BRP PDF?

[Judas]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but the search won't allow such short terms as "PDF". Has anyone heard if Chaosium will release a PDF version of the new BRP?

Because I would buy a BRP PDF PDQ!

[Triff]

So far no news of pdfs. They are rumoured to look into that market, at least for the monographs, but other than that, nothing have been heard. A pdf version would certainly be nice though.

SGL.

[TrippyHippy]

The best model for me, personally, is a (hardback) hardcopy of the core book, and everything else supplementing it (including different settings) would be in pdf. file. That's just me, of course.

[Judas]

Chaosium could make more dough from a guy like me who would likely buy the hardcopy and the PDF.

Hell, I bought two copies of Stormbringer 5, then cut one up and scanned it so I could have both a book and file.

[Simlasa]

Yeah, I'd take a hardcopy... with nice binding and evocative art... AND a PDF... all tricked out for easy cross-referencing (and without the artwork or other flourishes).
For supplements I'd want the same but for scenarios I'd really prefer PDFs that I can quickly read through with maybe an outline page and a NPC page for printing.

[badcat]

Actually a pdf version sounds nice, as there are chunks of the new book I will never use (like the superpowers and insanity). I could just bind the 'good' parts for my own favorite mix of BRP.

Although it doesn't seem to be working for them, I like the Mongoose idea of printing out books specifically tailored to the individual customer. That just doesn't sound like a Chaosium thing however, for several reasons.

[jarulf]

Steve Jackson Games release all their hardcover GURPS books as pdfs, with the exception of the two main rulebooks. Until recently there was a delay of three months, they've just changed that as they don't think the PDFs impact the sales of the physical books much. They also release quite a bit of shorter works as PDF-only.

Personally, I prefer to curl up on the couch with a book, but for shorter works PDFs are fine. And once someone invents a dirt cheap and really good ebook reader/tablet pc thing I'm likely to go all digital.

[BigJackBrass]

Originally Posted by jarulf

Personally, I prefer to curl up on the couch with a book, but for shorter works PDFs are fine.

I agree entirely. The trouble with PDFs is that I have to print them out (not having a laptop, nor any desire to use one at the gaming table really), which is fine for an adventure or supplement of perhaps 32 or 48 pages but hardly cost-effective for anything beyond that.

However, I sometimes find it handy to be able to print sections of larger books to use as player handouts or reference materials, so having books available in both formats, perhaps with very short or niche products only in PDF, would be the ideal for me.

[Enpeze]

I would like source books as pdf. Core book dead wood of course (and pdf)

But I would be surprised if Chaosium has the will/skill to do this. It seems they still live in the 80ties of the past century. (see Chaosiums obvious problems of handling email) Well at least they make good games. Thats what really counts.

[jarulf]

Originally Posted by Enpeze

(see Chaosiums obvious problems of handling email) Well at least they make good games. Thats what really counts.

Let's hope BRP becomes a roaring success, selling in the millions making Chaosium (and Jason) really really rich so they can hire full time staff to deal with customers and their on-line presence.