Vic Wertz's page

Hi,
My status still shows "Pending" meanwhile, it appears some subscribers have been sent emails saying their book is shipping and some have the PDF. Just curious....

My concern is that if we feed an RSS of the blog directly to twitter, it will include just the title of the blog and the first few words, which will often sound like nonsense. I suspect that might be even MORE annoying.

Would that be better for you?

The Facebook page is only a day old and we're still trying to familiarize ourselves with the functionality. I'm definitely open to criticisms and comments about how we can improve this stuff.

Kill Doctor Lucky...
A few more expansions or game-types could be interesting, but not really necessary.

Something involving a Ghost or maybe a Butler/Maid, niether would likely be playable in conjunction with 'Shamrock' though, we have to have SOME time to play Pathfinder after all.

Player vs. Player options might be fun, it would likely have to add cards and have a respawn of some sort, elimination can be sucky in long-winded game.

Molded minis for players would be welcomed by many I'm sure.

Weapon & Failure card booster packs for larger groups.

...and larger groups don't just need more cards—they'd also need a larger house, since crowded houses make for fewer murder attempts.

Also something to mention, I've noticed a lot of times the game comes down to someone winning by forfeit. Meaning someone wouldn't dish out their spite tokens/failure cards and then the game is over. I understand the purpose of bluffing, it's not the same. We've had this out come a few times and usually people get "this is a stupid game" upset, because it came down to Johnny 'not playing' the game for Bobby to win. I've also been the 'Bobby', it's a hollow, empty victory at best. A rule to counter that situation could be helpful, sorry I didn't mention it before. I know, house rules. :p

When is the actual due date of this item?

Will there be more AP-themed dice? Since LoF is over and CoT is half-over, will you skip them and make Kingmaker dice?

I was reading thru the playtest version of thwe Oracle and there is some confusing language.

On the list of tables, I don't see the "actions in combat" that was on page 183 of the Pathfinder core book. Unless you called it something else. I know that would be really handy.

Vic Wertz wrote:

For Titanic, our resources are currently going into the new edition of Kill Doctor Lucky.

Oh, so that didn't happen in time for GenCon '09?

Vic Wertz wrote:

Skeld wrote:

Looks great!

My only comment is that Handout#2 on page 25 looks ... odd. Is that the right font?

-Skeld

It is not. We'll get it fixed. Thanks for letting us know!

Am I correct that this "glitch" only affects the PDF, and not the printed copies?

Does this movie have English subtitles and or closed caption?

Looks great!

My only comment is that Handout#2 on page 25 looks ... odd. Is that the right font?

-Skeld

I just noticed that this book is not on the Community Use Approved Products List. Is this intentional?

Wait ... the PDF is already available? I thought it was not going to be available until Dec.

Maybe the chart side could be shown on the product page here so we can all see what we are getting?

Thanks!

And if we gave you a decent image of the chart side, frankly, there would be little reason for people to purchase the PDF (which, by the way, will be priced at $4.99). However, I will add a list of the charts to the product description in a few minutes...

...but am offering this response in the slight hope that Paizo may consider a reprint.

Have you considered having the PDF printed and bound locally?

Vic Wertz wrote:

Err... upon further review, it turns out *I* was confused. Lisa was right—we *did* get copies of the AP last week, but we haven't yet received everything we're expecting.

So no shipments today? What sad Tuesday news :-(

Hephaesta wrote:

Just pre-ordered! Is there any way to get this shipped with my regular subscriptions? There wasn't that option when I went through the checkout.

Order #1284678

Currently, no. Implementing that is a bit tricky, and probably won't happen before this product is released.

Odds are good that the next major errata release will happen when we send the third printing to the printer. Which probably won't be all that long from now, given current sales.

Also: smurf.

Vic Wertz wrote:

Odds are good that the next major errata release will happen when we send the third printing to the printer. Which probably won't be all that long from now, given current sales.

I know it's not intentional, but with that avatar's expression, and the way you worded that, you seem very dour about having to be bothered to do a 3rd print run already. ;)

Erik brought by a bunch of them...

Vic Wertz wrote:

D'oh! We did receive a shipment that day, but Lisa must have been confused about which products were in it when she wrote that—we only received the GM Screen and the second printing of the Core Rulebook that day.

Ah ha! That makes perfect sense, and thanks for the clarification there. Very happy to hear that the second print run has arrived, I'm sure that will make a lot of very eager Pathfinders very happy as well.

Has anyone any news at all about the reissuing of this great game?
It was touted as coming back in a reprinting, but then nothing.

Um, Vic? Why does the store blog have a post that reads:

"With a huge sigh of relief, we received our shipment of Pathfinder Adventure Path #27: What Lies in Dust. It seems like forever since we raised the curtain on the previous installment, Pathfinder Adventure Path #26: The Sixfold Trial. But a delay here or there isn't going to stop us in our quest to free Westcrown from the menacing evil!"

I am, by no means, complaining. Just curious because things aren't quite matching up.

Thank you for providing the update, regardless, and I very much look forward to this fine AP module.

I've updated the product description and corrected the ISBN. The cover text has also changed slightly from the last version.

Odds are good that the next major errata release will happen when we send the third printing to the printer. Which probably won't be all that long from now, given current sales.

Keep in mind that other publishers can use the OGL and Pathfinder Compatibility license to create new races for the Pathfinder RPG...

Alluria Publishing has already published 15 new races.

I still haven't seen anything in my email for this AP. I just subscribed couple of little over a weeks ago or so. I do get other Paizo email like the Advanced Players Guide play test notification.

So seeing as this will be my first subscribed issue of the AP is it normal for shipping to occur for some but not others?

But once they do start going out, it is normal for the shipping process to take a few days to hit everyone.

I have gone to My Downloads and the site will not allow me to download any of my PDFs. Whats up with that? When do you expect to have that fixed?

In every Pathfinder pdf I have the "A"s in the section titles are missing. Any clue why that would be?

In other news, I am very excited about the C V LIER and the OR CLE.

First, please don't take this post as griping. Just looking for information.

I've been waiting around *forever* for the Bestiary because I have my RPG shipments bundled with my AP shipments (and part three of Council of Thieves is off schedule). Received a "shipping soon" notice the other day and my wife told me this afternoon that my credit card has been charged for this shipment...but I have received no shipping notice and the downloads aren't available in "My Downloads".

So:
1) How much of a delay between being charged and receiving my downloads should I expect in this instance...and in the future if this is a special delay for some reason.
2) Is it at all possible to be charged and receive the PDFs of products I have ordered even though the physical product won't be shipped for some time to come? I realize you can't charge until you ship (or at least that's how it is with my cc acceptance agreement) but I would count giving me access to the PDF as "shipped" and be happy to pay you for the book in advance in that case.

Okay. That is all. :) Thanks!
M

Oh, order number is #1270220 in case you need to check it out.

Last week we authorized your card for the amount in preparation for shipping; it won't actually be charged until we ship your order, which should happen sometime this week. We do the auths (and send out order confirmation e-mails) a few days in advance so that people who need to make adjustments have some time to get things in order.

As for the second point, our subscription fulfillment process is built around the act of shipping packages, so the PDFs will only be added to your account when the corresponding print edition has been shipped.

You know, the Doctor said
** spoiler omitted **

Thought I saw on the TLG forums that the goal/desire was to have this out before the end of the year. Can't seem to find the link, so take this with a grain of salt - mind may be playing tricks on me... o.O

AJC

Why does it appear that it is not using my default shipping preference of "standard shipping"? It looks like it is using priority for some reason which drastically increases the cost.

Strange but true: If you add at least a pound of books or magazines to ship with your screen, it will once again be eligible for Standard shipping, and your shipping cost will actually go *down* compared to the screen alone. But even then, you must be careful, as if the total package weight (including box and packing) exceed 4 pounds internationally or 15 pounds domestically, then it's once again no longer eligible for Standard shipping.

Aren't mailing regulations wonderful?

Vic Wertz wrote:

Good news! It has cleared, and assuming the truck doesn't explode on the way to our warehouse, we should be able to begin sending it out next week.

Are we there yet?

It's always nice to see new 3rd-party Pathfinder RPG books coming in printed form!

Do these minis come unpainted as the product description states or painted which is what the image shows? If unpainted, I would prefer that the image shown on the page reflects that. Most of the minis I've tried to paint end up looking terrible and have long ago given up that frustration in my life. Thus, it would be nice to see the images as the figures will really look.

What you're seeing right now isn't actually painted—it's the original sculpt for the figure, which in this case is made from a red material. We're expecting to replace it with a photo of the finished product soon.

That said, we do prefer to show painted images wherever possible, because the all-silver unpainted figures generally don't show their detail very well in photographs.

More international air dates:

Canada: SPACE, Saturday 19th December whenat 9pm ET
New Zealand: Prime, Sunday 29th November at 7.30pm

Now available here at paizo.com!

I remember getting the confirmation email about my subscription...

Any idea when these might be restocked?

If it is tri-fold, wouldn't it have eight panels?

From all accounts, Yetisburg has done very well, so I have been eagerly awaiting Dismember the Alamo. Anything new to report on its release?

Lisa Stevens wrote:

The new printing is here and we started to ship them out to distributors today.

To confirm, if I order a couple books of the core rules Monday I will get the newest printing?

Nope, I can't find any info on sales numbers for individual books but I did find an article that stated that the publishing industry a few years ago went private with this kind of stuff and considers print runs and numbers sold to be proprietary information. So you have to pay to know the numbers or be a part of the industry to find out more.

Part of that is because there are a number of different distribution outlets for products in our industry. The three big ones, at least for Paizo, are direct sales (for us, that means paizo.com), hobby (which means all of the game stores and other mostly small hobby retailers out there), and book trade (which means all of the big chain stores and many of the surviving mom-and-pop bookstores).

Now, there is a consolidated source for book trade sales; it's called Bookscan. Startlingly few people seem to have access to this data, but is very accurate for its market segment. It is not, however, even close to accurate as an overview of the industry as a whole.

For hobby distribution, there are a number of different distributors, and they do not generally share sales figures with the public, or with each other.

Finally, since nobody has to share any information on direct distribution with anyone outside of their company, it's the least documented. Each company knows what they sell directly, and nobody else really does.

Shortly after Wizards acquired TSR, they spent a lot of money on a massive market survey which gave them probably the best single overview of the market that this industry has ever had; however, that information wasn't released publicly, and it's now hopelessly out of date. I don't see anybody who's likely to bother undertaking that effort again anytime soon.

The upshot of this is that no one source has a complete picture of the industry, and I guarantee you that anybody who tells you any different is missing at least some part of the picture.

Even though Reaper is releasing this mini for the first time, it was born as a Crocodile Games project, and they weren't so much about the direct translation of art to mini. From what I've seen, Reaper's original sculpts are holding more true to the original art.

Josh was out sick at the end of last week, so he may be a bit off schedule.

So is there a subscription available for the Pathfinder miniatures line for those of us who just like to collect miniatures and a regular basis?

Any word on whether or not there will be a subscription available for the minis?

You will have to wait until they're in stock to order them, because you can't currently combine non-paizo preorders with subscriptions, but yes, you could do that. And we don't charge for any products until we ship.

Is this screen landscape-format or standard-format?

It doesn't say.

This company's screens all use the same generic tri-fold vinyl screen, which has six pockets that you slide game-specific inserts into; the only difference between the screens is which set of inserts it comes with.