essere74 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Once upon a time the Big Damn Book was around and I remember that I had seen two versions of it, one was a single book of over 400 pages, and another was instead two books of about 150 pages each (called vol 1 and vol 2). What was the difference between the two versions? Which was the definitive one (if there was a more 'official' one)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiorgan Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I don't know about the Big Damn Book, but if you mean the BRP Big Gold Book (BGB) of 2008 it was always in one volume. It had a playtest print (which was missing some parts) and a final version that was published in softcover, hardback, POD with the exact same content. Before that there were the BRP monographs (ugly tape-bound things with a random Stormbringer cover on them), but these were just a repackaging of RQ3 rules stripped of the Gloranthan bits. So, completely different content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 It's still around. Here's the Big Gold Book's product page at DriveThruRPG: print-on-demand (softcover) and digital versions are available. (I got my funniest ever misprinted proof-print while creating the POD, due to some early-noughties legacy tech the Chaosium used back then to prepare its books for print; all cleared up since, of course, but it was hilarious at the time when the book arrived with everything printed out perfectly except for ZERO ARTWORK.) 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...
essere74 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Sorry, I explained badly, I really mean Big Damn Book OF MONSTER not the Big Gold Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 19 minutes ago, essere74 said: Sorry, I explained badly, I really mean Big Damn Book OF MONSTER not the Big Gold Book It's no longer hosted on this site. It was removed as it contained copyright images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essere74 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 38 minutes ago, Scotty said: It's no longer hosted on this site. It was removed as it contained copyright images. yes of course, I read this in other posts and it is clear. I just wanted to understand if those who had used it when it existed knew the differences, if there were any. If it's not a good idea to talk about it then I'll drop the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 2 hours ago, essere74 said: yes of course, I read this in other posts and it is clear. I just wanted to understand if those who had used it when it existed knew the differences, if there were any. If it's not a good idea to talk about it then I'll drop the topic. The author should be able to help @tooley1chris. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 The Big Damn Book of Monsters was a compilation of my older Monster books. I did make some changes from the older conversions to the newer because they made more sense or I just liked the updated versions better. I'd stick with newer versions but up to you...or change whatever you like to fit your game. I only made the conversion books to make it easier for Chroniclers to run games and hopefully introduce new players to BRP. Hope it helps in your game! 👍 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, tooley1chris said: ... my older Monster books ... Huh. I think I was unaware of the pre-BDBoM books. Would you be open to re-issuing the BDBoM (with new art, an OGL release up-front, and maybe a very-few deletions of whatever entries are most-likely to draw ire (and fire)? I bet folks would be willing to pay for that... Which would fund some art! 🙂 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) 14 minutes ago, g33k said: Huh. I think I was unaware of the pre-BDBoM books. Would you be open to re-issuing the BDBoM (with new art, an OGL release up-front, and maybe a very-few deletions of whatever entries are most-likely to draw ire (and fire)? I bet folks would be willing to pay for that... Which would fund some art! 🙂 I've thought about this but it contains SO MANY monsters. Its almost all the critters from D&Ds Monster Manuals I & II, Fiend Folio, and some various others. Would take forever just for art alone and I'm not sure sales would break even. I could rewrite the descriptions (as a lot of that is copy/paste) but... What a project. Was never my intention to publish or even make a dime off of them. No "donations" either. Just make something to make games easier Edited January 10 by tooley1chris 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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