[generic] What are you backing?

POD is about £25 cheaper.
I went POD after I looked at my standard quality POD print of Godbound and Worlds without Number.

Love the sewn copies but couldn’t really justify it for what will be an occasional reference work.
 
I still can't work out the value proposition on pod vs offset

It varies depending on the details of the book. If it's a full colour interior then I would go offset if you can. DriveThru premium colour prints are okay, but there's a definite difference. And the price can be surprisingly high as well, if there are enough pages. I went with POD for Liminal, and it actually turned to be more expensive than if I'd gone for the higher offset print backer level (IIRC including postage the POD at cost was over £20).
 
Pinnacle have just announced that their next crowd funding campaign will be Necessary Evil 3, and they will be updating 1 and 2 to SWADE as well…
 
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Paul Wiggy Wade-Williams' project is successfully funded, but just limping to the finish line. A pity that Ubiquity does not get more love.

This is the Leagues of Adventure, though I often mix it with my Space 1889 when the action takes place on Terra Firma.

Meanwhile, the Shadowdark RPG that turns 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons into a B/X nostalgia rulebook is heading for a million.


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Paul Wiggy Wade-Williams' project is successfully funded, but just limping to the finish line. A pity that Ubiquity does not get more love.

This is the Leagues of Adventure, though I often mix it with my Space 1889 when the action takes place on Terra Firma.

Meanwhile, the Shadowdark RPG that turns 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons into a B/X nostalgia rulebook is heading for a million.


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I think one problem might be that the content here is not new? Haven't all these adventures been released in pdf a while back.

I'd love to see more love for ubiquity, it's a great system. Alas the disappearance of the two companies making HEX and Space 1889 has probably hurt it.
 
I think one problem might be that the content here is not new? Haven't all these adventures been released in pdf a while back.

I'd love to see more love for ubiquity, it's a great system. Alas the disappearance of the two companies making HEX and Space 1889 has probably hurt it.
The Space 1889 Ubiquity Kickstarters offered a good selection of books. Pity the company closed shop before the Moon book was published.

The newer Space 1889 After (built for 5e and Empyrean) did not appeal to me, they used full colour art and pushed the timeline into a future.
 
Yeah I picked up most of the 1889 line. I do think in the planet supplements they focused a bit much on the colonies and could have had more on the planetary environments and space elements. But they were nice books.
 
Meanwhile, the Shadowdark RPG that turns 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons into a B/X nostalgia rulebook is heading for a million.
I would love to know how that project is doing it. I keep looking at the available information, and it's just odd. Solid writing, good combination of B/X and 5E features, reasonable black & white art, high printing standards is what I'm seeing. Yet there is nothing here that makes it stand out technically from OSE, Beyond the Wall, Basic Fantasy, LotFP, or a tonne of other retroclonishes (and OSE still beats it on physical quality from the looks of things). Is it just good marketing? I need some of that marketing. :unsure:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadowdarkrpg/shadowdark-rpg-old-school-gaming-modernized
 
Paul Wiggy Wade-Williams' project is successfully funded, but just limping to the finish line. A pity that Ubiquity does not get more love.

This is the Leagues of Adventure, though I often mix it with my Space 1889 when the action takes place on Terra Firma.

Meanwhile, the Shadowdark RPG that turns 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons into a B/X nostalgia rulebook is heading for a million.


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The other issue with this is pricing; £50 + shipping for a 150pp book seems a lot, heading towards completionist only territory.
 
The other issue with this is pricing; £50 + shipping for a 150pp book seems a lot, heading towards completionist only territory.

You should check out the shipping for Savage Worlds books straight from Pinnacle. The last time I checked it was $99 to ship the Fantasy Companion. I remember paying $8 for shipping not so long ago.
 
You should check out the shipping for Savage Worlds books straight from Pinnacle. The last time I checked it was $99 to ship the Fantasy Companion. I remember paying $8 for shipping not so long ago.
I have the FC on a never never when it gets here order with Travelling Man.
The price of that KS is just too high methinks.
Not sure there is a need for a Ubiquity rulebook.
A clearly licensed SRD would be more helpful, but I just wish the people behind HEX came back.
 
I have backed Hârn, no surprise, and here's an informative video about it. Not from Columbia but a blogger. It's a little confused at the beginning whilst he waits for his guest to turn up, and in the meantime he absolutely explains and details the setting!!

 
I am terrified of backing Hârn, having looked at the back catalogue of material already produced for it. However, I'll probably go for Matt Finch's new Swords & Wizardry, because I'm in two minds as to whether to shift to S&W or the WotC CC SRD for the 2nd of edition of BLUEHOLME™. Which isn't due until the 10th anniversary of the Journeymanne Rules, so 2027. I could have gone for the 10th anniversary of the Prentice Rules, but I'm not ready this year.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook

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