just a note for the arduin fans

[James Gillen]

Ah yes. Who could forget Kill Kitties?

JG

[lemming]

I really need to get Sam Bell's Arduin Hero in a more ready state. Stupid frame maker.

[AlHazred]

Arduin was one of those incredibly creative fan projects that I didn't get back in the day, but that seem like incredibly interesting now. In college, I had a D&D GM who made extensive changes to the system; he used quite a lot of the Arduin mechanics.

Looking at it now, a lot of Dave's ideas are extremely creative. I probably wouldn't use any of them as written, but I love to pull out the books and page through them, and let the ideas percolate in my GM-brain...

[Starric]

The book shadowcat1313 is referring is a tribute to the gaming world of Arduin and a lot less to its rule system. The early rules system were quite a love/hate thing. The world, however, is a different matter. That's why it was made it system neutral. The 865 page book has zero system mechanics and a ton of maps, cultural, racial and world information. Its massive, and in my opinion well worth what they are asking.

A good review of the book is on enworld.org for those interested. You can check it out at this link to the en world review. While I am thinking about it, the world of khaas website has tons more info on this book and previews as well.

[shadowcat1313]

my apologies for not giving a better or clearer message on it
I am now reading my copy of the book though

[Michael Hopcroft]

The book shadowcat1313 is referring is a tribute to the gaming world of Arduin and a lot less to its rule system. The early rules system were quite a love/hate thing. The world, however, is a different matter. That's why it was made it system neutral. The 865 page book has zero system mechanics and a ton of maps, cultural, racial and world information. Its massive, and in my opinion well worth what they are asking.

A good review of the book is on enworld.org for those interested. You can check it out at this link to the en world review. While I am thinking about it, the world of khaas website has tons more info on this book and previews as well.

How much does it cost, can it be ordered from major distributors, and will copies be available on the web?

I'm kind of afraid of an 800+ page book, but if I can read FH I can read this. And it sounds like if nothing else it will be a wonderful piece of hisotry, not to mention a great tribute to one of this business's pioneering figures.

[shadowcat1313]

its 59.99+ shipping
and I think its weborder/mailorder only
but heres a link to the ordering page for better information

http://empcho.bizhosting.com/worldguide.html

It makes for great reading... and I love the simple cover
almost hearkens back to little black traveller in a way