Edit: Chris Sanderson of Battlefield Bangkok says the three reprobates in the image are Nakorn and Nakorn (no relation) in the foreground, and Brian in the background, who appears to be up to no good. They’ll be running their first session shortly.
I’ve just received my publisher copies of The Esoterrorists in Thai, and here I am informed are the first two customers. Read more here – if you can read Thai. All I can say is – geeks of the world unite!
RetroPunk’s licensed version of Trail of Cthulhu is available on pre-release with “surprise gifts” for the early birds, or at least they promise me that’s what this says:
A RetroPunk é uma editora pequena, essa é uma verdade do Mythos revelada desde o princípio, e por ser pequena, ela depende da ajuda de vocês para continuar existindo ao mesmo tempo que fortalece sua forma e proposta.
A partir do dia 13/09/2010, a RetroPunk oferece a pré-venda de seu primeiro lançamento Rastro de Cthulhu, primeiro livro para o sistema Gumshoe e nossa meta de venda durante dois meses é:
Fase 1: 50 exemplares (de 13/09 a 28/09) – Livro impresso + PDF + 2 “presentes surpresa”
Fase 2: 250 exemplares (de 29/09 a 20/10) – Livro impresso + PDF + 1 “presente surpresa”
Fase 3: 500 exemplares (de 21/10 a 15/11) – Livro impresso + PDF
O livro custará R$ 70,00 (mais frete) e possui o seguinte formato: 21x28cm, capa dura, miolo de aproximadamente 250 páginas colorido (2×2 – tons sépia). A versão em pdf será encaminhada a partir de 01/11.
Então, não perca tempo, clique no link e adquira sua cópia!
Pelgrane Press acquire the rights to publish an RPGs based on the Dying Earth and Gaean Reach Books By Jack Vance.
LONDON, ENGLAND: Pelgrane Press Ltd, a UK-based company, announced today that it has acquired the rights to produce games based on Jack Vance’s seminal Dying Earth stories and The Gaean Reach series.
Pelgrane Press publishes the Dying Earth RPG and supplements, and more recently the GUMSHOE series of roleplaying games, including the Ennie-award-winning Trail of Cthulhu.
“When the Dying Earth licensed expired last year, we ran a closing down sale, and this was so succesful it enabled us to renew the license, and branch out into Jack Vance’s science fiction settings,” says Simon Rogers, Managing Director of Pelgrane Press. ” The Gaean Reach series offers a galaxy full of exotic cultures, flawed characters and complex machinations. It combines the crafted dialogue of the Dying Earth with Vance’s deft way with mysteries – ideal fodder for roleplaying games.”
John Vance, son of the 93-year-old author, says, “My father and I are very pleased to see Pelgrane Press developing further game modules based on these signature Vance worlds, and we hope they provide many hours of enjoyment, both to his long-time fans and to gamers new to the works.”
Robin D Laws will write the core rules for the Gaean Reach with Jim Webster and Peter Freeman providing first an Encyclopedia, then setting material and supplements. Expect to see a series of releases based on the many regions of the Gaean Reach. The Dying Earth will be on sale again shortly, with new material by Ian Thomson and new issues of XPS.
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Jack Vance is the world’s greatest living Fantasy author. He wrote the DYING EARTH series of books over many years; the original volume “The Dying Earth” was released before Lord of the Rings. His loosely connected Gaean Reach fiction includes The Demon Princes series, Ports of Call and The Cadwal Chronicles.
Pelgrane Press is an award-winning RPG company established in 2000 and has published more than thirty books and rpg supplements, now translated into four languages.
Simon Rogers is the and owner of Pelgrane Press Ltd and co-owner of ProFantasy Software Ltd, creators of the Campaign Cartographer 3 map-making software for gamers.
Pelgrane products have been translated into four languages, with Portuguese the most recent. RetroPunk, our Portugeuse licensee have been working quickly, and we already have their cover image for Trail of Cthulhu (upper left). We are very fortunate with our licensees that they are reliable, produce excellent translations, and pay promptly.
French: 7eme cercle
Italian: Janus, Stratelibri
Spanish: Edge Enterainment
Portuguese: RetroPunk
I am looking for RPG publishing licensees to produce supplementary material for GUMSHOE rpg settings, excluding Trail of Cthulhu, but including Mutant City Blues, Esoterrorists, Fear Itself and some forthcoming settings.
If this is of interest, please email me (simon@dyingearth.com)
