Ian A. Thomson

Ahaha And Jarang Bladesong is in Argrath's army - https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/argraths-army/

VOLS. 1&2 of the P&BR Companion Director's Cut just got updated on Drivethrurpg.com!! :) VOL. 01 - A few corrections, added snippets of new and revised information, replacement of 3 or 4 images with better quality or colored versions, one credit added in the general acknowledgments that was missed. VOL. 02 - MANY new colored images replacing the b&w ones, thanks to Dario Corallo being back on the team! Yay! Plus a handful of corrections and revisions of small pieces of the text to match the unfolding material in Vol. 03

VOLS. 1&2 of the P&BR Companion Director's Cut just got updated on Drivethrurpg.com!! :) VOL. 01 - A few corrections, added snippets of new and revised information, replacement of 3 or 4 images with better quality or colored versions, one credit added in the general acknowledgments that was missed. VOL. 02 - MANY new colored images replacing the b&w ones, thanks to Dario Corallo being back on the team! Yay! Plus a handful of corrections and revisions of small pieces of the text to match the unfolding material in Vol. 03

VOLS. 1&2 of the P&BR Companion Director's Cut just got updated on Drivethrurpg.com!! :) VOL. 01 - A few corrections, added snippets of new and revised information, replacement of 3 or 4 images with better quality or colored versions, one credit added in the general acknowledgments that was missed. VOL. 02 - MANY new colored images replacing the b&w ones, thanks to Dario Corallo being back on the team! Yay! Plus a handful of corrections and revisions of small pieces of the text to match the unfolding material in Vol. 03

You mean 'Jorjar the Quick' I imagine. I think Jarang Bladesong was a rebel with something to do with the Cradle defense.

That is a great solution, and I have a different one (to the Condor Crags problem) which will be in Vol. 04 of the P&BR Companion Director's Cut: 'Secrets of the Borderlands'

IMMINENT: Dario has been working like a champion on colorizing a bunch of his old images, and Vol. 02 is finally upgraded to have many colored pics in it :) Just emailed the revised pdf to Fabian, so that will be updated on drivethru as soon as he has the time As part of checking it all out for POD-readiness - Vol. 01 has also had a few corrections and small bits of extra information added. Plus a couple of extra colour pics added, and in my archives (today!) I just discovered two original maps to replace those I had recreated from pdf scanning, so two of the Knowledge Temple maps are now slightly better quality. And Vol. 01 will also be updated at some time in the next few days ONGOING: Kris of Beer with Teeth is working on a revised cover for Vol. 01, for the POD I'm working now (assisted by some epic collaborators) on Vol. 03, which will contain maps and plans, and gazetteers, on a number of New & Old Pavis locations as well as more bad guys, good guys and scenarios As part of going through the archives, I managed (quite easily) to find Juha Harju online. He created a dozen or so images for the original zines, and he has not only said we can re-use them but is redoing three of them that I only now have in low-res scans. What a hero! Plan is to release the Vol. 01 POD and Vol. 03 by July

Thanks :) Yes, Vol. 01 is already eligible. Some enhancements and a revised cover still to be sorted before that occurs, but Nick B. has already generously offered to make the pdf into a hardcopy printable version My estimate is that hardcopy Vol. 01 will be out in July at the latest Vol. 02 is selling quite well too, so maybe that will catch up by then and also be eligible for hardcopy at that time. All that remains for that to be revised to a new pdf edition that is hardcopy-ready is one more colorised image from Dario, and one more from Kris of Beer with Teeth. So I imagine that the color-image pdf version of Vol. 02 will be updated onto drivethru by the end of April. (This is also the version that can be converted to POD-ready.) From now on I am working on all copies so they are suitable for both pdf and hardcopy, which means that in future if further vols sell well enough to be hardcopies then there will be no extra revising to do Oh, and the Pavis Mint has already been done, and will also probably be in Vol. 03 as well :)

Unrepentantly repeating myself... I am back in action again and steaming into Vol. 03 after my trip away, and feeling very supported by the volunteer collaborators. If you buy and enjoy the books, take a moment to look at the list of credits in the front Without these people these books would not exist I really don't know what I was thinking when I decided to take on the job of getting this material all back out again, let alone in these expanded forms. It would literally be impossible! Can anyone guess what building is finally getting the full treatment today? :)

Dario is powering through the image enhancements :) Looks very likely that it will be sometime this month that Vol. 02 will be updated to the colour-image version I'm going to do all of the rest of the books with many colour images from now on, to save having to update them later

Nick has very generously already offered to help me get Vol. 01 print ready There are a few technicalities to iron out (my end, not his), especially on updating the book again, and getting the cover revised, but I imagine that July at the absolute latest for the release of the POD OK, am writing this in a motel. Hitting the road now for a week-long well-deserved camp-out in the Aussie bush with no reception or electricity (except for my little solar panel, which won't run a laptop even if there was wireless there)

Yes, the coloured-image version of Vol. 01 was uploaded on April 2nd So next time you go to drivethru, if you already have Vol. 01 you can find the latest version, with another cpl of errors corrected too :)

So, I just sent off the color illustrations version of Vol. 01 to Fabian, to see if he can upload it by 2nd April Those of you who already own it check your drivethru accounts on 2nd or 3rd Shout out to Simon Bray, as we had two of his images in the book, and it took Dario to point that out. Full credits now included to Simon, who generously was happy for us to continue using them :) Gonna have a short holiday and break, then get the pdf color version of Vol. 02 probably by mid-April And here's a preview of the cover for [EDIT - this is now the cover for Vol. 04 not 03]

Ah yes, another round of checks to do at some point

I read this entirely as a bold statement of faith in, and appreciation for, the series, couched in humorous style Thank you :)

OMG!!! Who would be a writer/editor??!!! The amount of work to upgrade Vol. 01's layout into a colour version!!! Jaysus! :) (Not just a case of pasting the images on top, but resizing/trimming, and also in many cases adjusting/revising the text/layout so that the images can be showcased to maximum advantage.) Positive points: - it's done and looks wonderful - a feeling of satisfaction, gratitude and completion as an artist (author-type artist I mean) - the chance to work with Dario again as an active collaborator (previously his role was the valuable generous donator of old images) - During this process I caught two errors of content that were definitely worth correcting So, I just sent off the finished version to Fabian, to see if he can upload it by 2nd April Those of you who already own it check your drivethru accounts on 2nd or 3rd Shout out to Simon Bray, as we had two of his images in the book, and it took Dario to point that out. Full credits now included to Simon, who generously was happy for us to continue using them :)

I am currently editing in the last of the colour images for the upgrade of the pdf copy of Vol. 01 Dario Corallo is an absolute machine of an artist They look wonderful!!! :) This is in preparation for the hardcopy print version The hardcopy print version might not be available until July, partly because the cover will be updated too, and our artists are busy with other things However, we will put the color version pdf of Vol. 01 up in a couple of days (between 31st March and 2nd April) retaining the current cover This will be accompanied by a slight price increase, so if you were thinking about buying once it hits color, you'll save yourself a whole dollar to buy it asap and then wait for the update :)

After chatting with Nick about options now that Vol. 01 is eligible for hardcopy, we are going for a color illustrated, revised cover version of Vol. 01 Happy to have Dario back actively involved coloring in some of his original works :) Just realised too, that this means that a color illustrations version of the Vol. 01 pdf will also be available in the not too distant future I will consider putting the price up slightly when that happens cos its a chunk of cash to color it all up But that won't affect anyone who already has it of course You'll just get a super color image update, probably later in April

Just saw this post now for some reason Referring to the drivethru blurbs, a series of 8-10 is about right There were 7.5 books originally, or pretty much 8 equivalent with the extra pieces I did in other publications They varied in page count of course I am also taking the opportunity this time around to add a lot more introductory material, plus the two grand finales were never published because Greg and I were talking about the possibility of an official arc, so there's a whole book's worth of material that was never published Let me take a moment to extrapolate what is likely: Vol 01 - Intro to New Pavis (plus scenarios) [done] Vol 02 - Intro to Old Pavis (plus scenarios) [done] Vol. 03 - Additional Info on Old and New Pavis (plus scenarios) [well underway] Vol. 04 - Pavis County & the Zola Fel River Valley (plus scenarios) [underway] Vol. 05 - Rough Guide to Pavis City [90% done] Vol. 06 - Adventures in Pavis City (new material) [50% done] Vol. 07 - Part 01 of the main revised Grey Company arc from the original series [largely expansions and revisions of the original material] Vol. 08 - Part 02 of the main revised Grey Company arc from the original series [largely expansions and revisions of the original material] Vol. 09 - The Grand Finale adventures [done only in note form]

Without giving away too much, this is pivotal to the ZF cult's allegiances later on, but the information only exists in brief note form at present. Advanced information on several main cults will be drop-fed later in the series

Thanks everyone. Yes, I have a hankering to drop a list into Vol. 03. This will be awesome to base it in! :)

Hi all I may be making this up, but I seem to recall seeing a list somewhere of personalities in New Pavis and the Rubble, some of whom were cult representatives Vol. 03 of the P&BRC-DC will contain a bunch of personality descriptions and stats, and it seems counterproductive to be making up new names and ideas for people that already (canon or fan-based) exist Hoping that a kind person knows what I am talking about and can provide me with a reference point Cheers

Turned out to be a 'meh' idea :)

Thanks for the positive feedback :) There are also inevitably going to be errors or omissions and things (I've found 3 minor ones already and had one minor one brought to my attention) so there will be at least one revision update at some point. Feel free to let me know any that you spot This is completely at anyone's own discretion, but if you do like it a lot then those top reviews on Drivethru are very helpful in assisting others to know they are in for a worthwhile purchase. No pressure, just appreciated if anyone feels inspired to do so.

Thanks for your hard work :)