Lord Mhoram Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Very cool, Derek! Just hered a friend tell me she picked up a copy at a game store today, so they should be on the shelves soon, if they aren't there now. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellS Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color My full-color version arrived today. It looks very sweet! For some reason it was bigger then I expected. I guess I'm not used to super thick books any more. Darn thing must weigh 10 pounds. I hope the M&M version is only 250 pages long. Well done to both Scott and Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Oooh I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color My B&W version came in at Titan, so I should be seeing it shortly. Woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color I just started reading mine, and it's pretty cool, but already I'm confused. In character generation for bonded gestalts it says there are some essential questions you have to answer: aaaand we go to chain gestalts. Will I ever find out what the essential questions are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Well, I just got my copy. And it's spiffy. The color art is beautiful, I'm a happy spoingboy. Spoing. Spoing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GestaltBennie Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color I just started reading mine, and it's pretty cool, but already I'm confused. In character generation for bonded gestalts it says there are some essential questions you have to answer: aaaand we go to chain gestalts. Will I ever find out what the essential questions are? Sorry Doc. That's a mistake. The questions were moved to the free Player's Guide download. That bit of text should have been excised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color And the Player Guide is at http://www.blackwyrm.com/Extras.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color POD is correct. So if I go to my Friendly Local Game Store and ask them to order a copy of the colour version, is that viable? (I'm in Canada, and ordering online across the border is sometimes fraught with peril. Or, at least, cross-border charges) On the other hand, can't beat that exchange rate, these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Dude, Scott is Canadian. If they can't ship to Canada, that would be a significant problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color The color version is not available through distribution, even special order. You can only order that version online. http://www.blackwyrm.com/gestalt.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color The color version is not available through distribution' date=' even special order. You can only order that version online.[/quote'] Okay. Thanks for the info. Now, decision making time. Hm... I like the idea of colour Hero products. BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Just started to read Gestalt. . . You know what I like best about this setting? You have to buy into it - you cannot sit down and just play your typical Supers Game. The archetypes have to have Meaning behind them. A Raison D'Etre. A thing so often missing from supers games. And I don't mean some generalized "because justice is good" type meaning, a very personal meaning. But at 400 pages expect a review no earlier than Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Just started to read Gestalt. . . You know what I like best about this setting? You have to buy into it - you cannot sit down and just play your typical Supers Game. The archetypes have to have Meaning behind them. A Raison D'Etre. A thing so often missing from supers games. And I don't mean some generalized "because justice is good" type meaning, a very personal meaning. But at 400 pages expect a review no earlier than Friday. oh poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Sorry Doc. That's a mistake. The questions were moved to the free Player's Guide download. That bit of text should have been excised. Hey, no problem, thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color And the Player Guide is at http://www.blackwyrm.com/Extras.htm As if by prophetic power, my next question is answered. You're good! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color I've finished reading Gestalt. OMG I love this setting. I love the IDEA of this setting. The books execution let me down though. Too many ways were provided to short circuit the concept of playing a Gestalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Got it today! Quick hits, color art? Yay! Binding? Not so much... read a few of the characters, nice. I liked the Anti American the best so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Got it today! Quick hits, color art? Yay! Binding? Not so much... read a few of the characters, nice. I liked the Anti American the best so far. What's the problem with the binding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color ah, it creases, it's not a big problem, nothing has fallen yet, and there's like waht 400 pages? It merely seems a tad on the flimsy side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color ah, it creases, it's not a big problem, nothing has fallen yet, and there's like waht 400 pages? It merely seems a tad on the flimsy side. Cool. I saw the B&W version in my FLGS and bought it on impulse. It seems to have a good enough binding. I know I'm not much of a Champions fan but Gestalt seems a fascinating concept and bursting with campaign potential - it might even get me into Superhero Gaming! For those who play regular Champions and have got Gestalt, I would be most interested to know what other Champions books from HERO Games you feel would be useful to a Gestalt campaign - whilst I have around 50 (actually 49, I think, not counting multiple versions of the main rulebook and sidekick) Hero 5th Ed books on my shelf (including everything released that isn't Champions), only 7 of these books are Champions specific as I have only bought the ones I thought would be useful in other types of campaign. My regular group of Thursday night players have expressed an interest in trying some superpowered gaming and Gestalt looks like the thing that could inspire me to run the genre. Obviously I can't afford to buy all the other Champions books at once, so I'd like some pointers to know what to prioritise. So far I have: Champions Until Superpowers Database I & II Gadgets and Gear Conquerors, Killers and Crooks The Mystic World Hidden Lands I'm thinking Everyman would definitely be useful, following that I'm not sure. How about the various villains books? Are they too far away from the Gestalt concept to be useful? Input appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color You might look into the Ultimate Series... in a way these books are about taking a "type" and going all the way with. So where as Gestalt can get you going conceptually, the "Ultimates" can help you create that functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color I don't really need another setting... yet here it is, on my desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Steel Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color Just got the B&W version, it is really great without color. I guess Today's rolegamers can't even imagine their characters's costumes anymore if they can't see it in color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Gestalt Now Available In Color You might look into the Ultimate Series... in a way these books are about taking a "type" and going all the way with. So where as Gestalt can get you going conceptually' date=' the "Ultimates" can help you create that functionality.[/quote'] Already got them . I've got basically everything that's not specifically Champions, i.e. doesn't have the Champions logo in the top right corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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