soltakss Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Looking at their recent releases, it seems to be CoC, CoC and a lot more CoC. BRP doesn't seem to be getting a look in. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Well, CoC has been Chaosium's flagship and main product for a long time now. The company made an attempt to regain its earlier diversity with the BRP push, and BRP titles have won a lot of awards, but we don't know how actual sales have gone compared to the flagship stuff. It didn't help that a lot of BRP material was monographs, which don't see distribution outside the Chaosium website. The success of the Orient Express kickstarter seems to have turned the small staff's collective head, causing it to postpone other in-progress projects to pursue a perceived CoC money-maker. I can think of more cost-effective research methods than a personal trip to Turkey, but maybe the staff members were due a vacation anyway. Hope the trip provided a lot more in-depth info than blog posts indicated. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Astounding Adventures, Interplanetary, and other non-Mythos, non-elves-and-dwarves fantasy titles that have been announced. I'm also curious about the status of last year's (and the year before's) writing contests, since I worked hard to contribute. I still think Chaosium needs to diversify its product line since three or four other games are competing in the Lovecraftian mystery genre. Chaosium is no longer THE Cthulhu company; it needs to have more eggs in more baskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 And if they make the changes I've heard rumored for CoC I'm not gonna be an avid buyer of that line anymore either (also not helping are the quotes I've seen come out of one of the writers on that... implying CoC is somehow broken). Interplanetary and Magic World are tops of my wish list right now. I've got more CoC stuff than I'll ever use... but it seems like a lot of the market nowadays is for collectors, not players... so a big fancy refurb of Orient Express will bring in the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 After the excellent job done on Cthulhu by Gaslight it is understandable that they'd want to re-do another classic module. I just think they should have finished up what was already on their plates first. It's good to re-issue an old favorite, but Chaosium also needs to be producing a bunch of new "old favorites." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadmaster Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 In the past I used Call of Cthulhu for a lot of pulp style gaming. A specifically pulp style game could only help break the image that CoC is just about making PCs insane / dead, and a good fantasy game (Magic World) certainly won't hurt either. I agree with many of the comments about BRP needing a more energetic push from Chaosium if it is ever to get out of the shadow of CoC and RQ and find a real market niche of its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldHarrytheDrifter Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The layout for Astounding Adventures is finished and will be available as a PDF and print form in the next couple of months. Maybe a May release. Sorry for the delay, guys and gals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Glad to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Dustin posted (or at least updated) this on the Chaosium catalog last week - Chaosium Inc. - Articles info Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Dustin posted (or at least updated) this on the Chaosium catalog last week - Chaosium Inc. - Articles info Cheers, Nick I want it, I want it, I want it! Uncounted Worlds Where can we download it? I tried and a failure Lulu page appeared. This one. http://www.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=770061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Where can we download it? I tried and a failure Lulu page appeared. This one. http://www.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=770061 Weird. Will check that when I'm home. Chaosium have the PDFs too: Chaosium Inc. Chaosium Inc. - Uncounted Worlds #2 FREE PDF Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Weird. Will check that when I'm home. Chaosium have the PDFs too: Chaosium Inc. Chaosium Inc. - Uncounted Worlds #2 FREE PDF Cheers, Nick Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 "Action Points?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 "Action Points?" Presumably a mechanic to allow suitably "cinematic" / "pulp" actions in the game... Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Sorry if this is a daft question, but I can't find the answer ~ is this a "complete" game (like Magic World) or is the BRP "big yellow" book required? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nclarke Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well Grey the cover blurb says "Pulp Adventures for Basic Roleplaying". The article text says "a sourcebook with all you need to run exciting scenarios.." So my guess is that you'll need the BGB for actual rules even though there are "new rules for action points, powers, gadgets, resources and mooks." It has background/source material and three scenarios to get you started. Nowhere does it actually say you don't need the BGB nor does it says you do. I suppose if you have a solid understanding of the BRP rules system then you could get away without the BGB, maybe even just using the CoC Quick-Start rules. Quote Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girtablilu Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I am anxiously awaiting this one. Quote "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned." Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I am anxiously awaiting this one. Me too. And it's May! Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 The wait is over: Astounding Aventures Chaosium Inc. No sign of a PDF as yet. Nick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 $21 for 112 pages?! Yikes. I'll have to wait until they have some remainders or damaged copies. Quote http://mattssuperheroes.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Any word on the PDF yet? I sent them an email, but haven't received a reply yet (of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjc Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 So what's the "buzz" on this game, anyone here have it? What's your feeling on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorax Transtellaris Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Dan Davenport did a Q&A session on #rpgnet with the author: The Hardboiled GMshoe's Office: [Q&A] Troy Wilhelmson (Astounding Adventures!) Quote RPGbericht (Dutch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ The Ronin Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 If I understood the transcript the game is standalone and don't need the BGB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORtrail Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I didn't get that from the transcript. He made some rule changes but you refer back to the BGB at times [19:26] <+TroyWilhelmson> Some refer back to the core book and some have been changed which are included in the text. There are also gadgets which work using the supers rules. [19:40] <~Dan> Any dinosaurs? [19:41] <+TroyWilhelmson> Most of the dinosaurs are stated in the BRP core book so I didn't add them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ The Ronin Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I missed that. Cool. Looking forward to my copy to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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