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I used to live in Yahoo Groups back in the day, so this is much appreciated!

--michael

On 8/16/2017 at 5:58 AM, lawrence.whitaker said:

I think Chad Bowser is working on a Russian setting to be published under the Mythras Gateway.

He is and, without saying anything, it's great!!

Chad does brilliant work.

--michael

You are correct, Good News Everyone! 

Welcome Mr. Buckland. If  Messrs. Cakebread and Walton speak highly of you, then that's good enough for a pint and a pie 'round these parts.

Always happy to wave the Cultist flag

Name: Michael
Country: Canada
Location: Vancouver BC

Been playing/Keeping CoC since 1982. Run demos at game days, Con's, FLGS and completed ATtH last month with my home group. When I run games at stores and game days 70-80% of the players are new to CoC, which is great to let them discover a true Great One One! 

I believe that Chaosium is part of the Bits & Mortar deal now, so you if you purchase the physical product at your FLGS you can email them and arrange a free PDF of the product. Check out http://www.chaosium.com/blog/chaosium-joins-bits-and-mortar/

Thanks g33k and Clarence for demonstrating my complete Spot fumble! 

--michael

Clarence wrote "M-SPACE is now available as a PDF!"

WhooHooo! Quick question, if we have purchased the print edition, will we get access to a freebie PDF as is all the rage now?

--michael

I'll see what they are offering for Canada now and maybe I'll get lucky.....sound of luck roll....

UPDATE: Looks like Lulu has shipping in Canada, as I just purchased the book and received free shipping! Surprised and delighted! Now I have to wait for the mail.....is it here yet?

As shipping to Canada from U.S. is INSANE, will the physical product be available from another locale? UK? Sweden? Japan!   Yes, it's cheaper S&H from Japan or UK to Canada, go figure.

--michael

PS Congrats, really looking forward to this one.

48 minutes ago, clarence said:

Thanks! I will post here on the forums when the PDF is available. 

Just out of curiosity: I sometimes see games with multiple PDFs included (one full color, one black & white, one low-res). Is this a good idea? I never find any use for them, but others might I assume. 

I always appreciate getting a Hi-Res vesion for my tablet and a printer friendly version to be able to print sections for players as needed. More is better for me!

On 9/9/2016 at 2:29 PM, lawrence.whitaker said:

I hear you. We're working on a Canadian fulfilment centre to get round such problems.

Sweet to hear Loz. Just a note, the UK based Book Depository is offering the books, some on pre-order, and the exchange rate is better than the U.S. and they offer FREE International shipping. Of course if I can get them straight from Design Mechanism with Canadian fulfillment, that's even better.

--michael

19 hours ago, lawrence.whitaker said:

So, quick update.

The shipping system estimates the 'best way' shipping to the destination address, trying to balance speed and price. I live in Canada, and the estimated shipping automatically applied on my test order (placed just now) for Mythras was $24.50. This is by no means that most expensive (see picture). What I'm guessing is the system is making encoded assumptions (we've certainly not set them) that customers within the US, because that's where we distribute from, want the fastest way. So that is what it bases its estimate on, but then allows you to choose an alternative. As you can see, for Canada, it had actually selected the cheapest option as the default.

I'm not sure what can be done about this, but we'll try see if there's a setting that allows for default overrides to the cheapest option - although that is not always the best option, if you want to ensure you order arrives without risk of damage.

Shipping.tiff

And I think this answers my question about Canadian shipping!  I'll have to stick to PDF's and look out for deals out of the UK or maybe Japan. Weird, but I can often get great S&H rates from those countries to Canada and better exchange rates too. 

Thanks for the info, that does explain what the product is. I have the Tome of Horrors (physical & PDF) in various versions, but this does sound exciting, but never for d100 based games. That is excellent, thanks!

--michael

If I order via the Design Mechanism site in Canada, does the order still ship from the U.S.? Just looking to see if there is a Canadian warehouse as U.S. to Canada is nuts. I live in Vancouver and to order a game from Seattle usually costs more than the product! 

--michael

Sounds like a good deal, but the details on the books are a little light on the site. Are there any descriptions of the books, page counts, creature lists, etc.?

--michael

This will be a great time saver, thanks!

I'm seeing a pattern forming here. An alignment if you will. Dark things are afoot in the sanity blasted halls of Melbourne...

--michael

Excellent sir! The official policy on the site is solid and very welcome. 

--michael

Thank you Thank You and ....checkout....download....and Thank You!!

--michael

On 2016-04-03 at 2:01 PM, Mike M said:

Do whatever you see fit - Jeffery plays no part in the later campaign.

And this is how Reanimator gets started....

This is dazzling Thuzle, very professional, solid idea well executed. I will be stealing ideas from this, although being Canadian, I tend to try to base adventures close to home for ease of players imaginations.

Love this!

--michael

Jeff, now that the release of 7th edition is eminent,  any update on the timeline for release of Doors to Darkness?  I'm really planning to expose new players to CoC and this type of supplement will be great!

--michael

6 hours ago, Mike M said:

Pulp Cthulhu, when it appears, might be a good choice for the A!C books.

When I first started to read through A!C I was thrilled, but worried about how CoC would handle, so thought I'd go Savage Worlds (it's dual Stat'ed). Then heard so many great things about the "coming soon" Pulp Cthulhu, especially from "The Good Friends" Triad, I realized that it would be best to wait for the release. A!C is very pulpy, over the top and you'll want the rules to handle that aspect.

That said, I love World War Cthulhu and I'm just wrapping an 18 month weekly game based around the product which works great with both 6th & 7th Ed. It really delivers on the dark, grim reality of war while adding the layer of cosmic madness that truly makes it desperate for the players. 

--michael

Lovely Job, thanks!

--michael