Wayne Reynolds became my hero at GenCon last year when on Sunday, he remembered me from the day before trying to buy the final print of Lirianne (which he'd been holding in case anyone wanted to buy the 22 print set), and told me if the print was so important to me, it belonged to me, and sold me the last one.

I will own this book.

Definitely getting this - love his art - will preorder it

Pre-order placed.

*crossing fingers for a complimentary PDF

I will buy this immediately.

This looks uber cool. I hope there are more like this

Can't wait to see the final cover art for this one.

fine birthday present even if I have to buy it myself!!

This and Advanced races coming out the same month, what fun month may is going to be.

Awesome!!!!!

I have been waiting for something like this from Wayne Reynolds for years! On the plus side, he has way more awesome artwork at this point.

This is an insta-sale for me! I'm so excited!

From a customer perspective, what I'd like to pay for is clean desktop wallpaper images of many of Wayne's wonderful illustrations.

But I can't actually buy them, as the only way to get any of his art is to buy physical prints.

So if I have to buy a hardcover book to get those files digitally as a bonus pdf then hell yeah, I'd be very happy to do so.

Because given the choice as to whether I'd want to pay money for a book of art, or have the art itself, I know what I'd chose.

Oh and I can't help but feel this book really, really, really should have been called 'The Art of WAR'...?

Oh and I can't help but feel this book really, really, really should have been called 'The Art of WAR'...?

Turns out some guy named Sun Tzu beat us to the punch. (Marketing the book would have been an issue too, as "The Art of WAR" conjures up something else entirely.)

The Far Wanderer wrote:

Oh and I can't help but feel this book really, really, really should have been called 'The Art of WAR'...?

Turns out some guy named Sun Tzu beat us to the punch. (Marketing the book would have been an issue too, as "The Art of WAR" conjures up something else entirely.)

:-)

So if I have to buy a hardcover book to get those files digitally as a bonus pdf then hell yeah, I'd be very happy to do so.

With the release date for this product fast approaching, are there any plans for a PDF version of the book? Will there be any advantage for people who have it pre-ordered?

There will not be a PDF of this book due to rights issues, and we do not have any preorder bonuses planned for this book.

There will not be a PDF of this book due to rights issues, and we do not have any preorder bonuses planned for this book.

I suspected this would happen, sadly I will not be buying this product then.

I personally can't imagine looking at this book in anything other than glorious hardcover. Can't wait for my pre-order to get here!

I wonder if the book will have any of his Osprey works.

The Art Of WAR, good stuff.

There will not be a PDF of this book due to rights issues, and we do not have any preorder bonuses planned for this book.

That's too bad. I have a feeling quite a few potential buyers will decide against getting this. I was hoping for a print+pdf deal, but I'll be happy for the print only. Unlike Art of Dragon Magazine, I will actually recognize some of the art, characters, and places! (being a newer gamer and all)

Preordering! Love his art, and was so glad to get a signed print in person this past Gencon!

As for a pdf version, that's not something I would expect to see for an "art" book. Rights issues and such. Besides, most of his art can probably be found online with an image search, even if the quality/resolution isn't the best.

Amazon notified me that this is being delayed until October 19. Anyone know about this?

Amazon is notorious for changing its shipping dates. Please read this post for why/how it happens. The short version: Amazon has an algorithm in place that changes the release date on their end.

Thank you for the help.

Even though Amazon is only guessing, to be frank, so are we. Since we're behind schedule, we're prioritizing products that need to be released at particular times, and since this is a standalone product, it's pretty much waiting behind everything else.

My guess is that it won't go to the printer until after all of our Gen Con releases are done, which would put this in September. On the other hand, it's less resource-intensive than most products, and there's a chance that it may sneak through sooner by way of a couple of little gaps that could open up in the production schedule. We'd certainly love to have it at PaizoCon in July... but not if that would keep us from delivering Pathfinder books to Gen Con.

Thanks for the info, I pre-ordered this at Amazon.co.uk as soon as I saw it announced and just came here to see why I got an email saying it's been pushed back to Nov. 1st.

Can I just say it's nice to see reps of companies happily explaining issues and why release dates sometimes have to be moved. It makes a very refreshing change from some other companies I could mention.

Even though Amazon is only guessing, to be frank, so are we. Since we're behind schedule, we're prioritizing products that need to be released at particular times, and since this is a standalone product, it's pretty much waiting behind everything else.

My guess is that it won't go to the printer until after all of our Gen Con releases are done, which would put this in September. On the other hand, it's less resource-intensive than most products, and there's a chance that it may sneak through sooner by way of a couple of little gaps that could open up in the production schedule. We'd certainly love to have it at PaizoCon in July... but not if that would keep us from delivering Pathfinder books to Gen Con.

Vic mind having the Web Team update the product page to indicated a more accurate release date, be it "post June" or the like just indicating the delay?

YES!

Insert "so much win" Picard meme here.

I need this so much!

Vic mind having the Web Team update the product page to indicated a more accurate release date, be it "post June" or the like just indicating the delay?

Done.

No PDF? Bummer.

Guess this one will be going on my Amazon wish list instead of here as a pre-order :(

Interesting. I'll have to see where my finances are when this is closer to being available. I like the idea of it, I'm just not sure I would purchase it.

-Aaron

Wow, this got pushed back.

Been a fan since the "Return To . . ." series with TSR.

I did not see it mentioned, but will there be any of those fantastic B&W inks in this hardcover like there were in those books?

I can hardly wait for this book! WAR has great art!

OMG!!! I have never bought a book dedicated on art; however, this will be the exception. Wayne Reynolds continues to astound my gaming group with his amazing illustrations. I can't wait to flip through this book! :D

Will the new cover for Thornkeep, the Kickstarter book, be in this book since it has been delayed until October?

The timing on that may be tricky, as all Wayne has completed for Thornkeep is the thumbnail sketch (which comes before a detailed sketch, which comes before actually painting the thing), but I like your thinking!

So Pre-ordered!!!!

I hope the Sorceress from Dungeon 143 will make her return in this book.

The timing on that may be tricky, as all Wayne has completed for Thornkeep is the thumbnail sketch (which comes before a detailed sketch, which comes before actually painting the thing), but I like your thinking!

Soooo....I noticed in the new Goblinworks blog that the Cover for the Kickstarter Thornkeep was completed and finished in time for PaizoCon. Does that mean it has a fair chance of making it into this book?? please.....

Soooo....I noticed in the new Goblinworks blog that the Cover for the Kickstarter Thornkeep was completed and finished in time for PaizoCon. Does that mean it has a fair chance of making it into this book?? please.....

I think it's very possible.

Vic, I have noticed (and preordered) this book only today, as it was cited in passing by James. As the release date is approaching, maybe it is time to make a bit of advertising for it?

As it is outside the normal product lines a lot of people could end not noticing its existence.

I'm sure we'll do some more promotion when the time comes... but I also suspect that the time will not actually be October; frankly, this book is still a ways from going to the printer.

Oh well, no problem. It will be perfect as a Christmas present. :-)
If that is too near I will find some other occasion, a gift is ever better if it is something unexpected.

Totally buying it

Wow, when did this get pushed back to february?

IIRC it was said that this is a "low priority" book, and with all the GenCon/RotRL delay hoolaboola ... well, I guess it got pushed to some safe time.

Maybe they're trying to get permission for a PDF! :)

I am so impressed and excited for what Paizo has planned for 2013. This Wayne Reynolds compilation is awesome, and I have not seen anything like this done since the days of TSR and those Tales of the Lance and More Tales of the Lance books.

The only thing I am hoping to see in the future is a sequal to that Best of Dragon Magazine hardcover they did when Paizo was just launching Pathfinder. That is an oft used book at my table and needs a sequal yesterday.

Keep it up, gang! Excited for 2013, assuming the world doesn't end before Christmas.

The only thing I am hoping to see in the future is a sequal to that Best of Dragon Magazine hardcover they did when Paizo was just launching Pathfinder. That is an oft used book at my table and needs a sequal yesterday.

I'm afraid that's not gonna ever happen. WotC holds the rights to Dragon/Dungeon contents and to make any compilations of them.

I can't wait for this.