killjoy32 wrote:so when do we get the first subscription? *jumps up and down with impatience*Al
jamesmishler wrote:First issue goes out in October, as soon as it is done... which probably means late October.
jasonw1239 wrote:Do you have any update on the shipping date of issue #1?
One thing I want to mention is that I haven't said anything about progress lately; this is because every time I note progress has been made, SOMETHING happens to stop said progress in its tracks, and I'm tired of putting a hex on the whole thing. So at this point, the next that will be heard of the first issue is when it finally goes off to press (and I sincerely hope that doesn't hex it, too). People often say that gamers are superstitious. You'd be superstitious, too, if you kept getting hexed...
Plaag wrote:Reading some of the posts from others, I figure he's done posting until he's done writing since people have raised complaints. So hopefully he can get the 1st one wrapped up and have a good idea how to tackle the rest.ShaneG.
jamesmishler wrote:Plaag's spot on. The post about the hexing was in jest (well, mostly in jest). The real reason I've been so silent is because most folks who were speaking up were wondering why I was posting and not writing... so I shut up and kept writing. Then of course folks who wondered why I wasn't posting started speaking up and... only proved to me you can't win for losing. But here's an update...The first issue of Adventure Games Journal is in final layout. I had hoped to have that complete before Christmas, in order to have it at the printer before the new year, but holiday stuff got in the way. So it looks like it will go to the printers the first week of January.The first Campaign Installment, Player's Guide to the Southern Reaches, is not yet complete. However, part of the production process has shown me that working on two very different products at the same time slows both products down, so I have decided upon a new shipping format, to fit my new production format...The magazines and campaign installments, rather than shipping together, will be stagger shipped. AGJ #1 will ship in January. CI #1 will ship in February. AGJ #2 will ship in March, CI #2 in April, and so forth. The effect is still the same, two 48-page books every other month, but subscribers will get a book every month rather than two every other month. Shipping will be First Class rather than Priority; I'm going to end up eating it a bit on the shipping to current international customers, but I think it's a better way of getting product out there. Goodies will ship with each mailing (the freebie color maps will usually ship with the CI, but in the case of the first it will ship with the AGJ).So there's the latest and greatest. AGJ #1 in January, CI #1 in February, and (ideally) a regular monthly schedule thereafter.I offer a 30-day money back guarantee on all products (I should post it on the site, now that I think of it). If you don't like the product, ship it back and I will refund your money. If someone wants out of a subscription, I will refund them the portion remaining (at this point in time, all of it), no questions asked. I'm not out to steal anyone's money.Things simply have not gone as smoothly as I'd hoped. I should have known after all these years in the industry that nothing ever goes as planned, no matter how prepared you think you are, and set aside more time to get things started. Harsh lesson relearned.