So, D&D's 2007 release schedule...

Abyssal Maw · February 17, 2007, 06:37:14 PM

Quote from: GabrielRegarding the Rules Compendium...

This seems like exactly the kind of textual tap dancing I've seen for years from Palladium. "It isn't a new edition, it's just Revised." or "It isn't a new edition, it's an Ultimate edition." And in that case it's more or less a way to say that they're releasing a new edition without it actually being a new edition.

Plus, isn't the item description pretty much exactly the same kind of changes as 3.5 was? (Absorbing erratta, combining in a few additions, etc.)

Well.. not really. This isn't a PHB. Not much content here at all. No spell lists, equipment or other stuff. This is definitely just a book of rules. It's kind of a
"Definitive guide to grapples and sunders" kind of thing.

JongWK · February 18, 2007, 01:21:28 AM

Quote from: Abyssal MawOn Latin america: "I'm not sure, but ask Scott Rouse" (and he directed me to Scott but there was someone already talking to him). I'll ry and catch Scott tomorrow.

Thanks for asking! I hope you can get more information tomorrow.

Something I can't remember: does Wizards publish PDF-only products? If not, why?

Also, any news about d20 Modern? I know it's not D&D, but...

Abyssal Maw · February 18, 2007, 07:18:29 PM

Hye Jong, the con is over and I'm already home, but I did catch Scott Rouse on Saturday night. He mentioned something about all Latin American WOTC translation and promotional stuff being done through a company called DeVir.

DeVir website: http://www.devir.com.br/rpg/index_13_eirpg.php

I also asked about D20 Modern and they could not tell me of any D20 Modern releases for 2007. I asked "Is D20 Modern going away?"
And the answer was "no"

Pete · February 19, 2007, 03:26:54 PM

This was a splendid job you've done, AM. Thanks so much!

RedFox · February 19, 2007, 04:49:52 PM

Yeah thanks, that was really cool!

And Pundit must be tickled.

RPGPundit · February 19, 2007, 07:36:25 PM

I'm very tickled about being proven right about D&D "4e".

Not so tickled about their choices for Latinamerica... oh yeah, let's put the entire spanish-speaking world's products in the hands of a Brazilian, portuguese-speaking company. Surely they won't end up being introspectively focused on the Brazilian market and totally utterly ignore the rest of latinamerica, right?

Ah, well. Just means there'll still be a market there for whenever FtA! gets published.

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JongWK · February 19, 2007, 09:49:31 PM

Devir translates D&D to Spanish, but they do it slower than to Portuguese (just check their releases). Also, and what's even worse, their "Latinamerican" website is a proxie of Spain's, and doesn't even sell online to Latin America. Meh!

RPGPundit · February 20, 2007, 12:13:09 AM

Yup, they're crap. Not to mention that just reprinting the $30US hardcovers as-is, translated to spanish, is NOT a "latinamerican strategy", its a recipe for continued failure.

BTW, someone should tell WoTC that Devir cares way more about GURPS than they do D&D and give it way more attention in Brazil. And why wouldn't they? GURPS is far more popular in Brazil than D&D, because you don't need dice you virtually can't buy in south america to play GURPS.

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Koltar · February 20, 2007, 12:42:15 AM

Quote from: RPGPunditYup, they're crap. Not to mention that just reprinting the $30US hardcovers as-is, translated to spanish, is NOT a "latinamerican strategy", its a recipe for continued failure.

BTW, someone should tell WoTC that Devir cares way more about GURPS than they do D&D and give it way more attention in Brazil. And why wouldn't they? GURPS is far more popular in Brazil than D&D, because you don't need dice you virtually can't buy in south america to play GURPS.

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Sean Punch (Kromm) went to Brazil this past year for precisely that reason I believe.
There is something to be said for a game using dice that are easy to acquire.

- E.W.C.

RPGPundit · February 20, 2007, 01:06:34 AM

Yup. Games being marketed to third-world countries pretty well have to be; unless you're prepared to package games with dice included.

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