stadi Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 All the new CoC books (Pulp Cthulhu, The Two-Headed Serpent, the new Starter Set) and even the free quick-start rules on the Chaosium website have the new design. Will the main CoC books in the 7th edition ever be updated to this design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyar Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 What new design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadi Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Fonts, page layout, background. The 7th edition Keeper Rulebook and Investigator Handbook look completely different than the newer 7th edition releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyar Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I see what you mean. The supplements have indeed similar style, but as far as the two core books are concerned - that’s the idea IMHO. I love how the books differ and convey different feelings when you open them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadi Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I don't dislike how they look, I just wondered because they updated even the free quick-start rules along the way, and now the Starter Set has the same design as well. Maybe it's just easier to use the new template Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyar Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Depending how their InDesign master files are set, it might be easy or not that easy to put the new style into use. But even if it was something possible - why? : ) I find the Investigator Handbook and Keeper Rulebook designs superior to the new one, because they are unique. It would have been awesome if each supplement had its own special style, but this has extra costs. Also we should not forget the fact that those books are offered as hardcovers, which has another set of complications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadi Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I meant that it's probably easier to to use the "new" template for everything going forward. That's why they used it for the new Starter Set and not the old look of the Keeper Rulebook or Investigator Handbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klecser Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I prefer the newer layout, color scheme and type face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 We don't have any plans to update the Keeper Rulebook and Investigator Handbook to match the new template, at least not any time soon. We are focusing on new product as much as possible. We have chosen to update some 7th edition products to the new standard layout if they had a much more dated layout. Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHistorian Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Rick Meints said: We have chosen to update some 7th edition products to the new standard layout if they had a much more dated layout. Can you expand on that, Rick? Are there two versions of some 7E books, or are you talking about books updated to 7E from earlier editions? 1 Quote 44/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyclam Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 1 hour ago, TheHistorian said: Can you expand on that, Rick? Are there two versions of some 7E books, or are you talking about books updated to 7E from earlier editions? I think Rick means the 7th Ed Quick-Start rules - it had a fairly rudimentary layout initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyar Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 If Chaosium plan update on PDFs, the most beneficial one will be to allow background layer to be hidden for toner-saving printing. Currently it is single layer for everything (at least for the PDFs I own), which is not very useful. I often print adventures as PDFs are far from the convenience of printed material. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The 7th edition quickstart and Alone Against the Flames both had their layout updated. We plan to do likewise with Cthulhu Through the Ages and one or two other smaller 7th ed. B&W products. 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 12/28/2018 at 11:57 PM, Rick Meints said: The 7th edition quickstart and Alone Against the Flames both had their layout updated. We plan to do likewise with Cthulhu Through the Ages and one or two other smaller 7th ed. B&W products. Does that include Dead Light, Rick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.