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Just got word that Legendary stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen has passed away at the age of 93.
We all owe a huge debt to him- he gave us the canvas upon which we painted our childhoods.

I'm running a night of Castle Falkenstein for my wife's birthday and I'd love to break out some paper minis for the game- any suggestions?

Please cancel all my remaining Paizo subscriptions- Order 2371884 should be my last shipment.
Thanks for the great service and fantastic games.

Can you cancel my subscription to The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
That should leave me with just the Adventure Path and Gamemastery Cards subscriptions
Thanks.

Please cancel the following:
Pathfinder Player Companion
Pathfinder Campaign Setting

Thanks.

Please cancel the following:
Pathfinder Player Companion
Pathfinder Campaign Setting

Thanks.

Hey guys-
What are the chances that you'll be issuing a intermediary-sized version of the ruleset?
I'd love something as small and manageable as Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition or the digest sized handbooks done for M&M and the late d20 Conan. The Beginner's Box has been great, but I'd like something to bridge the gap to the full game while providing handy reference. My players are casual, and the expense and clutter of copies of the Core Rulebook is a real factor (not to mention the intimidation of such a weighty tome).
What do you think?

My order was meant to ship with
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Jade Regent Poster Map Folio Print Edition
Instead I got
Pathfinder Module: The Ruby Phoenix Tournament

Hi folks,
When I opened my order, the cover to my copy of Mythopoeikon: The Artwork Of Patrick Woodroffe was separated from the volume. Now I realize that these are pretty old copies and that perfect binding can mean the glue perishes, but can I either get this volume replaced or get some store credit for the fact that this book was shipped in such poor condition? I can supply photos to attest to the condition of the book if required.
Thanks for your time!

My preorder for Call of Cthulhu: 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition has gone into the sidecart to be shipped with a subsequent order- I cannot set it to ship asap.
Can you please set this order to ship as soon as it becomes available?

None that I can really foresee IMO. This economy has stunk for the past 3 years (since prior to 4E's release) so I'm suprised 4E is doing as good as it is with the large unemployment rates and drastic savings people are doing. And I don't see it really getting that much better either.

Anything else is pure speculation that WotC is failing or other non-sense meant only to douse WotC and D&D 4E with more hatefilled bile. Honestly, I'm sorta sick of the constant bickering and arguing about the subject. People leave companies ALL. THE. TIME. So why is there such as HUGE uproar about this? Because the community is rather small in numbers yet strong in communication so it spreads like wild-fire. And of course people's bias about specific editions comes into play and yet more useless edition-wars spread.

Hi guys,
I don't know if anyone has addressed this issue before (couldn't find a specific thread), but is there a way we could get PDFs of the Map Folios with a Key that can be rendered invisible in layers or something? I've been getting these Folios since the beginning, and my inability to hide this stuff from players has been a real pain, and negates the point of getting the maps at all.

Here's Habro's testbed product for where I expect 5th edition to be pushed in the next few years-
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15630.html
Whether this is a good or a bad thing, I won't be passing judgement, but between this and Fantasy Flight's announcement of WHFRP 3rd Edition- things are shifting faster then I think anyone expected.

HI guys,
I just needed to check when I can expect my order- 1102404?
If this was to be combined with my subscription, there's no need to delay- ship away!

First issue I've had with my subscriptions, so hopefully you guys can sort this out asap!

Okay, the Brits have their head count on the boards, but how many Irish hang out here?

Well, Loren Greenwood has moved on and Greg Leeds is moving on up to the big office.

I wouldn't expect that this will effect the plans for D&D just yet, but looking at Leeds' previous experience, who knows?
Any initial thoughts, folks?

Turns out that the Vatican is doubling it's number of Deadly Sins (sins that will endanger your immortal soul) to fourteen.

I hope this won't mess up Pathfinder :)

NYPD announced that Heath Ledger was found dead in his hotel room.
No real details yet, but I'm speechless.

Just watched the trailer and remain convinced that Del Toro is one of the finest genre directors working right now.
That said- does anyone else think the movies villain, Nuada, is a ringer for Elric of Melnibone (not counting the weird scars)? Of course there's going to be similarities, since Nuada is a fey Celtic God, but I thought it could either bode well for the Elric movie, or totally steal it's thunder.
Any thoughts?

I don't know if there are many on the boards who remember this RPG, but Corgi Books in the UK released Dragon Warriors in the mid 80's as a series of six paperbacks,back when GW sold 5 minatures for £2.50 and Robin of Sherwood was on the Telly and Flesh and Blood was on in the cinema- if you could sneak in.

The system was an AD&D ultralite, but it was the dark, pseudo-European Folk Tales setting that made it a real gem: Diabolist Barons in crumbling keeps, spindly hobgoblins who roll puff balls across blasted heaths and Elves without souls who die at the touch of cold iron.

It died a premature and undeserved death and has been out of print since (I only managed to track down my copy of book six a few years back), but my question is does anyone else remember this game and what were your experience of it?

It'd be great if someone outhere reissued this series as an omnibus (not looking at anyone in particular, Erik).

Hi Guys,
I know it's probably a pain in the arse and I'm just making work for you, but might I suggest a "save for later" function within the shopping cart, similar to what amazon offers? I tend to go grazing, but when I want to order, I usually end up having to cull my cart of stuff I can't afford at that time.

Just got back from Walking with Dinosaurs- the Live experience.
Probably the biggest geekgasm of the past year- I highly recommend it for anyone looking to charge the braincells for STAP. Hey- it's Dinosaurs!

Just a quick question- I understand that Al Quadim got the Campaign Classics treatment from Dragon- can anyone tell me which one it is?
I've spent my lunchtime searching to no avail.

This is a hue and cry for all Gamers/Fans of Fantasy!
From Ape Entertainment comes a new Graphic Novel Anthology in the spirit of "Flight"
FABLEWOOD is a great new series of Fantasy comic stories, ranging from heroic Fantasy to innocent whimsy and everything in between.
I'm tooting this particular horn because I'm contributing a story and well, you know...

Anyway, please visit the site and let your friends know- word of mouth is the independent comic artists best friend!

Probably the most influencial post-Tolkien Fantasy writer about.
Yup, it's a bold statement, and maybe he's not as good or as shiny as he was and I doubt if he can even be defined as great literature, but I stand by my statement. (I can hear the sacred cows lowing in displeasure already). His dazzling imagination has helped shape the conventions of Fantasy as we know it and give it the shape and voice it has now.

He gave us Law and Chaos as active cosmic alleigences, or dare I say, alignments (say thank you, GW and TSR)
He gave us Elric of Melnibone, the first angsty Elven outcast with a conscience (say thank you, Drizzt).
He gave us The Nomad of time, a Victorian dimensional swashbuckler (say thank you, Luther Arkwright).
I'm sure I could go on.

I don't think the Elric RPG has not been out of print since it first came out in the mid eighties,the latest of which is through Mongoose this year.

In spite of all of this, Del Rey have still not reissued Moorcock's Opus: The Etenal Champion sequence.

Why is this?

And why aren't we as readers more pissed?

Okay, we all know d20 is the boss daddy of systems, but is it possible for Paizo to include stats for the returning other kid on the OGL block: Runequest?
It would offer us more choice as consumers and I think could be a good move for the industry all round. I may be speaking heresy, bit I suspect that there are others out there that may like the chance to see the kind of quality being brought by Paizo to RQ as has been brought to D&D.

Whaddya say?