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FFG puts WFRP2e back into Print Via POD

Started by Skywalker, September 11, 2012, 03:55:15 PM

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Skywalker

#15
September 11, 2012, 07:12:00 PM
Yeah, between The Enemy Within re-release, 2e going POD, and Star Wars RPG pillaging it, I think 3e is going into retirement.

FWIW it had a decent run though (about the length of 2e's) with all the major supplements planned released for it IIRC.

Tommy Brownell

#16
September 11, 2012, 07:35:21 PM
Quote from: ZWEIHÄNDER;581745I'm genuinely curious what the print quality will be like. Has anyone worked with DriveThruRPG's print on demand option?

I have a few books from them, black and white softcovers, and they look as good as any other black and white softcovers I own (Pendragon and Wu Xing).
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#17
September 11, 2012, 07:37:09 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;581765It tells a story.

So it's a storygame and not an RPG?

:p
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#18
September 11, 2012, 07:48:56 PM
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;581774So it's a storygame and not an RPG?

:p

Hee.

Not what i meant, but it'll work. :p

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#19
September 11, 2012, 09:08:11 PM
I'll finally be able to get Tome of Corruption! :D
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#20
September 11, 2012, 09:19:22 PM Last Edit: September 11, 2012, 09:24:59 PM by TristramEvans
Quote from: Skywalker;581768and Star Wars RPG pillaging it, I think 3e is going into retirement.

I hadn't heard about that . What star Wars RPg is this, and what did they pillage?

QuoteFWIW it had a decent run though (about the length of 2e's) with all the major supplements planned released for it IIRC.

Unfortunately the elves got pretty short shrifted in this edition. I was hoping for at leats one more supplement to give them a magic system at least.

JamesV

#21
September 11, 2012, 09:22:36 PM
It does sound appealing, but since there may be an neat alternative (*ahem*Zweihander*cough*), I'm willing to sit back and let them both vie for my affections.

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#22
September 11, 2012, 09:57:22 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;581797I hadn't heard about that . What star Wars RPg is this, and what did they pillage?

The dice mechanic, the basic stat/skill/talent (sans cards), and some of the resource management.

Quote from: TristramEvans;581797Unfortunately the elves got pretty short shrifted in this edition. I was hoping for at leats one more supplement to give them a magic system at least.

They got shrifted in every edition, 2e was just no different.

But then again, they are Elves so true WFRP fans don't really care :p

estar

#23
September 11, 2012, 11:35:12 PM
Quote from: ZWEIHÄNDER;581745I'm genuinely curious what the print quality will be like. Has anyone worked with DriveThruRPG's print on demand option?

Works great. My copy of majestic Wilderlands is beat to hell and back and still holds together.

jadrax

#24
September 12, 2012, 02:05:22 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;581768Yeah, between The Enemy Within re-release, 2e going POD, and Star Wars RPG pillaging it, I think 3e is going into retirement.

TBH, according to the rumour mill, is already in retirement, with no authors having written anything new, the last play-test being the disguised SW rules and the Enemy Within being locked in a drawer despite being finished months ago.

QuoteFWIW it had a decent run though (about the length of 2e's) with all the major supplements planned released for it IIRC.

I have no idea what supplements they planned tbh, but their certainly seems to be a lot of material 1st and 2nd covered that 3rd has not even touched upon yet.

Marleycat

#25
September 12, 2012, 02:30:40 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;581722Well, well: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/62847/Warhammer-Fantasy-Roleplay-2nd-Edition-Core-Rulebook?term=warhammer+roleplay

I guess FFG sees it that if all the cool kids are doing it, then it should do so too :)

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#26
September 12, 2012, 02:33:35 AM
Quote from: jadrax;581846I have no idea what supplements they planned tbh, but their certainly seems to be a lot of material 1st and 2nd covered that 3rd has not even touched upon yet.

It is true that they did not cover much region setting material and it covered much less than 2e (though it seemed roughly equivalent to 1e, if not a little more, given 1e's focus on adventures). But 3e covered quite a bit and everything initially planned, if anything can be gleaned from the material released.

jadrax

#27
September 12, 2012, 04:26:46 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;581849though it seemed roughly equivalent to 1e, if not a little more, given 1e's focus on adventures.

1st edition had two large city source books, which I think puts it considerably ahead.

Skywalker

#28
September 12, 2012, 05:19:27 AM
Quote from: jadrax;5818671st edition had two large city source books, which I think puts it considerably ahead.

I am by no means an expert on 3e as I can't stand it, but it has had a decent amount of material released for it. Outside of the mechanic only books and adventures, there is the Bestiary, two Books on Magic, two Books on Religion, a Book on War, a Book on Politics, and 4 Books on the Chaos Powers.

I am not sure where it sits exactly in terms of quantum TBH, but I think 3e did OK in terms of amount of material it released and covered all the obvious gaps in it's schedule. YMMV I guess.

jadrax

#29
September 12, 2012, 07:57:49 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;581874I am by no means an expert on 3e as I can't stand it, but it has had a decent amount of material released for it. Outside of the mechanic only books and adventures, there is the Bestiary, two Books on Magic, two Books on Religion, a Book on War, a Book on Politics, and 4 Books on the Chaos Powers.

TBH, I think splitting the box-sets down into separate books is overly generous. Especially when something like Liber Infectous, the Nurgle Book is 48 pages, and 28 of those are the scenario. It is really just the GM section of Signs of Faith (also 48 pages) put in a separate book because you can do that with a boxed set.

But it actually works out even thinner than that. Because despite the fact that there in a box of cards, about 50% of Signs of Faith is actually rules rather than setting. So you get 30 pages of setting in Signs of Faith and another ten pages in Liber Infectous. I believe the other 'Chaos Power' box sets are around the same ratios.
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