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Warriors of the Red Planet

Started by K Peterson, December 28, 2012, 02:47:41 AM

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Gronan of Simmerya

#15
October 21, 2014, 04:22:13 AM
Sword and Planet is always good!
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

S'mon

#16
October 21, 2014, 05:01:59 AM Last Edit: October 21, 2014, 05:09:29 AM by S'mon
Let me know when this adventure is available to buy, preferably hardcopy (Lulu?). :cool:

Edit: Just checked WoTRP on Lulu - can you set it up for European printing? The £9 shipping cost from North America is painful on an £11.49 book.

Also, Warriors of the Red Planet does not show up on a Search of Lulu - http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=%22Warriors+of+the+Red+Planet%22&sorter=relevance-desc - I was checking if a pdf might be available.

YourSwordisMine

#17
October 21, 2014, 07:39:32 AM
http://www.lulu.com/shop/thomas-denmark-and-al-krombach/warriors-of-the-red-planet/paperback/product-21694686.html


"inspired by the works of Burroughs, Vance, Moorcock, Kline, Norman and others."

Uh... You kind of lost me there...
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Thor's Nads

#18
October 22, 2014, 01:31:49 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;793137"inspired by the works of Burroughs, Vance, Moorcock, Kline, Norman and others."

Uh... You kind of lost me there...

I read the Gor books before the Mars (Barsoom) books in high school and enjoyed the first few, but yeah, in hindsight they're pretty terrible. However, they are an established part of the genre and it would be an oversight to not include some references to them. Though you'd be hard pressed to find exactly where in WotRP unless you knew specifically what to look for.
Gen-Xtra

Molotov

#19
October 22, 2014, 02:19:28 AM
Quote from: thomden;793123I wrote an adventure for Warriors of the Red Planet to run at Big Bad Con over the weekend. It was a good time, the players - as players tend to do - did unexpected and very clever things.

The adventure was designed "sandbox" style, not as a railroad. So it is more like an adventure location, than a linear adventure. Though it does have a series of events that happen roughly in order. There are some Lovecraftian influences, quite a bit of Gygax (Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun to be exact), and of course plenty of Burroughs.

The player's managed to avoid the final encounter and the big aerial battle at the end I was planning on, so it ended about a half hour earlier then intended. I collected the playtest notes and am in the process of incorporating them, and tightening up the adventure all around.

Sweet! I look forward to it.

I had a great time running Warriors of the Red Planet at Big Bad Con as well. Was cool to run into you for a few moments in passing, Thomas. :)

Simlasa

#20
October 22, 2014, 02:56:15 AM Last Edit: October 22, 2014, 02:58:53 AM by Simlasa
Quote from: thomden;793298I read the Gor books before the Mars (Barsoom) books in high school and enjoyed the first few, but yeah, in hindsight they're pretty terrible. However, they are an established part of the genre and it would be an oversight to not include some references to them. Though you'd be hard pressed to find exactly where in WotRP unless you knew specifically what to look for.
Like maybe the cover image of your adventure?:)
(which of course could easily suit most ERB stories as well... except for the robot/armored guy)

Simon W

#21
October 22, 2014, 01:43:52 PM
Quote from: S'mon;793126Let me know when this adventure is available to buy, preferably hardcopy (Lulu?). :cool:

Edit: Just checked WoTRP on Lulu - can you set it up for European printing? The £9 shipping cost from North America is painful on an £11.49 book.

Also, Warriors of the Red Planet does not show up on a Search of Lulu - http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=%22Warriors+of+the+Red+Planet%22&sorter=relevance-desc - I was checking if a pdf might be available.

I picked up the beta a few weeks ago when it was about £3-something and got it on a 25% discount sale too. Even then  I balked at paying the shipping to the UK, but not so painful as it is now at now at £11+ shipping (it certainly isn't worth £20 but I was happy paying about £12)

trechriron

#22
October 22, 2014, 01:49:33 PM
Why no PDF?

Why not use One Book Shelf for PDF and POD?
Trentin C Bergeron (trechriron)
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Thor's Nads

#23
October 31, 2014, 04:07:36 AM
Quote from: trechriron;793396Why no PDF?

Why not use One Book Shelf for PDF and POD?

Soon. Though PDF's do end up on every file share site shortly after being made available.
Gen-Xtra

S'mon

#24
October 31, 2014, 04:38:58 AM
Quote from: thomden;795291Soon. Though PDF's do end up on every file share site shortly after being made available.

Please at least upload the printed version to Euro-Lulu (that's in Alabama).

Thor's Nads

#25
November 12, 2014, 03:12:37 AM
Quote from: S'mon;795297Please at least upload the printed version to Euro-Lulu (that's in Alabama).

Hmm, I've looked through the options at Lulu, but cannot figure out how to create a Euro offering there. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Gen-Xtra

Simon W

#26
November 12, 2014, 01:55:33 PM
Quote from: thomden;798110Hmm, I've looked through the options at Lulu, but cannot figure out how to create a Euro offering there. Any suggestions are appreciated.

I've got a feeling that certain paper type/book size combinations are only available in the US, hence they're shipped from there.

trechriron

#27
November 12, 2014, 02:22:28 PM
Quote from: thomden;795291Soon. Though PDF's do end up on every file share site shortly after being made available.

Us enthusiasts find things we like and support them with our cash. The thieves will be thieves and there's not much you can do to stop them (they will take apart a book and scan it page by page...).

OBS does allow you to watermark the PDF, which may tell you WHO is sharing your stuff, but are you going to track 'em down? :-) Mostly it's like a door lock. It prevents honest people from being dumb but otherwise it's a gentle reminder to be cool. :-)

It's better to make things widely available and net more real customers IMHO.
Trentin C Bergeron (trechriron)
Bard, Creative & RPG Enthusiast
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D.O.N.G. Black-Belt (Thanks tenbones!)

S'mon

#28
November 12, 2014, 06:51:01 PM
Quote from: Simon W;798170I've got a feeling that certain paper type/book size combinations are only available in the US, hence they're shipped from there.

so if he created it in A4 or A5 format he could get European printing?

JeremyR

#29
November 12, 2014, 09:02:41 PM Last Edit: November 12, 2014, 09:04:54 PM by JeremyR
Quote from: trechriron;798175Us enthusiasts find things we like and support them with our cash. The thieves will be thieves and there's not much you can do to stop them (they will take apart a book and scan it page by page...).

OBS does allow you to watermark the PDF, which may tell you WHO is sharing your stuff, but are you going to track 'em down? :-) Mostly it's like a door lock. It prevents honest people from being dumb but otherwise it's a gentle reminder to be cool. :-)

It's better to make things widely available and net more real customers IMHO.

Apparently it takes a fair amount of effort to de-watermark stuff. Apparently you have to convert the PDF to pictures, remove the watermarks manually from each page with a paint program, and then re-OCR it and turn it back into a PDF.

I don't think many people can do that, much less are willing to do it. Certainly you lose more customers not having a PDF and only print than by having a PDF and potentially losing some to piracy.
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