Metalzoic

Cool thanks

Does this mean available to order from your website in April, or actually sitting on store shelves in April? Or both

Found a brand new copy of 5.2 for $59.99, so more than MSRP, but not too crazy priced like most I've seen. It just got delivered and it's so pristine I almost want to level it in the plastic. I'll still pick up 6 in a month or so and if I don't like the design no biggie because I have this version.

Not just the cover but the entire graphic design and artwork. I own the PDF of 5.2 and the blue-on-white interior, artwork, overall design, stained glass chapter breaks etc... I really love it. I held off buying it in hardback because 6 was announced (not realizing it was years away), but from the teaser adventures and starter box they've released I really dislike the direction they went with the new graphic design and overall style. I'm assuming that will also be the final look for the full rulebook and it really bums me out. Still, wait and see I guess. Only 6 more months, ha!

Thanks for this. I just went through 10 pages of blog posts looking for 6th edition news and didn't even see this in there. Although that placeholder cover art worries me a bit. I really dislike the artwork and graphic design of the Start Box compared to pretty much any of the earlier editions. Starting to think I should just pay crazy prices for a 5.2 hardback and skip 6

Good to know, thanks!

Damn. That's all I was here to ask, was hoping it would be released before then, not "wait that long for news" I'm thinking I need to go on a hunt for 5.2 and skip 6

I haven't seen anything about this in a long time. I see people posting on the forum, but nothing from Chaosium. Thsi still coming out or was it just quietly canceled?

This would be 1000% better and a huge improvement in my opinion. We've always hated the way this was written.

I'm in on Dragonbane (what a terrible title), but after reading the Quickstart I think I may drop it. Just kind of discovered BRP over the past couple months and I've read through a ton of BRP games (Stormbringer4e/5e/Elric, BRP 4e, Pendragon, Jackals, Rev d100, MW, Legend, OQ 2e, CoC 7e, DG 2e, Mythras... some I'm forgetting) so I'm new to the ruleset, but still Dragonbane seem really uninspired watered down feeling. I also found some rules excerpts from Riot Games version which seemed noticeably cooler (but have only seen a bit) Some minor cool ideas in db, but not up to the design standard I was expecting from Free League. Feels pretty phoned in. The combat mechanic is so basic from a read through, seems bland, especially compared to something like Pendragon, but then again Narl above actually tried it and seems to think in practice it works well. Who knows And the only think I hate more than the ducks is their card initiative system. I wish they'd let that die

Yeah, that's a big bummer. I have no interest in a box set. Just the Core rulebook. I also just noticed the new quickstart adventure says the Box set will launch in 2023

Awesome thanks. So sounds like my 1.1 is the newest version then. Checked the one at the store, saw the ads, and thought maybe I had deleted them or just not printed them. Good to know it didn't even have them Bummer they never printed a revised version though. I'd buy it in a second

Just noticed the Quickstart rules are dated 2013 & 2014. So an older ruleset than the Drivethru full game file maybe? Definitely new than my copy, yet doesn't say anything about being updated or revised like mine does? BAH! EDIT: A crazy priced book on Ebay says it has 224 pages (original release maybe?) And another for sale that says it's 262 pages (same as mine page numbering), but printed in 2013. I'm guessing this is the same as my version, just a newer print run. I also just noticed that all these different page counts could be depending on whether or not you only count numbered pages, or all pages, or all pages plus front/back cover. For example mine is numbered to page 262, but actually has 266 if you count actual pages & 268 if you inlcude the cover. Ah, but if I count ads then I can also get a total page count of 272. So maybe my 272 page revision 1.1 copy is the newest version?

How many versions/revisions/reprints etc... were there? My copy says it is Revised version 1.1 (Pg. 1) and was printed 2011 My local store has a brand new copy, but doesn't say anything about being revised on the first page so is it an even older, more broken version? But I seem to remember it saying it was printed in 2012 or 2013... I'll double check date & page count today Drive Thru RPG version says it has 272 pages and was updated in 2015... so more pages than mine and newer. Maybe? Some reviews of the game mention it being 276 pages... so another version again? Older? Newer? I just want the newest version, print & PDF, but it seems to be all over the map version wise. Driving me crazy

Except if you fight (exchange blows), then that was your Action already and you can do no others, just these secondary "free actions" But it's fine. They fixed it by removing the word opposed.