Xaxaxe wrote:Meaning no disrespect at all to Rob Kuntz and his latest project, but this idea I would pay to see developed.
TheHistorian wrote:I'll post a question in Greg's absence and eagerly await a possible answer...Does Pendragon second edition exist?Seems pretty simple on the surface. It makes sense that after first edition would come second edition, before moving on to third. Except that the only reference to it is in the Noble's Book, and I can't find any information about it in Net searching...Thanks!
Alexander1968 wrote:I have some question about Different Worlds: why did Chaosium decide to publish its own magazine? Was it successful? What was the average print run of an issue, especially the later ones? Why did DW left Chaosium along Tadashi Ehara? Was the split amicable?
Ethesis wrote:It seemed successful, and Tadashi acted as if the split was amicable.He's around, someone should ask him.
Greg Stafford wrote:Ah yes, that was another version of the same game.The interior never appreciably changed, just the box. I remember that for that one we never had a finished box cover, just a black color separation and the colors on another one.
MShipley88 wrote:I wonder if you have any recall of the early versions of Stormbringer.The first box was two inches thick. The second box was a one inch box and the contents had been combined in a single book.As far as I can tell, the two versions were published very close together.Can you recall why the change between editions, or any other details?
MShipley88 wrote:Elric! is treated as an entirely separate game from Stormbringer.
Interesting to find that there was such a gap between the first two versions of the game. I know of at least one alternative booklet...but the version I am thinking of was French, and so might have been very different indeed.
One piece of information that eludes me is why Chaosium did not continue publishing the D20 version of their game. They put out Dragon Lords of Melnibone and Slaves of Fate, and then abandoned Straits of Chaos and Cults of Law and Chaos before publication.
Then, in the very same year (2001), Chaosium put out a fifth edition of Stormbringer, which they almost immediately ceased supporting.
Beyondthebreach wrote:Sorry, I don't have a pic, but Pendragon 2nd edition does exist. It contains 3 books in a box set. Book's are entitled: Squire's book, Knight's book and King's book. Also came with dice.
ShannonA wrote:Have you actually touched a copy? I've never seen one here in the Bay Area, or even in Chaosium's archive, so my guess has long been "no". What you describe, however, is definitely what the 2nd edition was supposed to contain.Greg thinks it might have been swallowed up by the Chaosium decision to step away from boxes due to the labor issues of collation.
How did the idea for a Call of Cthulhu RPG come about? (I mean, when I say a "Call of Cthulhu RPG" it makes me wonder what I'll be doing besides burning all the books, running away from things and refusing to read the notes of missing professors.) What was your first thought when the idea was presented?
How did Chaosium acquire the license for such a huge literary phenomenon? Was it negotiated directly with Arkham House?
(And, did the people at Arkham house have scary voices or extra appendages?)
There must be some potential for real problems in dealing with a writing project shared by so many well-known and little-known authors...?
How does a company like Chaosium decide what to do next with such a successful publishing project as the Call of Cthulhu RPG?
Also, do you have any recollection of average print runs for some of those editions and modules?
Hi Greg, out of curiosity, are you gonna go to SoCal GenCon this year?