Y Mab Darogan Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Do we have an eta for the next books? Quote “Fe Godwn ni eto” ”Yma o hyd” ”Cymru rydd” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I think any ETA will have to wait until the Plague has died down. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, Y Mab Darogan said: Do we have an eta for the next books? Or sometime this month if you do not mind fan products. You can be sure self-distancing fans will be putting out quality products very soon! 3 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) No ETA's announced (that I have seen). Is PDF enough, for now? You may be in luck... 🤔 Large amounts of what Chaosium does (both their "in-house" stuff and their freelancers) can continue with minimal impact... Chaosium has been doing "virtual office" for years now! Their operations are relatively isolated from "shelter in place" orders. Their work continues apace, online as usual. But when it comes to the physical product... the 3rd parties who print&bind, the shipping firms, etc etc etc... All of that remains VERY uncertain. Last I knew, The Smoking Ruin is available in PDF and the order for hardcopies was "at the printer." Exactly what that means, now; and what the printer [is doing / will do] about covid-19, and what that means for physical shipments... I don't think anyone knows with certainty at the moment... including Chaosium! I expect they'll tell us when they DO know. It's possible there will be little to no effect. Next up is Pegasus Plateau. It is deep into layout (possibly even done?); I don't know if Chaosium plans a "tribal edit" phase; I don't know if Chaosium has a printer tapped for the project, nor how that printer is reacting (will react) to covid-19. After that are the Starter Set box, and the Gods/Cults set. I don't know the order they'll finish. Edited April 5, 2020 by g33k Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 The Smoking Ruin is at the printer and should be available for purchase on chaosium.com in printed form in about a month. The Pegasus Plateau is almost done with layout. PDF should be available for purchase THIS month. Then it goes to the printer. All other future books are still in the writing/editing phase, and so we shall not give ETAs on them. 6 11 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 hours ago, Rick Meints said: The Pegasus Plateau is almost done with layout. PDF should be available for purchase THIS month. How long does layout usually take on Chaosium's products? Are you able/willing to comment? I've been curious about what it looks like from a professional perspective since I started doing it for my Jonstown Compendium stuff. Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 The time to do layout greatly depends on the page count of the book. 1-4 weeks is pretty typical. We do all the text creation, editing, and basic formatting in MS Word. We then import the word file(s) into InDesign, usually chapter by chapter or section by section. That makes final layout in InDesign much easier. Setting up and adjusting styles in MS Word is easier for most people. 2 3 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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