Not big Kickstarter-type numbers or anything but still pretty personally gratifying to me, because 1) it'a more copies than the first book sold on its first day, 2) it was enough to get me at least briefly into the Top 20 at DriveThruRPG, and 3) this earned me enough to clear my production costs. So even if I never sell another unit of this at least I won’t have lost any money on it. And that means from here on out it’s all profit, baby!
Also, a thread about the book was created at Dragonsfoot for people to share their thoughts and reactions and plans for modifying and using the content in their own games, and to ask me questions and berate me for everything they think I did wrong or stupidly. Follow this link directly to the specific thread so you don't get accidentally pulled into an acrimonious debate about the 1E initiative rules or demi-human level limits ;)
Very cool, Trent. Make sure you post links to any reviews people post!
ReplyDeleteHaven’t seen any yet (other than a couple quick first-impression forum posts). Let me know if you see any as well.
DeleteCongratulations, comrade! Long life!
ReplyDeleteI heard about it on Dragonsfoot and bought it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support! Hope you enjoy and get some good use out of it.
DeleteI just got my print copy yesterday - it barely took 2 or 3 weeks to ship overseas to the middle east, which is quite good in these tumultuous times. The book is clearly a labour of live, highly detailed and brimming with useful content. I just had the pleasure of reading the forward and sampling some treasure and monster lair descriptions and I can comfortably say my curiosity is piqued. The maps are also very clear and interesting, and the book spurred several conversations at work when colleagues saw it on my desk. I also found the interior artwork tasteful, especially the sketches by who I'm guessing is your brother. Great job! Can't wait to run some of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words and I hope your positive first impression is paid off as you continue reading and use it at the table. Note that the scale on the wilderness map is 3 miles per hex (an unfortunate omission - it was on the hand-drawn original but got accidentally left off the final version). The sketch art is all by my dad, who passed away in 2022 (while I was writing the book). I found all of these pieces in his old sketch books.
DeleteJust before bed yesterday I had a chance to read the author's note at the end of the book, and saw it was your late father who drew these enticing pieces. My sincere condolences for his passing, he was clearly a talented artist and you did well to honor him by including his work in your book. Reading a bit more, I'm impressed by the level of verisimilitude you managed to put into these locations, fantastic as they are. They feel rooted and lived-in, without compromising on the core components required for deep, engaging and fun gameplay. I read this and instantly envision fun ways things could play out.
DeleteThank you. It was my wife’s idea to see if we could find anything by my dad to include (most of his work was large oil paintings, mostly of landscapes) and it was nice to find several usable sketches. The combination of fantastic + plausible + playable +
DeleteInspiring (that reading the descriptions makes you imagine multiple different ways it could play out) is exactly what I was going for so I’m very glad to hear that came across to you.