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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:52 pm

Got it today. The packaging was in a cardboard envelope, which was fine. Only a sadistic postman would attempt to bend it in half folded into a postbox. My postman is awesome, ringing my doorbell to hand deliver it while also knowing it had my old address on it (it was a while ago we ordered this thing, right?).

I think the PPP pre-order model is dead. I'd still be interested in ordering future material though, after it's already been published. Just my two coppers...

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:58 pm

mandalaymoon wrote:Got it today. The packaging was in a cardboard envelope, which was fine. Only a sadistic postman would attempt to bend it in half folded into a postbox. My postman is awesome, ringing my doorbell to hand deliver it while also knowing it had my old address on it (it was a while ago we ordered this thing, right?).

I think the PPP pre-order model is dead. I'd still be interested in ordering future material though, after it's already been published. Just my two coppers...

If you got yours in a carboard envelope, then you got something none of us others did.
Mine were delivered inside a large envelope with NO cardboard.

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:59 pm

Aneoth wrote:Troll Lord Games (Castles and Crusades)
http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/
Adventure Games Publishing
http://www.adventuregamespubs.com./

Just to name two I know of. I had more sites and companies to list once upon a time, but a month back my hard drive fried and I lost everything I had.

Expeditious Retreat Press - see their "Advanced Adventures" line.

Pied Piper Publishing - Rob Kuntz's Pathways to Enchantment

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:03 pm

Goodman Games has put out some Castles & Crusades and 1e modules.

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:06 pm

Aneoth wrote:
If you got yours in a carboard envelope, then you got something none of us others did.
Mine were delivered inside a large envelope with NO cardboard.

My came this way as well. A decent Bubble mailer, but with no backing what so ever. Thankfully, my regular mailman is awesome and never tries to bend stuff to fit into my mailbox, but never the less my map was still a little rough around the edges and the module booklet itself has a few light spine creases, all of which could have been easily avoided at almost no extra cost....

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:17 pm

bclarkie wrote:
My came this way as well. A decent Bubble mailer, but with no backing what so ever. Thankfully, my regular mailman is awesome and never tries to bend stuff to fit into my mailbox, but never the less my map was still a little rough around the edges and the module booklet itself has a few light spine creases, all of which could have been easily avoided at almost no extra cost....

Mine were in a lightly padded envelope (Not bubble though), otherwise Same here. Both of my LE modules have slight spine creases, which would not have happened at all, with just a little care. I can only imagine what they would look if my mail person had not parked her truck and walked up to my door instead of stuffing that flimsy envelope inside the mailbox at the curb.

I would no doubt be totaly amd completely pissed off and would be constantly flamming Rob and company far more than is healthy for any of us.

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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:24 pm

jonjhargreaves wrote:As someone who knows very little of where to start buying new, is there anybody else out there currently doing 1E AD&D style work worth a look?

Have a look at
Goblinoid Games.

They offer free PDF downloads and Paid Print-on-Demand.

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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:56 pm

Thanks for the pointers,
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:56 am

Jaybird216 wrote:
Have a look at
Goblinoid Games.

Cool! I downloaded the free Labyrinth Lord pdf. I'd like to support them by buying the hardbound book and other items. Here's the problem I have with most OSRIC small publishers though ...you need to purchase these through Lulu. I've heard mixed messages about Lulu service. For every person I've heard tell a positive experience, I've also heard someone say their order took way too long (months), their order never arrived at all, or customer service is hard to reach to correct problems. Maybe I should give it a shot but limit my exposure to one simple book and see what happens? Does anyone on Acaeum have any experience with ordering stuff from Lulu?

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:15 am

Hi,

mine arrived in the UK yesterday.

Good padded envelope, but no cardboard support.

Map is numbered in green ink on the back.

Bad thing was I was pretty sure I applied for it in MY name - altho I admittedly paid for it using the Missus Paypal account.

So its HER name, not mine, inside

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:16 am

I've never used lulu for anything, but I'll put in a word of support for GG. Dan Proctor's a great guy!

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:20 pm

islestrike wrote:Does anyone on Acaeum have any experience with ordering stuff from Lulu?

Cheers!

I bought Labyrinth Lord via Lulu and had no problems. Book arrived in about a week and was in good condition.

joe b.

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:26 pm

I've bought a few different books from Lulu, with mixed results:

Wolfgang Baur's Empire of the Ghouls = color interior pages and h/c, h/c binding was crap, in process of working with their customer support folks to replace the copies
Wolfgang Baur's Arabian Nights sc/pb books with color interiors and binding was good (same with Castle ShadowCrag too, which was all b&w interior)
OSRIC's Monsters of Myth = h/c binding was good, though some copies (our local gaming group placed a bulk order) had problems with the way the covers were bound to the boards

So, it looks like their h/c books are dicier than their sc/pb ones.

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:10 pm

I used lulu for some of the earlier Osric modules and seemed to encounter no problems, but haven't used them for sometime.

ShaneG.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:56 am

Well it's Friday, mail just came...no freaking $150.00 albatross :evil:

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:52 am

lordan wrote:Well it's Friday, mail just came...no freaking $150.00 albatross

You get mail on Good Friday? We won't get mail again until next Tuesday.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:10 pm

Mars wrote:You get mail on Good Friday? We won't get mail again until next Tuesday.

The Canada Postal union has had some good negotiators over the years... :wink:

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:05 pm

grodog March 15 wrote:
In the meanwhile, if folks haven't received their packages by next weekend (for USA orders) or in two for international orders, please post here and we'll address them. That'll allow time for whatever vagaries exist in the USPS to work themselves out, I imagine.

Vagaries. Right. :roll:

No sign of my $150.00 Limited Edition (with supersized map and fries).

To those who received one, take heart in the knowledge that fewer than the official 51 ... er, 53, ... er, 500 ... whatever number of "official" LE copies were actually processed and shipped out.

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