OSRFan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I also ordered a copy. Wasn't sure if I should wait after seeing the corrections thread but I like RQ quite a bit so I purchased it. I do wish we'd get a free coupon code for DtRPG just to make it easier for knowing about updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Note to our UK Customers: due to overwhelming demand, The RuneQuest Starter Set is TEMPORARILY unavailable from our UK Warehouse. We have a new shipment on the way. We expect it will be available to UK customers again Nov 29th*.Stocks still available from our other four warehouses (US, EU, AUS, CAN).https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-starter-set*UK customers: remember, you can still buy the PDF version! When the physical box is back in stock in the UK just send Dustin a note at customerservice@chaosium.com and he'll credit you the cost of the PDF off your purchase of it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 15 hours ago, OSRFan said: I also ordered a copy. Wasn't sure if I should wait after seeing the corrections thread but I like RQ quite a bit so I purchased it. I do wish we'd get a free coupon code for DtRPG just to make it easier for knowing about updates. We'll be updating the .pdfs and I will be posting a corrections page. Nothing game-breaking. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 19 hours ago, OSRFan said: I also ordered a copy. Wasn't sure if I should wait after seeing the corrections thread but I like RQ quite a bit so I purchased it. I do wish we'd get a free coupon code for DtRPG just to make it easier for knowing about updates. Welcome to the forum! Yeah, I was struck by how quickly the corrections thread filled up, but I suspect that's less to do with the error density, than the fact that lots of eager bunnies bought it, downloaded the PDF, and instantly inhaled the whole thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svensson Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Looking VERY forward to getting my hard copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Do the pages in the pdf take unusually long to load for anyone else? I've noticed this in most of the other RQG products and some CoC stuff, but it seems unusually pronounced in the starter set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Richard S. said: Do the pages in the pdf take unusually long to load for anyone else? Yes. The RQG Core Rules are always very slow to load; Bestiary is also slow to load. I'm not sure if this is a function of artwork, indexing, bookmarks, or something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTBP Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 19 hours ago, Richard S. said: Do the pages in the pdf take unusually long to load for anyone else? Not with GoodReader on my iPad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 12:47 AM, Richard S. said: Do the pages in the pdf take unusually long to load for anyone else? I've noticed this in most of the other RQG products and some CoC stuff, but it seems unusually pronounced in the starter set. In my experience this is dependant on the reader you use. For me Acrobat DC is by far the slowest, and PDF Expert is by far the fastest. Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 3:44 PM, jajagappa said: Yes. The RQG Core Rules are always very slow to load; Bestiary is also slow to load. I'm not sure if this is a function of artwork, indexing, bookmarks, or something else. Can't speak to the Starter Set PDFs, but I've played around with post-processing the Guide PDFs to try to get a quicker-loading reference version. Pretty easy to halve the file size by switching to a "screen" quality, and much smaller if you "downsample" the image quality to "can I please have some more pixels?" or duplo-brick scale. About 3Mb in the extreme case. Exactly what the sweetspot for loading and scrolling latency is hard to quantify. Another variable is linearisation, AKA Fast Web View, which might help with some viewers, but is apparently completely ignored by others, so YMMV on that too. Dunno about indexing and bookmarks as I haven't stumbled across the right editing tool to remove those as yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSRFan Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 9:09 PM, Jason D said: We'll be updating the .pdfs and I will be posting a corrections page. Nothing game-breaking. I figured you would and I don’t regret the purchase. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 Good news - the RuneQuest Starter Set is back in stock in our UK warehouse! Of course, also available from our US, EU, AUS, and CAN warehouses too. USD$29.99 for the Starter Set critics have already said is the "standard by which other starter sets are going to be measured." Plus, buy direct from Chaosium and the PDFs are included in the price. P.S. UK Call of Cthulhu fans, we've also restocked: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set 7th Ed Slipcase Set Dead Light The Grand Grimoire Order at Chaosium.com. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squaredeal Sten Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Congratulations on exceeding sales projections. It's a good problem to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Duguid Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) On 11/10/2021 at 7:00 PM, Scotty said: We don't do anything except supply Bits and Mortar with the PDFs. Quick question @Scotty - do you also supply B&M with updated PDFs in the same way as you supply those to customers who order via the Chaosium website? I've just downloaded my Starter Set PDFs via B&M and am wondering if they will be updated if/when any corrections/updates are made. Edited December 13, 2021 by Brian Duguid 1 Quote -- An Unofficial Buyer's Guide to RuneQuest and Glorantha lists everything currently available for the game and setting, across 60 pages. "Lavishly illustrated throughout, festooned with hyperlinks" - Nick Brooke. The Voralans presents Glorantha's magical mushroom humanoids, the black elves. "A wonderful blend of researched detail and Glorantha crazy" - Austin Conrad. The Children of Hykim documents Glorantha's shape-changing totemic animal people, the Hsunchen. "Stunning depictions of shamanistic totem-animal people, really evocative" - Philip H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Yes, although it’s a tad slower as it’s through as intermediary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Just noticed the enormous Illusion rune on Vasana's breastplate. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 7:00 PM, Scotty said: If your FLGS is a participant in Bits & Mortar, you get a download code from the shop. Otherwise direct them to https://www.bits-and-mortar.com and they can sign up there. We don't do anything except supply Bits and Mortar with the PDFs. I would like to request Chaosium to please include a version number or date in the filenames that they supply to B&M. Otherwise, it's impossible to tell when looking at B&M whether there's been an update. Some other publishers already do this for B&M. Maybe this is already being done, but I'm just going off the filenames for the PDFs for the RQ Starter Set that I bought from my FLGS. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) Here Noura Ibrahim journeys to Glorantha to show off the amazing RuneQuest Starter Set in just two minutes — stick around to the end, she's got a special discount code! Also check out Noura's unboxing of the equally amazing Call of Cthulhu Starter Set. Edited March 23, 2023 by MOB 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Is the Starter Set still available through distributors? I have had two stores tell me that they can't order it in. Never mind, the third store is able to order it in. Not sure what was up with the other two. Edited September 26, 2023 by Zac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Zac said: Is the Starter Set still available through distributors? I have had two stores tell me that they can't order it in. Never mind, the third store is able to order it in. Not sure what was up with the other two. FLGS's seldom have authoritative & accurate info, I've found. Most of us who geek hard are far more expert -- in our respective fields of geekery -- than almost all retailers. 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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