Today, while Kate has been working her way through her first edit of the lengthy Gazetteer chapter – at 43,000 words, it’s the biggest in the book by a long way – I’ve been drawing a map of the hideout of the infamous Golden Scimitars criminal gang in the tunnels beneath the Old Quarter. I started with a handrawn map which I scanned, then edited and labelled using Photoshop. It’s pretty old school, but I’m pleased with how it’s turned out. This location was the site of memorable battles in both Parsantium campaigns so it’s fitting there’s a map of it in the book.
Cheers
Rich
Rich, how likely is it that a players guide might be put together, even in PDF only?
I definitely want to do one in PDF, as a free download or for a very cheap price. The first chapter is spoiler free, so that might be the simplest and quickest way to do it and get something out there for gaming groups – the rest of the book is definitely aimed at the DM and is packed with adventure hooks and secrets.
Cheers
Rich
Rich, this is sounding very cool! Looking forward to getting this.
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Thanks guys!
Just had some more finished art in from Matt Morrow - looks awesome! ;)
Another update with a finished illustration of the Hippodrome!
Publisher, Raging Swan Press
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Another update with a finished illustration of the Hippodrome!
Wow. That's an awesome piece of art. I bet he *loved* the design brief...
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Wow. That's an awesome piece of art. I bet he *loved* the design brief...Another update with a finished illustration of the Hippodrome!
It is indeed quite flavorful (as previous illustrations were too).
But it reminded me of a very funny but very foolish french comedy from the 80s and now I cannot help but chuckle when I see this piece and consider how Parsantium could be a wonderful setting for the adventures of Marcel ben-Hur aka Pharaoh Aminmephet and his faithful companions.
Those who have watched Deux heures moins le Quart avant Jesus-Christ will get my meaning :-)))
I had lost track of this thread awhile ago, but man, consider me hooked!
Thanks all! I'm very pleased with how all the interior art has turned out – including Marc's!
This sounds intriguing.
Hi,
This weekend, we imported the first chapter of Parsantium: City at the Crossroads into InDesign and started work on the layout. Firstly, we got rid of the border we had scanned from Dover's Authentic Turkish Designs – it just didn't look good enough – and bought a new decorative font to use instead. This looks much better and gives us some nice little graphics we can use to break up the text if we need them. We're using one of these next to the page numbers on each page and it works very well. Next, Kate created the five levels of headings we are using throughout the text to indicate new chapters, sections, subsections etc.
We've now have the first chapter laid out without illustrations and it's very cool to see a load of Word documents start to look like a real book! There's still some more tinkering to do with spacing and the illustrations need to be added, but once that's done I'll post a sample double page spread here.
Nearly all the art is in too – just one illustration and the map to come ;)
Cheers
Rich
I've posted Marc's illustration of the city crest here.
All the text has now been imported and the Parsantium book is coming in over 150 pages without art!
Hi,
I've posted a fully-laid out double page spread to the blog here.
Let me know what you think!
Cheers
Rich
This weekend, we’ve cracked on with the layout of Parsantium to stay on track for our target publication date of 29th November (Black Friday). InDesign is a harsh mistress but Kate has got her tamed ;)
The first two chapters – City at the Crossroads and Life in the City – are finished, with all art added in, and have come in at 35 pages total. Since these represent about 20% of the total word count, I think the whole book will be between 175 and 200 pages long, much bigger than I originally intended!
I finished proof-reading these two chapters today. Next up is the relatively short third chapter, Running a Campaign, and then it’s onto the huge Gazetteer, starting with the Imperial Quarter.
Cheers
Rich
Sounds awesome. I'm really looking forward to this. How easy will Parsantium be to insert into home campaigns?
Are you planning any follow-up releases?
It's designed to be easy – the world around the city is left very vague. The main requirement is for Parsantium to be located on a coast where several important trade routes meet.
I've nothing planned at the moment but if it does well, I think some shorter products would be great. Adventures would be the obvious follow up products.
Cheers
Rich
Just trying to gauge how much interest there is in a printed book vs PDF. If you have a minute, please answer the poll here.
Cheers!
Rich
Poll results and a progess update on the blog.
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know that the book is running behind schedule – more info on the blog.
Cheers
Rich
Hi all,
I'm going to be running a Parsantium adventure at Dragonmeet on 7th December – details on the blog.
Cheers
Richard
Well, better a late good book, than a botched one.
Yes, my thoughts exactly!
Will it be released directly, or via kickstarter, or ?
Oops, don't know what happened to the reply I thought I'd posted to this question earlier! Anyway, there will be no Kickstarter, and the book should be available in December/early January via Paizo and drivethrurpg.com in pdf and print, possibly Amazon too.
Layout is done! You can see a preview of the Mercantile Quarter intro here.
Hi all,
I've posted a new preview featuring the Hippodrome and Holy Basilica on the blog. Aiming for a 2013 release (just)!
Cheers
Rich
Latest news on the Parsantium blog including a preview of the Contents page.
Just had the finished map in from Jonathan Roberts and it looks absolutely gorgeous! Preview here
All being well, the book should be completed by the end of this month;)
Cheers
Rich
So, when can I buy this again? I desperately need to part ways with my money :)
Wow! That map is fantastic!
Thanks Marc - I'm really pleased with how it's turned out :)
So, when can I buy this again? I desperately need to part ways with my money :)
We're doing everything we can to get it published by the end of January - Kate is doing a final proofread and she's very thorough, and we still have the cover to design, but then we're done ;)
So, when can I buy this again? I desperately need to part ways with my money :)We're doing everything we can to get it published by the end of January - Kate is doing a final proofread and she's very thorough, and we still have the cover to design, but then we're done ;)
No rush. I'll be happy to see this come out when it does. In the meantime... ;)
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Hi all,
We worked on Parsantium all weekend, inputting all our proofreading corrections and making last minute tweaks to the text and layout. Once the back cover blurb had been edited and the cover (front and back) finalized, we went through the whole InDesign file, making sure all the images were at the correct spec for printing. It was hard work, but we got it all done, and I uploaded the printer files to drivethrurpg.com last night and set up the product page.
The next step is for drivethrurpg.com to send the files to Lightning Source for checking. Once this is done, I can order a test copy to sign off. If this is looks good, the print version and pdf will go on sale, hopefully around Valentine’s Day. Phew!
Hope you like it!
Rich
Very cool, I'm excited to check it out. On a side note, how much are you planning to charge for a print version?
Is it up on Paizo's site?
Is it up on Paizo's site?
If this is looks good, the print version and pdf will go on sale, hopefully around Valentine’s Day.
Very cool, I'm excited to check it out. On a side note, how much are you planning to charge for a print version?
Great - cheers!
Prices will be $19.99 for print, $11.99 for PDF, $22.99 for a print/PDF bundle.
My print proof has arrived! I've posted a few preview pics here.
Hoping to have the book on sale in the next week or so ;)
Sent you a PM Rich...
