Kiss the Frog!

Hey Elorebaen, I'm the Chuck referenced above. The basic problem with bookmarks is that they aren't incorporated into the code of the industry standard distillation process (PDF X1A) so when a PDF with bookmarks inserted in InDesign is incorporated into a PDF document, anyone not using the latest Adobe Acrobat reader (at least) will see a lot of the art as black blocks. That was a huge headache trying to figure out what was going on there and everyone in the industry is basically waiting for Adobe to fix it... and they probably don't care because it works with their readers. (Try reading a Paizo PDF with a non-Adobe PDF reader... ugh.)

I was hoping that a Table of Contents would help alleviate the pain of a lack of bookmarks.

Chuck, I really appreciate the additional explanation. I use Foxit Phantom for PDFs, and would love to never see Adobe Reader ever again *grins*

Let me be clear, you guys are a doing a great job both with customer service and the quality of your products. You have my loyalty.

A table of contents definitely helps, and, quite frankly, should be there regardless of whether there are bookmarks or not. But, if I am being completely honest, no bookmarks in a PDF devalues the PDF. It is not a big deal, but buying a product and then having to do work on it devalues it for me. Now, this does not mean I regret my decision to purchase nor will it change my decision to purchase for all of the reasons stated above (ie loyalty), but it does mean that the PDF is devalued for me. As I mentioned, I really do hope some way is found to include the bookmarks at some point in the future, and I just wanted to be clear and offer honest customer feedback.

All the best.

Softcover sold out as well; but more will be here next week. I was able to ship all orders made prior to Tuesday today. Sorry for the delay, we had no idea:)

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

I could have made Christmas, but I wanted this to be a book you would have in 30 years; so I made the binding, well, better.

Bill

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

Ack! The HC's already available for order?!?

tsathogga wrote:

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

Ack! The HC's already available for order?!?

The hardcover sold out sooo fast that it broke the paypal link on th FGG website.

joela wrote:

tsathogga wrote:

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

Ack! The HC's already available for order?!?

The hardcover sold out sooo fast that it broke the paypal link on th FGG website.

Know when the HC will be available to order again?

bigkilla wrote:

joela wrote:

tsathogga wrote:

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

Ack! The HC's already available for order?!?

The hardcover sold out sooo fast that it broke the paypal link on th FGG website.

Know when the HC will be available to order again?

They are debating on whether they will do another run of hardcovers or not.They wanted to do just a small run as collector books. HERE is a forum topic from the Necromancer Games forums asking for feedback on whether or not to do a second hardback print run.The overall response is defiantly yes, but it will ultimately be up to th FGG guys as to whether they do one or not. But my money is on yes, and soon.

joela wrote:

bigkilla wrote:

joela wrote:

tsathogga wrote:

Hardcovers are still being processed--I insisted in a beefier binding that is taking a bit longer than expected...never fear, you will get them the day after I do (well, they will ship then anyway). They have to first go to Texas (Matt to sign) and then to me, then to you.

Ack! The HC's already available for order?!?

The hardcover sold out sooo fast that it broke the paypal link on th FGG website.

Know when the HC will be available to order again?

They are debating on whether they will do another run of hardcovers or not.They wanted to do just a small run as collector books. HERE is a forum topic from the Necromancer Games forums asking for feedback on whether or not to do a second hardback print run.The overall response is defiantly yes, but it will ultimately be up to th FGG guys as to whether they do one or not. But my money is on yes, and soon.

Coolio. Thanks, 'killa!

EDIT: Oops. It's for S&W, not the Saga series.

Lol yeah i thought you meant the S&W HC. The Tsar hardcover wont be ready for quite a while, they are not even half way done with the single modules yet.

Lol yeah i thought you meant the S&W HC. The Tsar hardcover wont be ready for quite a while, they are not even half way done with the single modules yet.

WHEW. That means I still a chance to order the HC. WIN!

Review posted for Swords & Wizardry: Complete Rulebook.

Tsar is still for sale as HC (delivery next summer). More HC S&W--I'll say probably--but its a huge outlay of cash (and risk); so I need to really think about it after I see how we sit after softcovers and modules.

Happy New Year (almost) !

December 28, 2010

Well, I ran out of softcover rulebooks, but am told more will ship to me Friday. Hardcovers should arrive around January 7, along with Strange Bedfellows and Ursined, Sealed and Delivered. Don't miss these releases; both are solid books--Bedfellows makes a great level 1-3 adventure as a starter for S&W, and Ursined is on eof the best short adventures I have read in many years. I love a situation-based, physical hazrad module that makes you have to think--great stuff. Thank all of you who have not received your books yet for your patience. I shipped another 75 or so this morning (all but 14 softcover orders have been shipped). Still have another 120 or so to ship, mostly the printer-delayed hardcover. Keep the faith (and I mean Splinters of! Tsar 6 is still being edited. Its huge, and I have to beat Greg a bit harder. Next up are Jungle Ruins, Nothland Saga Book 1, Hex Crawl Classics Book 1 and the Ultimate Book of Adventure Design. The UBAD (as we call it) is a 225 page+ resource book for gaming on the fly or pre-planning adventures. If you are old enough to remember the 1e DMG, you will remember with fondness the tables in the back that detailed how to write and populate a dungeon. This book takes it further, in that it provides literally thousands of items, locations and features for the DM to use during play. Want a fountain in a room? No problem...roll 1d100, and the fountain is described (is it magical, non-magical, secret passage underneath, what does it look like etc.). This brings to adventure design what the Mother of All Treasure Tables and Mother of All Encounter tables did for players in years past.

Don't forget to pick up those old Necromancer books fdrom my Ebay store. Mention this posting and get 40% off retail price at my store when you combine with a FGG order! The store address is http://stores.ebay.com/Necromancer-Archives. Its a great time to pick up those rare K series releases, or a hard to find copy of the Rob Kuntz M series, a Grimtooth's Traps or a ever rising in value City State or Necropolis. The M series and Grimtooths are not available in pdf for sale anywhere. To order and get the discount, you MUST email me directly at necromancergames@yahoo.com. If you order direct from Ebay, I cannot discount the items.

Thank you all again for the faith and loyalty.

Tsar is still for sale as HC (delivery next summer).

W00t!

Tsar is still for sale as HC (delivery next summer). More HC S&W--I'll say probably--but its a huge outlay of cash (and risk); so I need to really think about it after I see how we sit after softcovers and modules.

Hmmm. Order the S&W HC from Frog God or have Lulu print up a copy?

Lulu will not be able to print a copy.

Lulu will not be able to print a copy.

Huh. Thought I saw the rule book available yesterday from the site.

So, news when the second print run will be available for order?

tsathogga wrote:

Lulu will not be able to print a copy.

Huh. Thought I saw the rule book available yesterday from the site.

So, news when the second print run will be available for order?

He is supposed to be getting more of the soft covers either late this week or next week sometime. For the Hardcover there has not been a solid answer if there will be a second print run at all.

joela wrote:

tsathogga wrote:

Lulu will not be able to print a copy.

Huh. Thought I saw the rule book available yesterday from the site.

So, news when the second print run will be available for order?

He is supposed to be getting more of the soft covers either late this week or next week sometime. For the Hardcover there has not been a solid answer if there will be a second print run at all.

Thanks!

Frog God games is pleased to announce Tome of Horrors Complete

This book will be released in 2 formats; Swords and Wizardry and Pathfinder. It will consist of a huge volume encompassing all three Necromancer Games Tome of Horror volumes. Release date is Summer 2010, and retail price is TBD. This will be hardcover release. This massive Tome will contain almost 1000 monsters retstatted and reworked for both game systems, all in one place.

This is the largest, most comprehensive monster book ever released. Each monster is individually illustrated.

Let the discussion begin!

Frog God games is pleased to announce Tome of Horrors Complete

This book will be released in 2 formats; Swords and Wizardry and Pathfinder. It will consist of a huge volume encompassing all three Necromancer Games Tome of Horror volumes. Release date is Summer 2010, and retail price is TBD. This will be hardcover release. This massive Tome will contain almost 1000 monsters retstatted and reworked for both game systems, all in one place.

This is the largest, most comprehensive monster book ever released. Each monster is individually illustrated.

Let the discussion begin!

Are you going to include the ones Paizo already updated to Pathfinder?

By the way this is awesome!!!! Please tell me it will be in Color?...

And I love that the release date is in the past!

Frog God games is pleased to announce Tome of Horrors Complete

And there was much rejoicing!

This needs it own thread.

Whoah! Where's the official announcement so the word can be spread?

Frog God games is pleased to announce Tome of Horrors Complete

This book will be released in 2 formats; Swords and Wizardry and Pathfinder. It will consist of a huge volume encompassing all three Necromancer Games Tome of Horror volumes. Release date is Summer 2010, and retail price is TBD. This will be hardcover release. This massive Tome will contain almost 1000 monsters retstatted and reworked for both game systems, all in one place.

This is the largest, most comprehensive monster book ever released. Each monster is individually illustrated.

Let the discussion begin!

Should I mention that it should be Summer 2011 not 2010?

Frog God games is pleased to announce Tome of Horrors Complete

This book will be released in 2 formats; Swords and Wizardry and Pathfinder. It will consist of a huge volume encompassing all three Necromancer Games Tome of Horror volumes. Release date is Summer 2010, and retail price is TBD. This will be hardcover release. This massive Tome will contain almost 1000 monsters retstatted and reworked for both game systems, all in one place.

This is the largest, most comprehensive monster book ever released. Each monster is individually illustrated.

Let the discussion begin!

You know, I always thought encountering Tsathoggua would mean my death, or at least the death of my sanity...he is, after all, one of the Great Old Ones. But since encountering him, all he does is occasionally expose me to his sheer awesomeness, and while I'm stunned, he takes my money.

I want both of them.

Should I mention that it should be Summer 2011 not 2010?

no keep it 2010, that means it is out already! I am going to order it right now! ;)

One question about the Tome of Horrors Complete: Swords & Wizardry version. I was planning to purchase a hardcover of the S&W Monster Book when I returned from my deployment. Will the ToHC cover all of the monsters that are in that book?

One question about the Tome of Horrors Complete: Swords & Wizardry version. I was planning to purchase a hardcover of the S&W Monster Book when I returned from my deployment. Will the ToHC cover all of the monsters that are in that book?

Pretty sure it will just have all the monsters from ToH 1-3 collected in it and then made for PF or S&W. So I doubt it has much if any crossover with the S&W monster book.

2011? No way, I will bend time to go back 6 months....oops; and yes, its 2011, not 2010

I'm so incredibly excited about the Tome of Horrors Complete. What a way to get a great start to the year, with that announcement.

Awesome!

This will be a happy new year!!!

Toast!

I nominate the Best Product of 2011. At the very least, most eagerly anticipated. :D

The art will be in black and white since we're princiaplly reusing the art that already exists in the 3.5 TOHR, TOH2, and TOH3.

It is a complete compilation of those three volumes. Yes, there will be crossover with it and the TOH monsters that Paizo has published in their Bestiaries. For the most part these will look really similar, but we did not constrain ourselves to that if we thought we liked another PF interpretation better. So in some cases there may be minor differences between the TOH and Paizo versions--call it regional variations--but I think these are pretty few and far between.

I'm just now getting the conversion turnovers in from our crack staff of PF RPG monster converters and it's looking good, but it's going to take awhile to sift through and edit the 750+ monsters that comprise those three books not to mention getting them through layout.

You're going to see a lot of familiar names from among your favorite PF writers on these conversions, so you know you're getting quality on this.

I'm just excited that Bill has made the announcement so I can finally talk about what we've been working on for the last several months. Yeah!!!

I'm just trying to fathom how huge (thick) this tome is going to be. I assume that some creatures are not going to make the cut. The other question - will there be any new ones making an appearance?

EDIT: I'll repost there.

Shifting to new thread.

I'm just trying to fathom how huge (thick) this tome is going to be. I assume that some creatures are not going to make the cut. The other question - will there be any new ones making an appearance?

Yeah I am guessing with the number of monsters and allowing for OGL etc we are talking about 800-850 pages or half again the size of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book.

Urizen wrote:

I'm just trying to fathom how huge (thick) this tome is going to be. I assume that some creatures are not going to make the cut. The other question - will there be any new ones making an appearance?

Yeah I am guessing with the number of monsters and allowing for OGL etc we are talking about 800-850 pages or half again the size of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book.

My best guess right now is that it will exceed 1,000 pages, but we'll see as all the conversions come in and I get a chance to dig into the editing.

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Urizen wrote:

I'm just trying to fathom how huge (thick) this tome is going to be. I assume that some creatures are not going to make the cut. The other question - will there be any new ones making an appearance?

Yeah I am guessing with the number of monsters and allowing for OGL etc we are talking about 800-850 pages or half again the size of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book.

My best guess right now is that it will exceed 1,000 pages, but we'll see as all the conversions come in and I get a chance to dig into the editing.

That's... that's a really huge book... just thinking about the price of it, is giving me a nose bleed.

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Urizen wrote:

I'm just trying to fathom how huge (thick) this tome is going to be. I assume that some creatures are not going to make the cut. The other question - will there be any new ones making an appearance?

Yeah I am guessing with the number of monsters and allowing for OGL etc we are talking about 800-850 pages or half again the size of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book.

My best guess right now is that it will exceed 1,000 pages, but we'll see as all the conversions come in and I get a chance to dig into the editing.

That's... that's a really huge book... just thinking about the price of it, is giving me a nose bleed.

I'm guesstimating at least $199.

Whew! I hope it's not anything like that. We'll have to see of course, but I'd like to see it below $100. The realities of prinitng costs will, or course, be the key. :) We'll see what we can do at our end.

Not $199...probably $99--I have to evaluate costs on that first though.

How does the "Premium Full Subscription" to Slumbering Tsar work?

PDFs now, hardcover when the book is printed?

Will the option be available for at least another couple weeks?

How does the "Premium Full Subscription" to Slumbering Tsar work?

PDFs now, hardcover when the book is printed?

Yep. Imagine it will be available for the near future, as it's been an option ever since FGG started up.

Tsar hardcover will be released next summer after all 14 chapters are done (talked with the printer this morning about it). It will be for sale through about May or so? Originally I was going to cut it off so I could plan printing, but we sold a lot more than i thought we would, so I was able to get a better printing contract--e.g. less time ahead (it is still quite expensive to print)since we are doing other books as well.

Honestly, FGG was started to do Tsar and only Tsar; but as you can see we decided to err....grow and expand:)

Whew! I hope it's not anything like that. We'll have to see of course, but I'd like to see it below $100. The realities of prinitng costs will, or course, be the key. :) We'll see what we can do at our end.

Coolio ^_^

Tsar hardcover will be released next summer after all 14 chapters are done (talked with the printer this morning about it). It will be for sale through about May or so?

Just in time for the tax return -- oh!

Next summer. 2012. Damn. World will be gone by then ;-(

tsathogga wrote:

Tsar hardcover will be released next summer after all 14 chapters are done (talked with the printer this morning about it). It will be for sale through about May or so?

Just in time for the tax return -- oh!

Next summer. 2012. Damn. World will be gone by then ;-(

He said earlier summer 2010, which obviously has passed. So he was saying next summer after that aka 2011. So that is the play it will be out in 6-8 months time.

He said earlier summer 2010, which obviously has passed. So he was saying next summer after that aka 2011. So that is the play it will be out in 6-8 months time.

Pushed back a year within 24 hrs of announcement! It's DOOMED!!!