Nick Brooke Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Martin Helsdon's magisterial tome The Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass is now available in print-on-demand hardcover format from the Jonstown Compendium store on DriveThruRPG, for $39.95 plus postage. 384 pages, colour covers and black & white interiors. 2 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreJarosch Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 That will be the chistmas gift from me to myself. 🙂 Will the PDF also be updated? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Quote Will the PDF also be updated? That's frankly unlikely. The PDF uses the Word layout and is in colour, while the print edition is a new InDesign version that was prepared for B&W printing. I don't feel any great urge to return to this and colour things in, when there's a perfectly serviceable colour PDF already. 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Bought. Thanks to Martin, Nick et al, for getting this into print. One of the most official, unofficial Gloranthan foundation books. Quite remarkable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Excellent! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Ohhhh man, shiny. Definitely on my list of JC books to buy. Oh and @Nick Brooke, really enjoyed your video about it on youtube. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, DreadDomain said: Oh and @Nick Brooke, really enjoyed your video about it on youtube. Well done. Oh go on then, have a link: 3 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 At about 5:14 Nick reveals a cheeky Greg Stafford easter egg that Martin and artist Mark Smylie snuck into the cover art of the book! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 hours ago, MOB said: a cheeky Greg Stafford easter egg And he doesn't even get a horse to ride! Has to plod along behind Jar-eel's horse instead stepping in the muck left in her wake... 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadDomain Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, MOB said: At about 5:14 Nick reveals a cheeky Greg Stafford easter egg that Martin and artist Mark Smylie snuck into the cover art of the book! Good point. I was surprised when Nick revealed it. I had never realised!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, jajagappa said: And he doesn't even get a horse to ride! Has to plod along behind Jar-eel's horse instead stepping in the muck left in her wake... 😉 Getting the front row view of the heroine's bottoms in the bargain... Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000buffalo Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I swear he's got the same look on his face that he used to give me when I'd ask him too much about the Lunar Empire and enlightenment back in the HW/Issaries days ... Which I always took as more of a "Lunars aren't the heroes here, Bri ..." chiding, so seeing him in rank is a little amusing. Love the cover and off to order a copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 20 hours ago, jajagappa said: And he doesn't even get a horse to ride! Has to plod along behind Jar-eel's horse instead stepping in the muck left in her wake... 😉 Marching in front of the troops with the standard bearer signifies a senior officer.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, M Helsdon said: Marching in front of the troops with the standard bearer signifies a senior officer.... Clearly! And he may even get to hear Jar-eel play her harp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, jajagappa said: Clearly! And he may even get to hear Jar-eel play her harp. And is wearing iron armour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, M Helsdon said: And is wearing iron armour. Apparently with a geas to not wear armor on the right leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, jajagappa said: Apparently with a geas to not wear armor on the right leg. I wonder why a phalanx would equip its troops that way… 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Wulfraed Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 12:43 PM, jajagappa said: And he doesn't even get a horse to ride! Has to plod along behind Jar-eel's horse instead stepping in the muck left in her wake... 😉 Now that enough descriptions have been provided to confirm just which figure is being discussed, I would point out that he appears to be in the file to the right of the horse, not directly behind it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Desperate WindChild Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: I wonder why a phalanx would equip its troops that way… From my perspective, during the battle there are some moments where you have to not be in the formation And sometimes... the phalanx leader would say "I love it when a plan comes together" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 6:29 PM, jajagappa said: Apparently with a geas to not wear armor on the right leg. That's per Greg's description of the equipment of the Jasper Phalanx. I was told a story that the reason he stipulated this was to help sales of the miniatures for the intended Stratelibri Glorantha wargame (as people might otherwise use hoplites of other makes), but in fact there is strong evidence that many terrestrial hoplites wore only a single greave on either the left or right leg. If on the left leg, with their shield, it meant that the hoplite's entire left side of their body was protected, so Greg was being very accurate. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, M Helsdon said: That's per Greg's description of the equipment of the Jasper Phalanx. I was told a story that the reason he stipulated this was to help sales of the miniatures for the intended Stratelibri Glorantha wargame (as people might otherwise use hoplites of other makes), but in fact there is strong evidence that many terrestrial hoplites wore only a single greave on either the left or right leg. If on the left leg, with their shield, it meant that the hoplite's entire left side of their body was protected, so Greg was being very accurate. The left leg would be the forward leg in most right-handers' battle stance. It is a bit unfortunate that the RQ hit location system doesn't take such battle stances into account when rolling the affected zone. There are a few weak attempts at modelling this when hitting mounted opponents (like hits to the leg on the far side of the steed will hit the steed instead) or hitting folk from above (using D10+10 for hit location), but it probably takes a computer referee to alter hit location tables on the fly for such maneuvers. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klecser Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) So well written Martin! I've only gotten through a couple pages so far, but I've really enjoyed it so far! @M Helsdon Edited December 23, 2021 by klecser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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