WereSteve wrote:Layout ...

The main section of module text would have looked better to me in a two column format than the way it is presented.  

I personally agree with this. In fact, I put a pretty good amount of effort into turning this into a two column format, but by the time it was in my hands for editing too much stuff was added. Word is extremely user un-friendly when it comes to completely changing layouts, so we decided to leave it. All future modules will be two columned format from the beginning to avoid that.

Maps ...

This is also not an error. We only marked new locations on the 5-mile hex maps that are relevant to the module. Modron, Brushwood, Sunlitten, et cetera are all marked on the Campaign Scale map.

After talking this through with my father, I went ahead and brushed up all of the maps and added Modron to the Map for the Roglaroon Hex 3615 (I think, I'm at work right now so I don't have it in front of me). I believe this change was done before it was available on lulu. If not, I'll include a free Map Errata Download on the site once I'm home and it will be available for free at RPG Now as well. This should have been in all printed versions after Nov 1st or 3rd. I'll figure out when this change was made.

I checked my copy, and it does include the updated maps, but I am sure the link you provided will prove useful to those who purchased an early copy of the module.

As for MS Word ... I agree that it is very unfriendly for some functions, especially 2007 and newer.

Thank you for your continued efforts ...

Steve

I got my updated copy of Lost Man's Road (with Modron on the maps this time) from Lulu this week, along with a copy of G8 Manor of the Mountain Giant King by our own R.C. Pinnell.

I like Lost Man's Road.  Aside from a glossy, perfect bound cover, its Judges Guild linneage is clear.  

It would be great if the New Judges Guild could find a way to work with Kevin Seimbieda.  Examples of his artwork would make the vintage feel complete.

There is a distinctive Bledsaw approach to NPC names.  Consider Druke Everwist, Sethwick Boon and Merron the Bearded.  I also chuckled at Jutlow Coogie, Woot Deppel and Dandy Applecore.  This is as much the Bledsaw style as names like Vrool Hroop are Gygaxian.

The back cover is a bit funny.  There is a Frazetta-like drawing of a mostly-naked girl poking her butt at you....and then you notice that the main subjects of the picture are actually a man wearing a crown and loincloth (sitting on sort of a stump-like toilet...or a toilet-like stump - honestly, that's what it really looks like), talking to a hippogriff.

The bent-over naked girl is funny because right above the picture we are told to watch for new Judges Guild releases like Noltec, and Tegal Manor II:  Night of the Living Rumps.  

I did not make that up.  

The entire product's Judges Guild roots are very visible.  It is as much Judges Guild as any of the classic publications, except that the art might be too good.  I'm putting it on the shelf with my other JG items with no qualms.

Welcome aboard and really glad to hear it.  Bits and pices of information about this project have trickled out for a couple of years.  I am really looking forward to it.  I don't even care what system it is for, I just want the fluff and hold out hope for some good maps.

I am going to cross post this announcement in the Wilderlands section of the Necromancer Games forum.  A lot of Wilderlands fans still visit that site.

leadjunkie wrote: I just want the fluff and hold out hope for some good maps.

Plaag wrote:Who is doing the maps for this?

I had a hand in with the mapping of the project. I think people are really going to like the overland map that will be part of this. I developed a new color style especially for this project.

robertsconley wrote:
I had a hand in with the mapping of the project. I think people are really going to like the overland map that will be part of this. I developed a new color style especially for this project.

Nice to see you are the one involved for the maps.

ShaneG.

City State of the Sea Kings (CSSK) primarily focuses on the City of Rallu and the Isle of the Blest. While Tula is mentioned, and somewhat involved with Rallu, the CSSK product will not cover Tula in any cartography way. Both Rob Conley and I, Chris Bernhardt, have done maps for the CSSK book, and have collaborated on several of them as well.

As to how the project came about, I actually go into all the details of this in the book itself, so I am going to hold off on that for now. It has been a work in progress for about 10 years, give or take. I know, I think about it myself and kind of cringe when I say it. However there has been a multitude of issues that have caused the extended delay in CSSK making its debut before now. For the moment let me just say that several rewrites and other either business or personal concerns have affected the books progress. The most significant event was of course the passing of Bob Bledsaw, the Invincible Overlord himself. I cannot say that the book has been 'on and off', as to my mind it has been 'on' since I started to work on it. Perhaps I should say that it has been 'on' in one fashion or another since its beginning, just in different forms. Hope that is not too cryptic and gives you at least some kind of response to your question.

Again for now, I do not want to go into too much other detail for the moment. Suffice it to say that I will post more when it is appropriate to do so and when the information is actually available for release. My thanks for all the interest and praise for our work. More to follow...

CSSK

I am soooooo looking forward to this.  

All good information.  Do either of you know a release date for this?

ShaneG.