tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post5292474229428281212..comments2024-03-29T07:35:51.362+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: A Ballad of Times Past - part oneDave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-69435436336059811802015-11-12T14:43:01.025+00:002015-11-12T14:43:01.025+00:00Thanks, Paul - and good luck with your search for ...Thanks, Paul - and good luck with your search for In From The Cold. I see it's listed on Amazon for £2500 so I think this is one of those occasions when I'm going to have to advocate piracy.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-34724422003011219602015-11-12T13:53:25.017+00:002015-11-12T13:53:25.017+00:00I still have the copy of White Dwarf with this sce...I still have the copy of White Dwarf with this scenario in it; a lovely tale to play through and the low-magic setting made a refreshing change. Now to track down a copy of From the Cold...<br />Good stuff! :)Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-9484059383274637842012-12-19T11:34:25.306+00:002012-12-19T11:34:25.306+00:00Alan Moore is a wizard, of course, so that makes p...Alan Moore is a wizard, of course, so that makes perfect sense.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-63231648086037949612012-12-19T03:48:38.898+00:002012-12-19T03:48:38.898+00:00I'm delighted to say I have a legal copy of In...I'm delighted to say I have a legal copy of In From The Cold. It really is a great collection.Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-61867045849195636942012-12-18T08:03:37.867+00:002012-12-18T08:03:37.867+00:00This is really a kick-ass D&D-scenario. I like...This is really a kick-ass D&D-scenario. I like the simple elegant solution to limiting wizarding. Also in the magazine the illustration of I think being of the wizard looks like Alan Moore. (I do not mean who made the illustration but the face that is illustrated sort of looks like him.)Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838302056850766272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-16994025157217225702012-12-11T09:24:11.135+00:002012-12-11T09:24:11.135+00:00PS: That is of course piracy, so I'm not proud...PS: That is of course piracy, so I'm not proud of it... :-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-44149163614773883562012-12-11T09:23:10.659+00:002012-12-11T09:23:10.659+00:00The great thing about Createspace is that, given a...The great thing about Createspace is that, given a PDF, you can set up and publish the print version in no time. In fact, needing a spare copy of one of the DW books last Christmas, I set it up, ordered the proof, and then deleted it. Took about 30 minutes!Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-24191300565391400442012-12-10T16:49:56.587+00:002012-12-10T16:49:56.587+00:00That was a pleasant surprise. Thanks for publishin...That was a pleasant surprise. Thanks for publishing this adventure - it's much appreciated! <br /><br />I'm very happy that the rest of the DW line will be going print-on-demand with SKG, especially since Fury Of The Deep could make it's debut as an official printed supplement (it was previously PDF-only).Jiminyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928886405446170395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-70534394436999897802012-12-10T14:06:14.899+00:002012-12-10T14:06:14.899+00:00There are certainly cases where putting a movie or...There are certainly cases where putting a movie or book away in the vaults for a while can boost interest. Disney have been doing this for years, and when Marvel started releasing their back catalogue in digital form, it wan't long before they noticed that having everything available any time people wanted it meant that it wasn't prized. Announce that Daredevil 1-50 are going off sale next month for 5 years and you can bet sales will go up.<br /><br />None of that really applies to old gaming material, though, most of which is even more of a minority interest than Silver Age comics. We're certainly hoping to get all our old gamebooks back out into the world in both print and ebook editions, and I know Serpent King Games are working hard at reissuing all the DW material - as well as new products like the Player's Book.<br /><br />Talking of which, I have the "Silent Night" DW scenario that I ran for my players last Christmas. I'm hoping that SKG will get time to release that in some form this year, but if not then I'll run it here next Christmas. Don't worry, it won't seem like a year ;-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-71399433577429226052012-12-10T12:51:21.562+00:002012-12-10T12:51:21.562+00:00In From the Cold is the only one of the new Dragon...In From the Cold is the only one of the new Dragon Warriors books that I do not own. Don't worry, I won't be visiting Dark Cavalier's site; I'll either buy it from eBay, or wait for the Serpent King edition.<br /><br />There are some gaming books, though, that are long out-of-print. Sometimes this is because the market is too small to warrant a reprint (hopefully we won't see this so much in the future thanks to PoD services). Sometimes it is because the holder of the copyright - not the author - believes that their interests are served by 'disappearing' the book. <br /><br />Now, it doesn't seem like we're all that bothered when gaming books are disappeared, only available from collectors at collectors' prices (which doesn't benefit the pocket of the author or the copyright holder in the slightest), never to be reprinted or otherwise made avaialable. Gaming books aren't real culture afterall, are they?<br /><br />But what if a publisher of real books decided that it would let a novel go out of print - forever - in the hope that such a strategy would boost the sales of their new novels?<br /><br />I am very pleased to see that the move to PoD/.pdf has brought plenty of books back from the dead - the entire product lines for King Arthur Pendragon and Classic Traveller, for example, are legally available through these methods. I hope more publishers take this route or releasing and distributing their back catalogue.<br /><br />[The above is not a defence of piracy, or for information to be 'free', but simply for it to be reasonably available.] Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.com