Narl Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 The nice mail lady just delivered my hard cover BRP rules. The book looks great and seems quite sturdy. The paper has a slight gloss finish that isn't shiny enough to be distracting. I did a check for all the official errata from the wiki, and it is all included. Nice work, Chaosium! Quote 129/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Duck Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Cool! Nothing to add except that I'm jealous. My copy shipped from Chaosium earlier this week. My copy of the Laundry RPG showed up today, so I'll take comfort in that for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Venomous Pao Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hooray errata! I'm doubly glad I ordered a copy now. Of course, I'm also doubly angsty waiting for it to arrive. But that's a personal problem Quote 75/420 --- Geek blogging at http://strangestones.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Duck Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I received mine today and the book looks nice. I'm pleasantly surprised with the paper quality. As others have said, it's glossy without being shiny. The binding seems solid and I warrant the book will hold up with many years of use. On the topic of errata, the text/examples of calculating special and critical successes (normal rounding) still doesn't match the results shown on the Skill Results Table (rounding up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Venomous Pao Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 My copy arrived today as well. It's dandy fine and looks like it'll take a beating and keep on rockin' for years. Of course, I have no intention of letting my copy get beat. That's what my now old softcover is for Quote 75/420 --- Geek blogging at http://strangestones.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Just one "stupid" question: what are the dimensions and the weight of the book? Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Venomous Pao Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Just one "stupid" question: what are the dimensions and the weight of the book? I don't have a scale handy, but the measurements are 22.5cm X 29cm X 2.5cm (more or less, my ruler kinda sucks). That's 8.75" X 11.5" X 1" for us Americans Quote 75/420 --- Geek blogging at http://strangestones.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camazotz Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Good to hear this, and glad the errata is incorporated! I just got a note that my order has shipped as of today, so hopefully I'll have mine in a week (my wife plans to take control of the soft cover once I have my new hard cover....gotta talk her in to running something!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies2720 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 It is a beautiful book. I bought it because even though I'm running MRQII at this point, I really like having all of BRP's rules in one place. And this is so much nicer than the softcover version (not that those weren't nice too). Steve Quote Bathalians, the newest UberVillians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbowser Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 My copy arrived last week, and overall it looks nice. I was curious if anybody else had a copy with the same issue as mine. Pages 378-379, 382-383, 386-387, and 390-391 are all mis-printed. It looks as though the paper slipped in the press while they were doing the four-ups or something, which would explain why it's pairs of pages separated by a normal pair of pages. It's not a big deal. I was just curious. Quote Various RPGs I've worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Duck Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 My copy arrived last week, and overall it looks nice. I was curious if anybody else had a copy with the same issue as mine. Pages 378-379, 382-383, 386-387, and 390-391 are all mis-printed. It looks as though the paper slipped in the press while they were doing the four-ups or something, which would explain why it's pairs of pages separated by a normal pair of pages. It's not a big deal. I was just curious. Mine does not have that issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 My copy arrived last week, and overall it looks nice. I was curious if anybody else had a copy with the same issue as mine. Pages 378-379, 382-383, 386-387, and 390-391 are all mis-printed. It looks as though the paper slipped in the press while they were doing the four-ups or something, which would explain why it's pairs of pages separated by a normal pair of pages. Not in my copy bought from Travelling Man York in the UK last week. It's not a big deal. I was just curious. It's a printer's error so you should contact either the shop who sold it to you or Chaosium directly and they should replace it for you. Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies2720 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 My copy arrived last week, and overall it looks nice. I was curious if anybody else had a copy with the same issue as mine. Pages 378-379, 382-383, 386-387, and 390-391 are all mis-printed. It looks as though the paper slipped in the press while they were doing the four-ups or something, which would explain why it's pairs of pages separated by a normal pair of pages. It's not a big deal. I was just curious.Mine is printed correctly. Quote Bathalians, the newest UberVillians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camazotz Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Got mine, book is gorgeous. Trying to conspire how to tell my Pathfinder group that This Is What We Are Playing Now without causing a riot. Luckily I have a handful of dedicated BRP fans who I am gearing up my Greece campaign for (they also want an Old West game). No misprints here.....book is very nice, high quality. I got the Cthulhu Invictus Companion at the same time, and bought Devil's Gulch at last the other day as well...good week!-- lots of reading and a sturdy rulebook to prep from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Venomous Pao Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 My book is also free of the misprint, for whatever that news is worth. Quote 75/420 --- Geek blogging at http://strangestones.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbowser Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks for confirming that it's not every book, which I'm happy for. I'd hate to have each copy illegible on those pages. Quote Various RPGs I've worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Mine just arrived yesterday -- my wife caught be sniffing the new-game-book smell. I've now officially bought the same content 3 times: original BGB, the Fantasy Grounds ruleset, and now the hardcover. She doesn't need to know that though. I'm heartened to see the BRP core alive and well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Mine just arrived yesterday -- my wife caught be sniffing the new-game-book smell. I've now officially bought the same content 3 times: original BGB, the Fantasy Grounds ruleset, and now the hardcover. She doesn't need to know that though. I'm heartened to see the BRP core alive and well! Advanced Readers copy, Softback (albeit I got that complimentary from the play test...), PDF, Hardback... And EVERY game the BGB is derived from (and several of those in multiple editions and in some cases, multiple copies of individual editions). No, I'm not a BRP obsessive at all. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies2720 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Advanced Readers copy, Softback (albeit I got that complimentary from the play test...), PDF, Hardback... And EVERY game the BGB is derived from (and several of those in multiple editions and in some cases, multiple copies of individual editions). No, I'm not a BRP obsessive at all. Nick I'm more or less the same. I don't have all the preceding games, but then I switched to MRQII for my current campaign, but still bought the hardcover BGB. I just don't want it to go into hibernation again. Quote Bathalians, the newest UberVillians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 ....and just scored The Laundry. I'm going to hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Only if you try to cast the spell yourself. Let your smartphone do it! SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Just got my hard cover BRP today. Feels nice and solid! But does still contain errors, Flame Spell is still called Fire in the description, Ride is still a Communication skill rather than Physical and Defense is still 5% rather than the recommended 1%. Always room for improvement I guess Still, I'm happy with it. Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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