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[aethelwulf22]

...anybody got hold of a copy of RttRoKs yet? Still waiting for mine from Mongoose.

[/quote]Mine is missing too!
When Conan 2e came out I got a copy here in Italy exactly 7 days after the "pre-order" advise vanished.
Now RtthrRoK is a bit late, but I guess one cannot always be lucky with expeditions.
So I still wait my copy.[/quote]

...maybe it's an urban myth? :wink:

 

[LucaCherstich]

well, at least Vicent got his copy, so it cannot be a urban myth...but Vincent is the author, so I think he got a treatment different from us, in the meanwhile I still anxiously wait for my copy.

 

[Llacheu]

It's definitively not a myth. I finally got my copy yesterday evening

 

[aethelwulf22]

It's definitively not a myth. I finally got my copy yesterday evening

...and? Please share your thoughts!

 

[rabindranath72]

Well, my favorite RPG books of all time (other than Conan) are the old 1st edition AD&D books - and they are black and white. Simple and effective. Even the old Monster Manual had b/w line drawings - and they are great, still evocative and - honestly, I get more inspiration from looking at the old b/w Monster Manual art than I do the 3.x colour versions of MM.

B/W works fine if the artwork is designed for B/W viewing.

Ya, the original Monster Manual was hard to top. Sure, the art was crude and B&W, but they have personality. The funny thing about the art is how for something that is so black & white, they seem to have their own colour!

The Type V Demon is my favorite mosnster. But look how horrible they make them now! Thats just wrong!

The art was crude so that it resembled the one in the bestiaries of old. The illustrastions are so evocative!

 

[ryhopewood]

Moved to own thread.

 

[LucaCherstich]

I got my copy 1 hour ago!
Do not have time to read it but the material looks incredibly good.
I like the augmented materials on Black Kingdoms which demonstrates the acceptance of so much non-howard stuff (Amazon got more pages than Kush!!).
General maps are the new maps by Vincent (Khitai has a different shape).

 

[VincentDarlage]

I got my copy 1 hour ago!
Do not have time to read it but the material looks incredibly good.
I like the augmented materials on Black Kingdoms which demonstrates the acceptance of so much non-howard stuff (Amazon got more pages than Kush!!).

Thanks! I worked hard to augment the Black Kingdoms material.

General maps are the new maps by Vincent (Khitai has a different shape).

Only in a general way; the artist morphed my maps with the old maps, which is kind of strange. See this thread.

 

[The King]

BUMP.

If anyone has received it, he/she is welcome to give us his/her impressions.

 

[Nickbergquist]

Well, I got my copy yesterday and I am pretty darn pleased with it - although I am biased toward my own writing somewhat.

I am really looking forward to what people think of the extra detail I gave the regions of the Black Kingdoms (good or bad). Amazon has ten pages to it, Atlaia has 12 pages, Darfar has 10 pages, Tombalku has 9 pages, the Southern Desert has 7 pages, and so on.

It has 272 pages, which is awesome (about 80 more pages than the original, for those keeping count).

For a long time, Across Thunder River and Ruins of Hyboria were my favorite books; this one now takes that spot.

Anyway, I can't give an accurate review of the text because of bias.

Hi Vincent! Just curious if the new material on Atlaia is in any way related to the presentation I gave in "Tales of the Black Kingdoms." I'm eager to see your take on it, whenever the book shows up at my flgs.

 

[VincentDarlage]

Hi Vincent! Just curious if the new material on Atlaia is in any way related to the presentation I gave in "Tales of the Black Kingdoms." I'm eager to see your take on it, whenever the book shows up at my flgs.

Yes. It is completely compatible with your presentation.

Have you seen my map of Atlaia? It is also compatible with "Tales of the Black Kingdoms."

http://hyboria.xoth.net/maps/vd_atlaia.jpg

 

[Nickbergquist]

Hi Vincent! Just curious if the new material on Atlaia is in any way related to the presentation I gave in "Tales of the Black Kingdoms." I'm eager to see your take on it, whenever the book shows up at my flgs.

Yes. It is completely compatible with your presentation.

Have you seen my map of Atlaia? It is also compatible with "Tales of the Black Kingdoms."

http://hyboria.xoth.net/maps/vd_atlaia.jpg

Vincent, that is awesome! Thanks very much....anyway, rumor has it the book is at the flgs as I speak, so I'll be heading that way after work to treat myself to an early Xmas present.