocking a whole bunch of little bitty paperback books that have a low profit margin. Consumers -- as a whole -- want "vaule" which gets interpreted as a large, hardback book with lots of art.
Personally, if things are going to go this way, I hope to see the return of the box set with maybe 5 32 page modules enclosed. But that's a pipe dream.
Incidentally, how do reviewers intened to review these level 1-20 modules? Playtesting is obviously out of the question.
Retailers are having a hard time stocking a whole bunch of little bitty paperback books that have a low profit margin. Consumers -- as a whole -- want "vaule" which gets interpreted as a large, hardback book with lots of art.
Personally, if things are going to go this way, I hope to see the return of the box set with maybe 5 32 page modules enclosed. But that's a pipe dream.
Incidentally, how do reviewers intened to review these level 1-20 modules? Playtesting is obviously out of the question.
BigFreekinGoblinoid
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Vrylakos said:
PP's 2004 release schedule lists them at $40 retail each.
der_kluge
Adventurer
If anyone is feeling adventurous, I'd like for someone to post links to the websites where all these things are described. I know TLG is doing a couple of things (Castle Zagyg, and the Cult of Yex), but I'm not clear on who is doing these other compendiums. Who is putting out the World's largest dungeon, and what is it exactly?
Buzzardo
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I don't think TLG has anything up yet on their site for Cult of Yex, but here is a little more detail on it that I posted yesterday on another thread. If you want more detail, just let me know.
*****
Greetings,
I am one of the authors for the Cult of Yex adventure path campaign, which will be published by Troll Lord Games, in December. Just a shameless plug here. Feedback and comments appreciated.
The Cult of Yex is a full campaign of eight full modules designed to advance a party from first to 20th level. It will be released as a single large hardcover campaign sourcebook.
My co-author and I have been storyboarding the plot for over 3 1/2 years, and have designed each module with its own "standalone" story arc, that fits into the full campaign story arc. The modules are designed to be played in order for maximum enjoyment in a truly epic campaign, but each module stands on its own, and is easily played as a standalone, without any connection to the campaign story arc.
We hope that the Cult of Yex Campaign sourcebook will be a great value with the eight modules, detailed city settings, new monsters, spells, magic items and the like. It is designed to be dropped into any campaing setting with minimal trouble. Six of the modules have extra-planar components, with two of them taking place almost entirely on the Astral Plane, and the final module taking place almost entirely on the Abyss, with the party having to choose the lesser of two evils in a demon war.
Parker
parker@garlitz.com
*****
Greetings,
I am one of the authors for the Cult of Yex adventure path campaign, which will be published by Troll Lord Games, in December. Just a shameless plug here. Feedback and comments appreciated.
The Cult of Yex is a full campaign of eight full modules designed to advance a party from first to 20th level. It will be released as a single large hardcover campaign sourcebook.
My co-author and I have been storyboarding the plot for over 3 1/2 years, and have designed each module with its own "standalone" story arc, that fits into the full campaign story arc. The modules are designed to be played in order for maximum enjoyment in a truly epic campaign, but each module stands on its own, and is easily played as a standalone, without any connection to the campaign story arc.
We hope that the Cult of Yex Campaign sourcebook will be a great value with the eight modules, detailed city settings, new monsters, spells, magic items and the like. It is designed to be dropped into any campaing setting with minimal trouble. Six of the modules have extra-planar components, with two of them taking place almost entirely on the Astral Plane, and the final module taking place almost entirely on the Abyss, with the party having to choose the lesser of two evils in a demon war.
Parker
parker@garlitz.com
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
die_kluge said:
Here's a link to the press release for the world's largest dungeon:
http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=12129&mode=thread&order=0
It is not on AEG's web site as of yet, although more info can be found in the EN World "World's Largest Dungeon" thread.
The accordlands info can be found on the AEG website (www.alderac.com).
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