BRP Hardback?

[Simlasa]

What's 'special leather'?

[TrippyHippy]

It's where you send them in some skin from your own back, and they use that to make the cover.

[Ars Mysteriorum]

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

It's where you send them in some skin from your own back, and they use that to make the cover.

I guess some people get wrapped up in books...

And some books get wrapped up in people.

[CthulhuFnord]

During the 1800's it wasn't unusual for Doctors to use "extra" pieces lying around to cover their books. Nor was it unusual to have "special" leather harvested from executed criminals. Some times the record of their trial and execution would be bound with their own flesh.

[Sunwolfe]

Originally Posted by CthulhuFnord

Some times the record of their trial and execution would be bound with their own flesh.

Sunwolfe grins...well, wolfishly...and rubbing his hands together glances slyly from side to side.

Hmmm...now that gives me an idea

Muuhahaha!


Oh...

[Ottomancer]

Originally Posted by drohem

You're right, some hardback gaming books are terribly bound like the old Unearthed Arcana from 1st AD&D. I think that book fell apart with my first reading.

Does anyone remember the hardback edition of Stormbringer that GDW released in association with Chaosium? The one where all the pages fell out about 2 days after purchase, despite trying to be as careful as possible when handling it?

[drohem]

Originally Posted by Ottomancer

Does anyone remember the hardback edition of Stormbringer that GDW released in association with Chaosium? The one where all the pages fell out about 2 days after purchase, despite trying to be as careful as possible when handling it?

Yup! I own that one too.

[Merak Gren]

Originally Posted by Ottomancer

Does anyone remember the hardback edition of Stormbringer that GDW released in association with Chaosium? The one where all the pages fell out about 2 days after purchase, despite trying to be as careful as possible when handling it?

Yes. I bought one when it first came out and by the end of the month I was gutted. Its lived in a lever arch file since then. Saying that I bought one on ebey recently on the basis it had all its pages and figured that if they hadn't fallen out in 20 years, they won't fall out now.


Going back to BRP Zer0. Mine lives in my roleplay bag with wfrp2 and DeluxeMRQ but the corners of the covers are starting to suffer after a month. For a book this big, hardback is a necessity.