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Title: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Lithos on February 20, 2004, 05:32:58 PM
The binding..  it's a bloody well bound book!  I've had my copy for months, and it's received a heap of use and abuse, and it's sturdy as the day I bought it.  Only other RPG related hardcover book I've bought in the last 5 years that can match it is Talislanta 4th edition.  It's not a huge thing, but it makes me happy.  I like a durable book!
Title: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Bob Richter on February 20, 2004, 08:16:25 PM
Mm. Binding.

Yes, good binding.

Surprising, I am used to the low quality found in most gaming products.
Title: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Lance D. Allen on February 20, 2004, 10:16:25 PM
Heh.. and here I am, with the entire Book One (except the last page) coming loose a bare week after I bought it..

But other than that, the book is in fine shape.
Title: Re: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Drifter Bob on February 21, 2004, 02:28:10 AM
Quote from: LithosThe binding..  it's a bloody well bound book!  I've had my copy for months, and it's received a heap of use and abuse, and it's sturdy as the day I bought it.  Only other RPG related hardcover book I've bought in the last 5 years that can match it is Talislanta 4th edition.  It's not a huge thing, but it makes me happy.  I like a durable book!

Is that that Jack Vance / Clarke Ashton Smith based game?

JR
Title: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Lithos on February 21, 2004, 05:14:46 AM
Talislanta?  It's a setting that's been around for ages (and several systems, its current incarnation being a rules-light one that runs pretty smoothly, very good for introducing new players to RPGs I've found).  Check it out at //www.talislanta.com.  It's really a beautiful book unto itself, really a work of love by its creators.  Beautiful art, pleasant reading, incredibly rich, detailed setting.  It's much lighter in mood than I'm used to, but not frivolous or ridiculous as Glorantha's ducks or the like.  (Were I stranded on a desert isle, and I had to choose 3 RPG books, it'd be one of em =P).
Title: An entirely gameplay unrelated piece of praise for TRoS.
Post by: Jake Norwood on February 22, 2004, 05:00:09 AM
Man, the first printing was stitch-bound the old fashioned way.  It would take a bullet.

Jake