Topic: Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
Started by: Simon Bray
Started on: 4/15/2004
Board: HeroQuest
On 4/15/2004 at 4:49pm, Simon Bray wrote:
Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
Comrades!
SoK is at the printers now. We don't yet have a firm release date,
because the company which handles the preparatory work for the fine
colour covers is closed for this week, but we would expect to have
the books in 2-3 weeks.
In our (not so) humble opinion, it's a great book, in many ways our
best yet. However, when putting it together it became clear that we
actually had more excellent material than we could squeeze into
those 64 pages. As a result, we are also going to be producing a
follow-on book, 'Secrets of the Char-Un.' This will include a
complete scanerio, pregenerated characters, further details on a
complete player clan, more story seeds, hints about the Char-Un's
role in the Hero Wars, and more!
However, both as an experiment and also so as not to tie up funds
and introduce extra delays into our production schedule, we do not
plan to produce this as a hardcopy book. Instead, it will be made
available as a pay-to-download PDF, probably through RPGnow.
As a reward for those kind and discerning souls who order from us
direct (remember: we make up to ten times as much profit from direct
sales as those through intermediaries, and all that money gets
ploughed back into UW and its productions), we will be offering a
special cut-price offer. Prices are not yet fixed, but the full rate
through RPGnow will probably be $8, the price to those who bought
SoK direct from us, $5.
This will be very much an experiment. If anyone has any particular
experiences with RPGnow and wants to commend it to us or warn us
away, we'd like to hear from you.
All the best
Mark & Simon
The Unspoken Word
On 4/15/2004 at 7:01pm, Mike Holmes wrote:
RE: Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
Well, James' game shop is between where I work, and where I live. So I can drop in and see him at any day on my way home from work.
So, y'know, if ya need me to bust his chops for yas all, jus lemme know.
Er, uh, rather, he's a good guy. I don't think you'll have any problem with his services.
Mike
On 5/9/2004 at 6:57am, Mark Galeotti wrote:
RE: Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
Comrades!
The ‘Sons of Kargzant’ are unleashed! This book is now printed: some orders
were posted out with the contributors’ copies today, the rest will be going
out in the first half of next week.
It’s a very fine book, written by Wesley Quadros, Martin Laurie, Simon Bray,
Mark Galeotti and Brand Robins and illustrated by Dan Barker, Simon Bray,
Dario Corallo, Christina DeLong, Jessica Edstrom, Sarah Evans, Jenny Fromm,
Mark Galeotti, Malin Hellmer, Jean-Luc Sala, Darran Sims, Viktor Slazai and
Peter Town. A fine colour map of Erigia by Wesley Quadros is on the back
cover (a larger, A3 version will be available shortly). Go to
http://www.celtic-webs.com/theunspokenword/books/sok.html for sample pages
(you see, you don’t have to rely on our judgement that it’s a fine book!)
and information on ordering the book, while I also paste the table of
contents below. As well as the Char-Un homeland and 26 spirit practices, it
includes key NPCs, information on the tribes, language and culture of the
Char-Un, a scenario and several story seeds, a gazetteer of Erigia and
information about the terrible beasts of the steppe and much, much more.
All the best
Mark
SONS OF KARGZANT
Introduction 3
THE CHAR-UN 4
The Char-Un Nation 4
Promantis of Penkratos 5
Tribe and Power among the People 6
Orgrol the Fat 7
Orglosin 9
Chinijin 9
Tutavak 10
What the Elder Told Me 11
The Char-Un Year 14
Char-Un Rites 15
The Char-Un Language 16
The Char-Un at War 18
The Funerary Rites of the Char-Un 23
The Barrow Tree 24
The Skyburn 25
Fallen Star 26
Erigia: a gazetteer 27
Mighty Char-Un 34
CHAR-UN HEROES 35
Your First Char-Un Hero 35
Homeland: the Char-Un 36
Brotherhoods, Sister Pacts and Societies 38
The Char-Un Traditions 39
The Path of Fire 40
The Path of Earth 44
The Path of Dawn and Dusk 47
The Enaree 50
Ghost Whispers 52
ADVENTURE WITH THE CHAR-UN! 53
Char-Un Rider Initiation 54
The Laguros 57
The Char-Un Abroad 58
Beasts and Blossoms of the Savage Steppes 59
Index 64
On 5/9/2004 at 1:57pm, joshua neff wrote:
RE: Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
Arg! If only I had some money!
Is SoK going to be sold in retail stores? In Britain? I'll be in the UK for 2 weeks in June. Would it be cheaper to buy it there than to order it & have it shipped to the US?
On 5/9/2004 at 2:57pm, Mark Galeotti wrote:
RE: Sons of Kargzant at the Printers.
joshua neff wrote: Is SoK going to be sold in retail stores? In Britain? I'll be in the UK for 2 weeks in June. Would it be cheaper to buy it there than to order it & have it shipped to the US?
It will be sold in retail stores with the wit and wisdom to stock it! You could wait, but if you buy it from us direct, it turns up on your doorstep as quicky as airmail can provide and at a price which, given the weakness of the US$ is pretty comparable with buying it from a British shop.
All the best
Mark