Fergo113 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Chaosium.com: News - BRP Rome [bRP Rome Alephtar Games to print massive BRP sourcebook. Press Release from Alephtar Games "Alephtar Games acquired this year a non-exclusive license for one of the most glorious Roleplaying Games ever: Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying. This classic game system has been the foundation for some of the games players loved the best: Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, RuneQuest and others. Basic Roleplaying is now living a second youth after the publication of a revised, Deluxe edition that finally assembles all of its incarnations into a game that encompasses all genres and styles of roleplaying". "Continuing our tradition of historical settings with a Fantasy flavor, the first product of our BRP line will be "Rome: Life and Death of the Republic", a monumental (pun intended) sourcebook by the talented British author Pete Nash. But many more will follow!" For more information: http://www.alephtargames.com/info@alephtargames.com ] GO PETE! Well done and can't wait to get my copy. Great job! :thumb: Cheers, Fergo113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rurik Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 GO PETE! AND ROSEN MCSTERN! (He is after all Alephtar Games). Great news. It is good to see third party material coming out. Is there an ETA? Quote Help kill a Trollkin here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ahem, sorry for the mess on the web page. I was at a Convention last weekend and could not do a better job for now. But I think most members on BRP Central are more interested in the book contents. Well, taking advantage of fergo's post, here are the latest news: The book is ready. Dario received the cover artwork last night (first class stuff) and is now finalizing everything, so there is just the last proofreading and corrections. I will release previews later this week, and preordering will start soon (for Tentacles attendees only). The release date is confirmed: May 29, 2009 at Tentacles Convention, Castle Stahleck, Bacharach. US customers will be able to purchase the book from Chaosium at about the same date. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 The release date is confirmed: May 29, 2009... That's marvelous! And I've got just the campaign area for it... US customers will be able to purchase the book from Chaosium at about the same date. Hmmm - any chance of a reciprocal arrangement? Us customers here on the right side of the Pond being able to buy other Chaosium stuff from you (i.e. without the prohibitive trans-atlantic shipping costs) ? Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hmmm - any chance of a reciprocal arrangement? Us customers here on the right side of the Pond being able to buy other Chaosium stuff from you (i.e. without the prohibitive trans-atlantic shipping costs) ? I am definitely no reseller or distributor. However, a problem does exist about this. I think the best option is to ask if Chaos Society can distribute some products, with the added bonus of NO shipping costs if you buy books at Tentacles. I'll contact Osentalka later this day about this. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbowser Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 This is excellent news. Any word on page/word count? Quote Various RPGs I've worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Sorry, I forgot to mention it. 220 pages, black & white A4 with full color cover. And it will be available on lulu, too. Edited April 7, 2009 by RosenMcStern Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ah, yummy. Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Nash Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 AND ROSEN MCSTERN! (He is after all Alephtar Games). Great news. It is good to see third party material coming out. Is there an ETA? Thanks should also go to Dario and the artists who've all slaved away, working overtime to layout my 190k word splurge into a readable format. I only did the research and writing, everyone else actually made it into a book. But major thanks to Paolo too for having the balls... er, courage to publish Rome. The fact that the manuscript survived the critical eyes of Alephtar's Italian crew is just a cherry on top! :thumb: Thanks for everyone's interest and support. I hope you all enjoy it as a good read, even if you never run a campaign using it! Quote 10/420 Â Â https://www.amazon.com/author/petenash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 It looks like you will be able to order Rome through Lulu. Which is handy. A soon as it's available, I will be ordering my copy. Quote Nathan Baron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newt Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Well done everyone. I'll be picking up a copy, probably through Lulu.com, since there's no Tentacles for me Quote Head Honcho of D101 GamesPublisher of Crypts and Things/Monkey/OpenQuest/River of HeavenThe Sorcerer Under the Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenmann Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Most excellent. This book is what pushed me to purchase BRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Forgive me for sullying such good news with such a dirty subject as money, but any idea what the rpice tag is for this. I'm gonna start saving up some denarii. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Good question. You will know the answer next week, shortly after Easter. But above all, if you have a friend that goes to Tentacles, contact him to save big! Edited April 10, 2009 by RosenMcStern Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to Dustin, the always ready man, you can start drooling: Rome: cover preview And please let me introduce our new cover artist, Tiziano Baracchi. :thumb: Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Having had a sneak preview of Rome, I can tell you that its a stunning-looking book - in terms of content, layout and art. Pete, Dario and Paolo have done a wonderful job. I wish this (perhaps the definitive Rome book, whether a roleplayer or not) every success - and it deserves vast amounts of it! Loz Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwolfe Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Rome: cover preview And please let me introduce our new cover artist, Tiziano Baracchi. :thumb: That looks frakkin' awesome! :shocked: I have a feeling this book...and its killer-sick cover...is going to set the bar high for everything that comes afterward. A very good thing. I can hardly wait :thumb: Cheers, Sunwolfe Quote Present home-port: home-brew BRP/OQ SRD variant; past ports-of-call: SB '81, RQIII '84, BGB '08, RQIV(Mythras) '12,  MW '15, and OQ '17 BGB BRP: 0 edition: 20/420; .pdf edition: 06/11/08; 1st edition: 06/13/08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Good question. You will know the answer next week, shortly after Easter. But above all, if you have a friend that goes to Tentacles, contact him to save big! Sadly, most of my freinds are on the wrong side of the Atlantic for that. If this pans out to be as good as all indications suggest, Pete's Wife is going to start hunting us down.:thumb::eek: I can hear the cries for the Roma Imperium book already. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbowser Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 OK. I'm ready to buy the book now. Where do I send my money, or first born child? It'll dovetail nicely with Cthulhu Invictus (which is Julio-Claudian). Quote Various RPGs I've worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d(sqrt(-1)) Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 For those of us going to Tentacles, should we pre-order, or will there be copious supplies available? cheers, Mark Quote Always start what you finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Those who pre-order will get a discount (and possibly a small gadget if I can arrange the extra printing). Those who do not will pay the full price, and given the quality of the book I bet the supply will not last till the end of the Con. Preordering starts tomorrow, April 13th, and is reserved to Tentacles attendees (or those who can bribe an attendee). Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Preorder here: BRP Rome Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to Dustin, the always ready man, you can start drooling: Rome: cover preview Looks amazing! :happy: Preordered! SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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