Upcoming BRP? Stretched too thin?

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by PK Games

Hopefully they will release a few generic sourcebooks that are not campaign specific to pad the coffers.

Since Chaosium is after all a freelancer-driven publisher, I encourage you to contact Dustin Wright with proposals for generic sourcebooks, if you're interested in seeing them.

[PK Games]

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

Since Chaosium is after all a freelancer-driven publisher, I encourage you to contact Dustin Wright with proposals for generic sourcebooks, if you're interested in seeing them.

Me and Dustin have been talking all weekend.

Thanks for the contact info.

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by PK Games

Me and Dustin have been talking all weekend.

Great! Dustin's awesome.

Originally Posted by PK Games

Thanks for the contact info.

I should just put that whole message in my signature.

[Chaot]

Originally Posted by remm

Is this representative of this new monograph process quality ?

Yeah, I think so. I only have one perfect bound monogram, 'Gods of Law.' Looks fantastic due to the lay out work (gonna have to look at the book to give a proper citing).

Oops, I see this was already answered. Leaving the above to show the love to GoL.

Thanks for your thoughts on this Jason, and yeah, I was probably being alarmist.

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

There are a few other works also in process, but haven't been announced.

So I keep hearing.. grrr...

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

Having a slate of support products for BRP covering a variety of genres, with fan buzz, is frankly an ideal situation for Chaosium.

See, now I'm wondering about the other side. Are there enough books being generated to support BRP? I really hadn't considered that some of these announcements were slated for monographs.

I've met quite a few long term Chaosium fans that weren't even aware that the monograph channel existed. I know others who won't buy a monograph unless they've had a chance to look at it themselves, because of the price and the variability in quality. Then there are our friends outside of the states who face exorbitant prices if they don't bundle a large amount of orders together.

We really need to work on some reviews for these monographs. Since they're not on the shelves, they're only going to reach a certain percentage of the gamer population. Those that are aware of the monographs in passing are going to be reticent about paying for an expensive book sight unseen. Reviews could potentially mitigate the situation.

Bah! I'm being more negative than I want to be. BRP has a bright future right now. They're publishing an incredible book that I've wanted for at least ten years. There is a large amount of fan support behind them.

I guess it's just been a rough day.

[AikiGhost]

So does anyone know what the situation is with for profit self publishing IE: the cheap PDF market?

Is it possible to publish PDFs using BRP or will it be necessary to publish works like this using GORE?

[Jason Durall]

Originally Posted by AikiGhost

So does anyone know what the situation is with for profit self publishing IE: the cheap PDF market?

Is it possible to publish PDFs using BRP or will it be necessary to publish works like this using GORE?

BRP isn't an open system, so you'd need a license if you wanted to publish something officially compatible with BRP.

I don't know what Chaosium's terms for licensing are, but it doesn't hurt to contact Dustin and ask.

If you want to publish something unofficially compatible with BRP, then you would probably want to use MRQ or an MRQ-derivation.

[frogspawner]

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

If you want to publish something unofficially compatible with BRP, then you would probably want to use MRQ or an MRQ-derivation.

MRQ compatible with BRP? Surely not! Easy to convert, perhaps...

[remm]

Originally Posted by Chaot

Yeah, I think so. I only have one perfect bound monogram, 'Gods of Law.' Looks fantastic due to the lay out work (gonna have to look at the book to give a proper citing).

Yes, you are right. Although the covers remain so-so, the old monographs are indeed easy to distinguish from the new ones (which are indicated as perfect bound, and have red on the cover). So I can confirm they're great quality, I won't fear buying them in the future (if only Chaosium would give a preview with a few pages for each monograph, that would be even nicer).