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I doubt we've seen a lot. WotC is NOT going to give us a game that pretty much fits into a 75 page book.....

However, I am enjoying the simpler rules (though I get that with Savage Worlds already).

WONDERFUL!

Big improvement on my Nook Tablet. Love it love it love it!

TIme to start hearing about the stretch bonuses. :)

This was a fantastic short story. Count me in for wanting a full novel.

so long as those fanboys don't sneak attack him...

Seriously... i ran into him so many times I thought I was going to get a restraining order! :)

He's also VERY tolerant of the OLD fanboys just popping up out of nowhere to surprise him at GenCon. Hell of guy that Mr Reynolds.

To paraphrase Firefly, he's Our Mr Reynolds. :)

Elf_NFB wrote:

Crowd Source it? I'll take every 2nd, 5th and 2193rd sentence. Any one else?

;)

I'll take the words "fire" and "thoroughly."

Which glutton for punishment wants the words "a," "and," "the," and the ever popular "what?"

Crowd Source it? I'll take every 2nd, 5th and 2193rd sentence. Any one else?
;)

Elf_NFB wrote:

Is there a reason it isn't available on more android devices? I have a Nook Tablet and it isn't available for it. Is it because of image scale?

Our mobile applications are only being distributed through Google Play and the iTunes store at the moment.

Sorry.. I should have clarified. I'm using a Rooted Nook tablet with access to the Play Store. Yet the app is listed as incompatible. Perhaps it is the version of Android?

Is there a reason it isn't available on more android devices? I have a Nook Tablet and it isn't available for it. Is it because of image scale?

I use it regularly. Never a problem. Even marks the chapters correctly. Calibre is a fantastic program. :)

I'd hoped things would pick up again in 2012... and I ill still look forward to Planet Stories starting back up in the future. I'll second the appreciation for introducing me to Manly Wade Wellman. He is, without a doubt, the best thing I've been exposed to in the run. Mr Mona, you handed me my first Planet Stories book at GenCon a few years ago and I can't thank you enough. Since then Brackett, Burroughs, Moore, Lovecraft, and more have sprung to life for me. Thanks a bunch and I look forward to more in the future.

I really do hope the line continues. Even with sporadic releases it has been a treasure.

I agree. This line got me into this genre. The only reason I cancelled MY subscription is the THREE Silverberg novels in a row. I'm not a fan and couldn't justify the expense. But I do hope the line continues... especially if there was more Manly Wade Wellman or Brackett or Kline etc. :)

I'd been hoping for more along the lines of Manly Wade Wellman, Otis Kline and Leigh Brackett and less of Silverberg and Hugh Cook. Ah well....

That is fantastic. And Hopefully I will be able to get Mr Reynolds to sign it at next years GenCon.

I will join you! As a community, we must all do are part to serve the greater good and help this company flourish...

Absolutely Azten! No matter the pain and suffering. ;)

I will take on the arduous duty of helping the playtest this game. I know... I know.. it will be grueling work... long hours... but I'm ready to make that sacrifice. <sigh> the things I will do and pains I will endure for the company I love...

;)

This seems like a good thread for my post......

Was in my FLGS today and found two, just-in Leigh Brackett books:

Shannach - The Last: Farewell to Mars

Lorelei of the Red Mist

Apparently, there's a publisher named Haffner that's been putting out some of this style of books. The store manager also told me they had previously published a book Brackett wrote with her husband. Can't remember the name.

Sweet! Found the books at Haffner Press. http://www.haffnerpress.com/

The book with her husband (Edmond Hamilton) COULD be Stark and the Star Kings.

Until I see something on the schedule, I'll remain skeptical.

Having a Kindle and several of your epubs I saw the links to Calibre. I clicked on the link above and was invited to download version 0.8.17. I tend to avoid software that the makers are not comfortable to even label as version 1.0. How good is Calibre? Is it fairly stable, and consistent?

I've been using Calibre for about a year now. I've upgraded each time and have NEVER had a problem. I use both the Windows version and the Linux version and STILL have had no problems. Just for the record, I have the Kindle 3. If there are glitches with other readers, I don't know what they are and haven't encountered them. Seriously, Calibre is first rate.

I can promise you that Paizo is not announcing D&D 5th Edition at Gen Con.

See... that is exactly the sort of thing a person getting ready to announce 5th Edition D&D would say. ;)

Thanks to Planet Stories, my eyes were opened to a whole new world of science fiction and fantasy. One of my absolute favorites outside of the imprint is Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. Disney released the trailer recently and it looks amazing. Any one else have some comments?

See the Trailer Here

I tried converting one of your files repeatedly, but it didn't work. It is protected by DRM. Thanks for helping me waste my money on your useless format which I can't use.

Three questions.... do you mean you tried to convert one of the Paizo files? Which one? Were you using Calibre to do it?

Just to be clear, I KNOW... extended experience from the first files released... that converting epub files to mobi files works on every single epub Paizo has released. It's not as simple as click on file A and select "Convert to Kindle readable version."

If you tried to convert a PDF to a mobi, then you MAY have a problem converting. But I have never tried this so I can't state for certain.

Please give me a little more information so I can help. :)

ePubs are not entirely compatible with the Kindle: they usually require some conversion first. Calibre is free and we've gotten good feedback about its ability to convert our ePubs to the Kindle format.

I'll second the use of Calibre. I use it all the time. The conversion process is VERY easy.

By the way, Calibre will not only convert the file, it will upload it to your Kindle if it's connected by USB or you can set it up to email it your Kindle.

The accepted epithets are

3tard.
4ron.

Oh I LIKE these. :D

Lisa Stevens wrote:

Quiterjon wrote:

When you take pot shots at one company, then turn around and sell their product in your store, your credibility with me isn't very high.

When did I take pot shots at any company? Seriously. I can't think of a single company that I have ever taken pot shots at in my lifetime. That just isn't me. So please elucidate me on when this happened.

-Lisa

4e.

Not even close. Paizo staff has been MUCH kinder to WotC and 4e than I have ever been especially in public. Now... if Lisa has been tossing smack about 4e in her pillow talk.. well I'm not privy to that sort of thing. Nuthin but love for ya, Lisa! ;)

Episode 4 is up and you can hear how we handle a Duel of Wits. :D

Go to Roo Sack Gamers!

Episode 3 has been released. We've finished all the character and world generation and move into actual role playing. Joe even busts out a nice in character "voice." :)

A couple of other places you can list your podcast are;

RPG podcasts

and

RPG crosstalk

Thanks, Smerg! We are on RPGPodcasts but I didn't even know about Crosstalk. I'm off to spread the word. :)

I disagree that they're less strong than humans; they seem to be better in all stats than humanity, but for game balance I'd just give them the elven bonuses.

The only reason I went with a lower strength is because of the Sithi description as tall, slender and lithe. They always seem more fast than strong. But I'm not married to it. :)

I think GodEmperorDrothan is on to something, though. I'm not entirely sure Pathfinder is the best setting for a campaign. I think you could do a short set of games (3-5 at most) where your PCs don't change levels. But another game system may prove more appropriate. Savage Worlds COULD fit, but a story game setting like Burning Wheel might be better.

Thanks for the pointer. I've got this game and like the concept but am interested in hearing other people's play results.

We are having fun with it. Burning Wheel as a system is lots of fun. Burning Empires as a setting is fascinating. Burning Empires as a modified Burning Wheel system is a little different and has some peculiarities I'm not certain of at the moment. But... like I said... we are having a great deal of fun.

Hi everybody, I'm reading for the first time the exceptional saga "Memory Sorrow and Thorn" by Tad Williams, and I'm thinking about writing a Pathfinder mini campaign within that so flavourful setting.

How could I "translate", in Pathfinder game terms, the races, Norns (evil elves/drow?), Trolls (dwarves/forest gnome/halfling mix?), and Sithi (elves?) above all, and the magic (particularly the Binabik shamanic bone casting and the Path of the Dreams)?
Could those of you who read the sagas help me?
Many thanks,
G. :D

This is certainly one of my favorite series. And it shouldn't be TOO hard to Pathfinderize.

The books are decidedly low magic. No wizards or clerics or other spell slingers are viable as classes.

Human are straight up the same.

The Sithi and Norns are essentially the same... just from ideologically different families. You could start with the elven race stats. They aren't as strong as humans but are certainly faster and more agile. So a dex bonus is a must followed by a str penalty. They are also considered beautiful.... even if perilously so.... so a charisma bonus is warranted. There is nothing like dark vision in the series so that could be dropped off.

The trolls are more like half-lings. You could certainly just use those stats as they are.

The FUN stuff is Ineluki's Red Hand. You could probably use wights as their basis.

Good books.. aren;t they. :)

And Episode 2 has gone live. These first two episodes cover World and Character Burning.... in other words, shared world creation and interactive character generation.

Hey Gamer Guys and Gals,

My group, the Roo Sack Gamers, has launched an actual play podcast. It covers Burning Empire so you can listen in as we make lots of mistakes and have a fantastic time regardless. :)

Go to Roo Sack Gamers Blog.

When you get around to reading the book, though, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

It's on my pile as well. My problem is that I read mostly by Kindle now and only read non-ebooks when at home. Most of my reading comes on the bus. :)

Can't wait though. I LOVED Who Fears the Devil.

Check here:

Kindle Instructions

Real good instructions.

Excellent instructions.

You can also do this:

6A. Plug your Kindle into your computer.
7A. Use Calibre to upload the Mobi file.

Sweet! Looking forward to it.

Vic Wertz wrote:

To be frank, Planet Stories is Paizo's least popular ongoing line, and so it takes a back burner to everything else we do. It's still nominally bimonthly, though.

So ... does that mean it's at risk?

Yeah... I'm a little worried as well. There is only one item listed as upcoming. I've rather enjoyed the series. It's taken me on a journey through the masters of spec-fic. After reading some of the earlier books, I picked up some classics on my own. It's been great getting to know these "forgotten" masters. Hopefully, the series has a bit of a resurgence.

Got my epub of Plague of Shadows... converted it... and uploaded to my Kindle. As soon as I finish Cherie Priest's "Four and Twenty Black Birds," I will dive in. Can't WAIT! :)

Anyone else cued up?

There is a another bonus for these gargantuan and colossal "stages" (for lac of a better word). They could be used as separate rooms. Our group has a set of tact-tiles and the individual tiles com in REAL handy when the party splits up (cue the GM chuckling) and you need just a small room for one group. I'd buy a set for tis reason alone.

Least popular line or not, I hope it stays around for a long, long time. Count me as a big fan of Planet Stories.

This line is what sparked my recent binge into the masters of scifi and fantasy. Aside from one book, this has been a great series. I hope it it continues.

I lucked into playing Mouse Guard during GenCon 2010. And when I say "luck," I mean LUCK. The game was run by Luke Crane himself. I'd never played the Burning Wheel system before.. had ZERO experience with "story" games.. and was really hanging about for a friend. And I had a LOT of fun. Pathfinder is still my preferred system for gaming, but I'm now in a regular Wednesday night Burning Wheel game and having tons of fun.

The GenCon scenario was pulled from the new book (at least that's my theory.. but I expect to be proven correct when the box set comes out). And in the end, the whole party pulled together to track down a badger, lure it to where we needed it, and MY mouse got to ride it down a weasel hole Muad'Dib style... we had badger sign the likes of which GOD had never seen. :)

It's a fun game. HIGHLY recommended. And I can't wait to get the boxed set.

It may be my childhood over riding my sanity but I always did like Tiamat from the old DnD cartoon. She always had Venger's number and I LOVED the voice actor as he said, "THE DRAGON'S GRAVEYARD!" :D

Same here... i haven't completely signed over my monthly paycheck to Paizo.... there is still a LITTLE room left. ;)

Just wanted to pile on the praise. This is one good book. The characters are engaging.. the plot is interesting... loved it.

I'm just hoping it's sufficiently far along to have some demos going at GenCon. I'd give it a go out of curiosity if nothing else.

Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games has posted his company's intent to use the OGL to make a "1st Edition" style game over the next year.

Read his post here:
Goodman Forums

Lofty goals.... I thanked them for their work and apologized for not purchasing any of their products after they went 4e. I wish them well.

On a related topic, does anyone have any experience with the Pathfinder PDFs on the Kindle? I don't really need a colour screen to look up some rules, and I like that the battery life on the Kindle is measured in weeks.

The Kindle is not really made for reference documents... and this is coming from someone who LOVES his Kindle. :)

For using PDFs at the game table, the best tool (right now) is the Ipad.

To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.

You CAN zoom... at least I can. The first pdf I ever tried was the Savage Worlds game book. Almost the perfect size. But just recently, I tried Orcs of Golarion and it worked fine. It takes a longer time than I find useful, but it DOES zoom in.

To zoom in on a pdf using a Kindle, press the "Aa" button. The pop-up gives options of 150% and 200% (and others). Select what you feel is appropriate and you go back to your original page with a "zoom" box overlaid on it. You can move the box around the page to the area you want to enlarge, and then press the select button.

It's not simple or easy, but it CAN be done. But honestly, pdf's are NOT what the Kindle is good at rendering. If you will be using a LOT of pdfs, get an Ipad or laptop.