FGG--Huge books in development

[Bill Webb]

I spoke with Greg yesterday--it looks like Northlands and the Blight are BIG, BIG, BIG. Like Tsar big.

I'll let Greg post on this stuff--as I have only seen pieces. But Encyclopedia Frog is growing--hurry out to buy reinforcements for the bookshelves.

[MichaelSandar]

Awesome. I already have a whole shelf dedicated to FGG products... guess I'll have to make more room...!

[davrion]

one shelf....you're lucky! My FGG stuff has joined forces with my NG stuff to claim dominion over 3 of my shelves (drove my old 3.x WotC books up into the Storage Box hills). They even started a S&W colony on another bookshelf too!

[brvheart]

Bill Webb wrote:

I spoke with Greg yesterday--it looks like Northlands and the Blight are BIG, BIG, BIG. Like Tsar big.

I'll let Greg post on this stuff--as I have only seen pieces. But Encyclopedia Frog is growing--hurry out to buy reinforcements for the bookshelves.

My bookshelves are bowing now! And they are expensive heavy duty ones! I need to get some also! You Frogs might have to sell Adamantine book shelves.

[justmebd]

If Greg is one of the writers, I'll just create a new bank account for you guys to take my money from.

[limsk]

Much rejoicing even if I have to shop for unbreakable shelves.

... except the post guys who have to heft those packages up the stairs.

[Grimmy]

The Blight is all Richard Pett and it's that big?

*shivers*

[Skeeter Green]

<weeping>

oh, wait, we have Ling now!

<does happy dance>

SG

[Laric]

Awesome!

[Bill Webb]

Greg is the lead developer on both. Richard wrote Blight, and Ken wrote NS. But Greg is making them "froggier"

[DaveMage]

I like big books and I can not lie...

[Zherog]

Skeeter Green wrote:

<weeping>

oh, wait, we have Ling now!

<does happy dance>

SG

* begins weeping*

[Shem]

DaveMage wrote:

I like big books and I can not lie...

LOL, got me...

[Laric]

DaveMage wrote:

I like big books and I can not lie...

Too funny!

Nice one Sir Mage-A-Lot

[Bill Webb]

Greg only makes HUGE books I think

[Richard Pett]

Huge and a thing of beauty, and I'm not talking about Greg. The Blight is slitheringly amd sweatily vile.

Heh heh.

[Zherog]

Richard Pett wrote:

Huge and a thing of beauty, and I'm not talking about Greg.

That's what she said!

[Bill Webb]

lol; Greg is kinda pretty....we always make fun of him and tell him he cannot possibly be a gamer

[Chuck Wright]

He isn't! We've only ever met the guy who plays Greg at conventions.

[Greg A. Vaughan]

Richard Pett wrote:

slitheringly amd sweatily vile.

Heh heh.

Now he is talking about GReg

[Laric]

Chuck Wright wrote:

He isn't! We've only ever met the guy who plays Greg at conventions.

Is that the same guy who tastes Greg's food to make sure it isn't laced with poison from disgruntled players who have died at Tsar?

[brvheart]

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Richard Pett wrote:

slitheringly amd sweatily vile.

Heh heh.

Now he is talking about GReg

Hey, now I resemble that remark!

[Greg A. Vaughan]

Bill Webb wrote:

Greg is the lead developer on both. Richard wrote Blight, and Ken wrote NS. But Greg is making them "froggier"

Rich wrote/is writing about 95% of Blight. He's got a few guest writers for specific adventures. I did one, a couple yokels by the names of Logue and Hodge may have some involvement...

Ken Spencer wrote about 75% of Northlands Saga (the campaign guide and 6ish adventures). Since he started his full-time gig at Cubicle 7 he gave me his outlines and left it to us to complete the last adventures. They will be done by a combination of me and a few other writers. Owen Stephens was looking at being in on it but then had the big switch to Green Ronin so I've had to do more shopping around, but it will all be faithful to Ken's original vision and writing.

I'm estimating both books at around 500,000 words at this point, which is roughly Slumbering Tsar size (550,000 words).

By the way, if you liked Ken's Caliphate setting in Death in the Painted Canyons you'll see it getting more love in our future "Desert Kingdoms" book along with Khemit, Ashur, maybe Alcaldar, and Khartous from the new Dunes of Desolation book (coming out in June I think), though that one is still a ways out. All are, of course, part of the Lost Lands.

[justmebd]

The names on that list are all top notch. You should try and get Neil Spicer in on this as well, I've really enjoyed his AP stuff since he hit the scene.

Good thing I budgeted for FGG "Big Books" this year.

[Richard Pett]

The vile one is absolutely correct, the Blight is getting to the 95% stage and about 500,000 words, with a 10 part AP and a campaign setting. It's all nasty.

[mach1.9pants]

So cool to be hearing all this FGG news, my wallet gently weeps.

[Zherog]

mach1.9pants wrote:

So cool to be hearing all this FGG news, my wallet gently weeps.

So does my sleep schedule...

[brvheart]

What is a budget?

[Jeffrey Palmer]

brvheart wrote:

What is a budget?

I think it's the thing I pretend to have so my wife doesn't kill me when I start talking about getting another bookshelf...

[Greg A. Vaughan]

justmebd wrote:

The names on that list are all top notch. You should try and get Neil Spicer in on this as well, I've really enjoyed his AP stuff since he hit the scene.

Good thing I budgeted for FGG "Big Books" this year.

I'd love to get Neil, but between writing for Legendary Games and Paizo, I think he's pretty booked up right now.

[Skeeter Green]

It's really nice to have a lot of camaraderie in this business. We've had a lot of really great people work with us over the years. Not every "industry" can say the people actually like each other.

SG

[justmebd]

I freelanced for the RPGA for a few years, but for some reason never tried to get into Dungeon (BIG Mistake I now regret). I'm working on a few things and hoping to get back on people's call lists in the next year or so.

Just being on these boards recently, along with some other things, really has gotten my creative fires burning again.

(Plus I'm not slaving away all my writing energy 50 hours a week at a newspaper anymore)