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Re: [DL] Quick note: Barnes & Nobles
On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 04:54 PM, Mark Chiddicks wrote:
> Shane - what chance is there of more of the classic Deadlands material
> being made available as e-books? In little old New Zealand there are
> only a smattering of game shops and only a scattering of Pinnacle
> products in them (usually the same 2 or 3 books). Mail order over the
> internet is cool, except that postage from the US to NZ adds at least
> 50% to the price. As your focus changes towards D20 (shakes head
> sadly - 'Hey, its new improved Coke flavoured Champagne') and your
> support for the classic system moves to the Epitaph I suspect it'll
> become steadily harder to get the books. What chance is there of stuff
> going to e-book form as it goes out of print?
I don't think Pinnacle's changing focus. They realize that both systems
have advantages, disadvantages, and more importantly, fans. The only
primarily d20 books are the splatbooks for classes: everything else is
dual-stat. A lot of people may feel one side or another of the dual
stats is wasted space, but it does help PEG keep the books on the
shelves and doesn't stop you from playing.
Note that each d20 'core' seems to have a color scheme related... d20
Deadlands uses a dark red in contrast to the classic orange, and HOE d20
looks to be a dark green instead of the standard nuclear green.
As to ebooks, I believe the pinnacle policy is to make ebooks of OOP
products, so many will take a while, I think...
Also, please note that disparaging comments about d20 (Deadlands
specific or not) are considered flamebaits in these parts... I've been
dinged a few fate chips about that recently, but I've realized it gets
no one nowhere.
--
Brett
LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)