First views here.

Quote from: RPGPundit;843280I've seen reports of people getting the hardcover delivered, and stating that not only is the book pretty but that the binding/construction of the book seems very good.  That's good to hear.

I was actually surprised.  I'd assumed after Vampire 20 year edition that POD had cruddy production values and that was the price of flexible printing.  It was a case where being wrong was fine with me.

Quote from: tzunder;843646First views here.

Apparently you have to register to see that.  Care to cut and paste the relevant parts for us?

Or not...

Anyways, the PDF just went Copper on RPGnow!

Quote from: RPGPundit;844143Or not...

Anyways, the PDF just went Copper on RPGnow!

Here you go

Received my hardback copy of Dark Albion from Lulu this morning. Ordered on the 17th and arrived today the 21st, so printed and shipped in 2 working days. The binding looks good, despite some on-line warnings about the quality from Lulu, print is crisp and the maps look good and clear with sharp lines.

The material is good although I'm not likely to be using it with any form of OSR system (there are system-specific notes included). The pdf has a decent set of bookmarks and the print version has a two page ToC, a two page index that covers the towns, battles (of the Wars of the Roses) and the personalities. Eleven pages are devoted to character generation for modifying any OSR style game to the setting. There is a seven page appendix of RPG Pundit's house rules covering character creation, sixteen pages on using the book for Fantastic Heroes and Witchery (an OSR ruleset), four pages on Albion as a Low Magic setting including a cosmology, some spells and Summoning Magic. The book ends with the standard WotC OGL which covers most nonspecific games material as OGC. The rest of the 281 pages is background material for the Wars of the Roses in a fantasy 15th century England where supernatural creatures roam the edges of the map and Frogmen rule France.

The art is mostly B&W and includes a number of pieces that are taken from one of the Dover books and a lot of PD material from 19th century artists.

There are basic biographies of major figures including birth and death dates and allegiance (to York or Lancaster). There is a section (4 pages) covering major battles allowing you to fight these mathematically using a D20. There is a seven page noble house management system that looks much simpler than the one in ASoIaF and it includes values for all the major lords/houses.

You could easily use this setting material for a RQ6 campaign with the addition of the free firearms rules to cover early handguns. It would work for a WHFRP game as well as using it as an alternative setting for ASoIaF.

Edit: The pdf includes player maps and hex maps for various areas of England plus a colour map of the country, a player map of the country and a hex map. Also included are maps of an alternate Europe in colour and with a hex map.

Great! Any responses?

Quote from: RPGPundit;844166Great! Any responses?

Nothing currently

I got my copy, lovely book quality.
About two thirds through, very good job. I am thinking Dragon Warriors, Very British remagining of a class level fantasy game.
I'd also consider Renaissance ad100 set with firearms, political factions and witches

Is there going to be a PDF/Hardcopy bundle available at some point?

Quote from: Bobloblah;844323Is there going to be a PDF/Hardcopy bundle available at some point?

Yes.

So: I uploaded all the files* necessary to have both softcover and hardcover available on RPGNow/Drivethru. Unfortunately, it takes time to be made available. I think they must currently be on Summer vacation. So I am waiting for the proof copy being made available. Then, it takes weeks before the proof copy reaches me oversea, at which time I hope there is no technical problem on it, so I can put it for public sale on RPGNow/Drivethru. Hence, it will unfortunately have to wait (I suppose) until September 1st.

(*: both the Dark Albion sourcebook, plus a short introductory adventure for Dark Albion....)

Quote from: Bobloblah;844323Is there going to be a PDF/Hardcopy bundle available at some point?

Yes, there will be a PDF + PoD (Softcover, regular cover only) bundle available on RPGnow, hopefully sometime relatively soon, but we can't say for sure.

Quote from: tzunder;844316I am thinking Dragon Warriors, Very British remagining of a class level fantasy game.

That's a pairing I hadn't considered - have to think about that.

I thought Maelstrom and Dark Albion would be a match made in heaven. Or, for something closer to D&D, Backswords & Bucklers.

Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;844467That's a pairing I hadn't considered - have to think about that.

I thought Maelstrom and Dark Albion would be a match made in heaven. Or, for something closer to D&D, Backswords & Bucklers.

Maelstrom is, of course, exactly the right period, well, maybe a little later, but close enough.

Maelstrom was definitely inspirational for me.

Once drivethru has completed their ritual, is there any chance of getting a copy of the pdf if we've already purchased the book?