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waitingI'm sorry to say that the announcement I hoped to make today -- the long-delayed Kickstarter launch for the Weird of Hali roleplaying game -- has been delayed yet again. 

Sigh. 

I'll keep the list posted. Hopefully this happens before I die of old age. 

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Date: 2021-09-09 01:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fringewood
Aw and today is such a good day for starting it (astrologically)😞 Looking forward to when it begins. Much success to this endeavor.

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Date: 2021-09-11 03:28 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Im still game! Very much so. - celadon

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Date: 2021-09-09 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] booklover1973
The problems with publishing books, or at least, some kinds of bokks, seem to really begin now. Luckily, I already have bought many of the books I'm interested in.

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Date: 2021-09-09 05:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gullindagan
So, not a great time for young authors to get started, eh? Think publishing will right itself in the next few decades after it goes through crisis?

instead of old age.....

Date: 2021-09-09 04:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chaosadventurer
(and to be more in the spirit of the story)
Perhaps a more hopeful that is happens before the Old Ones rise and make the game one of the 'before times' things to reminisce about.

Re: instead of old age.....

Date: 2021-09-09 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] hearthspirit
In the paraphrased words of Adams himself, who had a problem with deadlines: "I love [release dates]. I love the sound they make as they go whizzing by."

Re: instead of old age.....

Date: 2021-09-09 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] hearthspirit
Understandably. Personally, I like it when I have someone else to blame for once ;-)

Lighting up the mood

Date: 2021-09-09 04:40 pm (UTC)
vitranc: (Default)
From: [personal profile] vitranc
Just went and looked up dnd rules for druids.
They get the feat Archdruid at level 20. But more importantly they get Timeless body at level 18. They age 1 year in 10 years.
So no worries, John you should have another 900 years to start the Kickstarter before you die of old age. :-)

On the other hand you might outlive the Kickstarter itself, or the internet.

Re: Lighting up the mood

Date: 2021-09-09 07:42 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] vitranc
So. You started a campaign; real life. You rolled a druid, without knowing what the class meant.
Leveled it to epic level without paying any attention to the class features.
All because … it was fun ???
(Beat)
You sir are one dedicated rolle player, the definition of an anti-munchkin.
:-D

Re: Lighting up the mood

Date: 2021-09-09 11:03 pm (UTC)
vitranc: (Default)
From: [personal profile] vitranc
But, did you play a different game and rolled a druid, or did rolling a druid make the game different? ;-)

Funny thing, there was this dude on the net, sounded all cool and wise and stuff.
So, being bored with the lvl 2 "office drone" I got. I decided to multiclass.

All fun and play. You get to pretend you are doing a magical ritual, play with some funny looking domino pieces, and get some alone time just sitting in silence. :-)
What could posibly go wrong? ;-)

Then you start to notice things... strange things...
OMG, TSW!!! TS really W :-O

"Mister GM, could I please see the class progression table. I think this class has some strange feats backed into it?"

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Date: 2021-09-09 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I for one will still be excited for it whenever this is published!

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Date: 2021-09-09 06:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] claire_58
Forgive my late entry to this conversation, but is this a table top game or a video game? If it's the former could you please post the link for preorder again? Thanks.

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Date: 2021-09-09 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] michaeliangray
The good news is that your fans are very patient. We play the long game, not short term gratification.

It will get here when it does and so be it.

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Date: 2021-09-10 12:01 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
The supply chains have all of us taking long breaths of acceptance these days! You're not the only one. Now where were my notes on cottage-industry cardstock and durable coated papermaking... ;)

Wondering

Date: 2021-09-10 12:12 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] degringolade
As you are aware, I have been working on my fanfic for a while now, finally getting traction.

That as an aside, a friend of mine just finished his book and decided that he was going to publish using Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing.

Now, I realize that many feel that Amazon is the source of all evil on the planet, but I kinda wonder if you have considered something like that. Seems like a decent deal. Mike says that he get 70% of sales which doesn't seem too bad.

While I would be lucky to make any sales at all (which would be true even for a traditional publisher) I kinda think that with your name recognition and reputation you may well profit by such a plan. I am seriously thinking about when I finish just doing this myself to save myself the pain of the almost inevitable rejection letters.

I understand that this may trigger some folks, but just thought I would bring it up

Re: Wondering

Date: 2021-09-10 03:07 am (UTC)
degringolade: (Default)
From: [personal profile] degringolade
Understood and understandable.

You've paid your dues, I am envious. I am kinda sad that I may need to deal with the devil when I am finished.

Who knows

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Date: 2021-09-11 12:27 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Would it spur publisher if we pre bought? -celadon

Question for Brecken

Date: 2021-09-12 12:37 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Dubiously relevant, but at least it's a WOH question. Three of Brecken's recipes refer to a "1/2 cube butter or margarine", and notes on things to do with Miriam's lentil recipe refer to a "3/4 cube". Please ask her if these were supposed to be "1/2 inch cubes" or the equivalent volume - which seems a bit meager in a couple of cases - or do you actually buy butter parceled into cubes instead of sticks on the east coast? Or something?

Many thanks - enquiring minds want to know...

Re: Question for Brecken

Date: 2021-09-12 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Most places don't use metric measurements for cooking, thank the gods. (I find the metric system chillingly inhuman; I'm happy for the small holdouts of a more human set of measurements)

Re: Question for Brecken

Date: 2021-09-12 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I say the same thing in Ontario. Depending on where the OP is from, maybe it's North American?

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Date: 2021-09-15 01:28 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
If the problem's to do with physical books could they at least get the PDF on DriveThruRPG or something? I've got a whole mass of RPGs and related books from there and it's where I'd meant to get Weird of Hali too.

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