Skeeter Green wrote:

bigkilla wrote:

Hobbun wrote:

For those who have received their copies, where are you (approximately) located?

I am in the Chicago area, not sure if the copies are getting that far out yet.

I am a hour and a half by car plus a 30 min boat ride from Bill's house soooo pretty close.

BK-

What direction? Im over in Lake Stevens by Everett.

SG

Lisa Stevens is so famous that they named a lake for her? That is super cool! :D

^

@Hobbun,

I am in Houston, TX.

I counted the maps in the back of the book and I got to 180.

Ladies and Gentlemen of Frog God Games you have my appreciation. Thank you.

Central Texas here, got my copy today.

We will start shipping Slumbering Tsar Saga very shortly—if you subscribe to any of Paizo's subscription products, I would recommend moving this tome over to your sidecart for the next subscription run (which is also SoonTM).

If I ordered this but don't have any subscriptions, does it go out...soon?

Quite Soon.

Big pdf will happen soon--we are still packing store orders and stuff--I think Chuck is done w/ layout--so me and Mrs. Frog just have to get it loaded up

Thanks for the update, Bill. I enjoy your companies products. A true class act.

Big pdf will happen soon--we are still packing store orders and stuff--I think Chuck is done w/ layout--so me and Mrs. Frog just have to get it loaded up

Good to know Bill. I thought it was some faceless individual at Bytes Interactive that was responsible for the master ST pdf being available. Now that I know it's on you, I'm less inclined to be impatient about it; you've had a helluva busy week already sir. Hopefully by this weekend you and the Mrs. will have a chance to catch your breath before the big Rappan Athuk milestones start to creep up on you.

David (the faceless one), is on vacation for the next 2 weeks--good point

Big pdf will happen soon--we are still packing store orders and stuff--I think Chuck is done w/ layout--so me and Mrs. Frog just have to get it loaded up

I don't know if this will affect things or not, Bill, but I just did a download of all my individual Tsar pdfs earlier today. I noticed that they were rather large files, so I used Acrobat's Document -> Reduce File Size feature to compress them down some. This is fine for me, they still look the same to my untrained eye. I don't know if there's a reason you wouldn't do this, but I mention it because I recall the load on the server when everyone was downloading the ToHC (~200 MB). When I compressed that file, it ended up at ~66 MB. If there is no loss of information or image quality by executing the process, it might make it easier for everyone if that's an option you can explore. I know that the file looked the same for me after it was reduced.

Hope this is helpful! :)

*blows hole through paycheck*

Why, Vaughan, why?

Paizo has to receive their books as well, inventory them, then repackage the books and finally send them off to their buyers.

The people who are receiving them now are ones who bought directly from Frog God Games, therefore they are going to get their copies more quickly.

Thanks. I thought Paizo was going to ship on tuesday of this week. From what I have read the gaming stores had their copies at least last week and some were already selling them.

My copy arrived in Dallas today. Packed so well it could have made the trip 3d6 times and still arrived in perfect condition.

Thanks!!!

bigkilla wrote:

Hobbun wrote:

For those who have received their copies, where are you (approximately) located?

I am in the Chicago area, not sure if the copies are getting that far out yet.

I am a hour and a half by car plus a 30 min boat ride from Bill's house soooo pretty close.

BK-

What direction? Im over in Lake Stevens by Everett.

SG

I'm north up in Oak Harbor on Whidbey island.

Another local. I am in Lacey.

Another local. I am in Lacey.

Huh. My wife was born in Lacey. Her parents still live there. We live in Redmond now.

Shem wrote:

Another local. I am in Lacey.

Huh. My wife was born in Lacey. Her parents still live there. We live in Redmond now.

Are all you guys going to PaizoCon? I dont know if you've already mentioned it or not.

Im running a game for the PFS DMS after the con is officially over, if there are seats, and you guys are interested, you're more than welcome to sit in.

I was going to wait until they posted the game times, but I can announce I have some AWESOME PRIZES to give away at my table.

AWESOME.

SG

I would totally sit at your table Skeeter...

Shem wrote:

Another local. I am in Lacey.

Huh. My wife was born in Lacey. Her parents still live there. We live in Redmond now.

Wish we could put together a group of people from the board.

I would love to go to PaizoCon one of these years, but it's either that or GenCon, and there are several things I enjoy doing at GenCon that I don't think I would be able to at PaizoCon. Nevermind the fact Indy is also only a stone's throw away for me (comparatively to Washington).

For those who have received their copies, where are you (approximately) located?

I am in the Chicago area, not sure if the copies are getting that far out yet.

Got mine #320 in the Chicago Western Suburbs today. My kids are looking in horror at all of the pages ready for obituaries.

Very cool. This looks like its going to be a blast to play.

Got the beast today, #47 of 500, very cool. Hey--I just realized, that's my age!

Maybe it's safe for me to go down the well...

Thanks Bill for the awesome packing job, and thanks to the entire crew for putting this leviathan together.

#193 is safe and sound. This thing defies expectation with its huge-osity. Thanks for making this monster available to us guys!

Very nice to see people already enjoying this baby. :)

#290 reached Worcester, MA yesterday. I found it on my doorstep after work and lugged it up to my 3rd floor apt. DW looked at me, pointed to the box and said, "What's THAT?"

I answered, "It's The Slumbering Tsar Saga book. The dining room table broke when I set the box down. The box nearly fell through to the second floor apartment. I guess I should have paid better attention when walking up the the house; the broken down mail truck SHOULD have been a clue.**

When I opened the box, though, there was no damage to the book whatsoever!

Awesome, packing job! Awesome book! The more that I interact with the folks at Frog God Games, the more impressed I am.

-Aaron

**WARNING: Some exaggeration and may have been used in the telling of this tale.

Hobbun wrote:

For those who have received their copies, where are you (approximately) located?

I am in the Chicago area, not sure if the copies are getting that far out yet.

Got mine #320 in the Chicago Western Suburbs today. My kids are looking in horror at all of the pages ready for obituaries.

Hmm, hopefully I'll get mine today.

(which is also SoonTM).

You can make that Soon™ with alt-0153!

Anyway, I ended up purchasing mine from Paizo since the $25 pre-order discount more than offset the shipping cost AND I better maintain a unitary location of all my gaming PDFs. I look forward to getting mine what seems likely to be next week.

#290 reached Worcester, MA yesterday. I found it on my doorstep after work and lugged it up to my 3rd floor apt. DW looked at me, pointed to the box and said, "What's THAT?"

I answered, "It's The Slumbering Tsar Saga book. The dining room table broke when I set the box down. The box nearly fell through to the second floor apartment. I guess I should have paid better attention when walking up the the house; the broken down mail truck SHOULD have been a clue.**

When I opened the box, though, there was no damage to the book whatsoever!

Awesome, packing job! Awesome book! The more that I interact with the folks at Frog God Games, the more impressed I am.

-Aaron

**WARNING: Some exaggeration and may have been used in the telling of this tale.

I am in Jamaica Plain, so I am hoping to see it today!

As long as you paid postage--priority usually gets to any US location in 3 days max; so today all should get it. I still have about 30 with unpaid postage--they will be sent out Monday on the honor system for people to send me postage (label will say "Please remember to pay postage).

Usually folks just forget:)

Besides--I have to clear the space for RA shipping prep!

#236 has found its home in far north Chicago area!

Players: What are we playing tonight?
DM sets the Slumbering Tsar behemoth on the table.
TPK before the first die rolled!

Mine just came in!

Now I just need to wait until I get out of work. *looks at clock*

just got an email from Paizo that they've just shipped my copy, 4-8 days....

waitingwaitingwaiting*checks mail*waitingwaitingwaiting...

So wish I could afford this as it would look great next my ToHC, but with the RotR Anniversary edition and Minis coming out over the next couple of months its just not in the bugdet. :(

My copy arrived today in pristine condition!

Same here! Great job on packing, guys.

#243

My copy arrived today in pristine condition!

This is the kind of thing I was hoping to hear. We packed the #&$* out of those things, and I was hoping it would be worth it. If they made it undamaged, then it was.

Will the PDF of the big book be available for purchase or (hoping against hope) does it come with the purchase of the big book?

This is the kind of thing I was hoping to hear. We packed the #&$* out of those things, and I was hoping it would be worth it. If they made it undamaged, then it was.

Indeed...

Packing peanuts and enough bubble-wrap to strangle a small moose, this thing was very secure!

Awesome job guys (on all accounts)...

-That One Digitalelf Fellow-

Will the PDF of the big book be available for purchase or (hoping against hope) does it come with the purchase of the big book?

I don't know.

Add Print/PDF Bundle: $125.00
Add PDF Collection:$89.99

Number 267 arrived yesterday in pristine condition.

And now it's mine. Mine, I tell you! ALL MINE! AHAHAHA!!!!!

Will the PDF of the big book be available for purchase or (hoping against hope) does it come with the purchase of the big book?

It comes with the purchase of the big book, and you can also buy it separately.

The PDF, however, does not have the bonus chapter. That's print-only to keep a promise.

#147 checking in!

It arrived in great condition, and I have been flipping through it non-stop. It is just an amazing book.

I got #64, and I have to agree, pristine condition, and it looks incredible.

If you're reading this and have any doubts about whether or not to get this, pull the trigger and do it. You won't regret it, and you'll almost certainly regret not doing it.

got mine, #33!

Anyone in LA running a game? I'm not going to read mine yet...

Ken

is the hardback out yet? When I clicked on the link on the Paizo page added all the issues to my cart. I didnt see the link for the hardback?

Mike

Dice Munkey wrote:

Will the PDF of the big book be available for purchase or (hoping against hope) does it come with the purchase of the big book?

It comes with the purchase of the big book, and you can also buy it separately.

The PDF, however, does not have the bonus chapter. That's print-only to keep a promise.

Thanks for the clarificatilon Chuck, you've made one iPad weilding GM very happy!

It comes with the purchase of the big book, and you can also buy it separately.

The PDF, however, does not have the bonus chapter. That's print-only to keep a promise.

Ugh. I just "preordered" the bundle, then read this. I'm a big fan of getting print and pdf, and something like this makes me consider getting neither, not both.

Please try and find some other incentives other than making it impossible for someone to get a legal pdf copy in future products.

Wow dude, chill. The 15th chapter is just that, a BONUS for people who preordered. It's not like the story is incomplete without it.