State of Legend

DamonJynx said:
I concur with Dan here. Products that were specifically written for MRQ1 that are re-released for Legend, need to be properly updated and edited. I

From Samurai of Legend onwards, we have completely changed the team (both writer/developer and editor) of the Legend books. Not saying we will always be perfect, but you should see a big difference :) We will also be going back to Pirates and making the relevant corrections, likely as soon as we have finished the current project, Gladiators of Legend (which is looking like a really spiffing book and no, it is not based on anything from Monster Coliseum).
 
msprange said:
From Samurai of Legend onwards, we have completely changed the team (both writer/developer and editor) of the Legend books. Not saying we will always be perfect, but you should see a big difference :) We will also be going back to Pirates and making the relevant corrections, likely as soon as we have finished the current project, Gladiators of Legend (which is looking like a really spiffing book and no, it is not based on anything from Monster Coliseum).

Sounds good. Because I will likely be using Legend products for my RQ6 game, as they are so highly compatible.

- Dan
 
DamonJynx said:
I concur with Dan here. Products that were specifically written for MRQ1 that are re-released for Legend, need to be properly updated and edited.
*scratches head* I bought the first six PDFs (Core, Arms of, Monsters of, Vikings of, Blood Magic, Spirit Magic).

Are these effected by the "MRQ1 stuff released as Legend" issue everyone is talking about? If so have they been updated?

Thanks
Al B.
 
GamerDude said:
DamonJynx said:
I concur with Dan here. Products that were specifically written for MRQ1 that are re-released for Legend, need to be properly updated and edited.
*scratches head* I bought the first six PDFs (Core, Arms of, Monsters of, Vikings of, Blood Magic, Spirit Magic).

Are these effected by the "MRQ1 stuff released as Legend" issue everyone is talking about? If so have they been updated?

Nah - most of these were MRQ II, with the Glorantha-specific IP stripped out of them, cleaned up, and re-released.
 
Dan True said:
msprange said:
From Samurai of Legend onwards, we have completely changed the team (both writer/developer and editor) of the Legend books. Not saying we will always be perfect, but you should see a big difference :) We will also be going back to Pirates and making the relevant corrections, likely as soon as we have finished the current project, Gladiators of Legend (which is looking like a really spiffing book and no, it is not based on anything from Monster Coliseum).

Sounds good. Because I will likely be using Legend products for my RQ6 game, as they are so highly compatible.

- Dan

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LegendaryJWP said:
Nah - most of these were MRQ II, with the Glorantha-specific IP stripped out of them, cleaned up, and re-released.
Ahh good. If it were the case the update of the PDFs would be automatic but having to re-aquire the books would be unfun.

Thanks
 
Personally I think that some repacking has been done well. Legend core rules and Arms of Legend are well made and actually fix some of the mistakes of original MRQII books. On the other hand Monsters of Legend is extremely bad, because it sometimes doesn't include essential monster information like how some attack works. Monster Coliseum had that information, so it's editor's mistake. Blood Magic has similar issues, although in lesser extent. Book makes several references to totemism and blood lines, but those chapters were cut off from the final product. Unfortunately editor didn't remember to remove those references. Otherwise it's a great book which offers very interesting magic rules.

I have discussed about this with other players and GMs and all seem to think that rules are great, but bad editing has been biggest issue with Legend books and it discourages many.

However I got my copy of Secrets of the Steppes (First Elric book in Legend format) this week and I've got to say that it's a solid work and offers material for many good adventures. If the future Legend publications keep that quality, then there's nothing to worry about.
 
Olaus Petrus said:
However I got my copy of Secrets of the Steppes (First Elric book in Legend format) this week and I've got to say that it's a solid work and offers material for many good adventures. If the future Legend publications keep that quality, then there's nothing to worry about.

Secrets had half of the new team that is on the job from Samurai onwards (same editor, different writer), so a good sign :)
 
msprange said:
From Samurai of Legend onwards, we have completely changed the team (both writer/developer and editor) of the Legend books. Not saying we will always be perfect, but you should see a big difference :) We will also be going back to Pirates and making the relevant corrections, likely as soon as we have finished the current project, Gladiators of Legend (which is looking like a really spiffing book and no, it is not based on anything from Monster Coliseum).

That sounds great. Can you give us a rough idea of when you think Gladiators of Legend will be ready - I had presumed that it would rework the material from Monster Colliseum? Also, are you considering shorter PDF-only works for Legend similar to those that you've released for Traveller? And is there a chance that will we see Legend version of other MRQII books (Empires, Necromantic Arts) further down the track?
 
Prime_Evil said:
That sounds great. Can you give us a rough idea of when you think Gladiators of Legend will be ready - I had presumed that it would rework the material from Monster Colliseum? Also, are you considering shorter PDF-only works for Legend similar to those that you've released for Traveller? And is there a chance that will we see Legend version of other MRQII books (Empires, Necromantic Arts) further down the track?

1. I would like to say before Christmas. The writer is on the last chapter at the moment, but it is the most complicated one. It is not a rework of Coliseum.

2. We would certainly consider them, if someone was to write them :)

3. I think there is every chance of those books being converted (they are the easiest books to convert), but we want to mix them up with some other material as well (such as Gladiators of Legend).
 
msprange said:
1. I would like to say before Christmas. The writer is on the last chapter at the moment, but it is the most complicated one. It is not a rework of Coliseum.

Although I'm keen to see this book, I'd like you to take the time to do it right :)

msprange said:
2. We would certainly consider them, if someone was to write them :)

Lol...Is that an open call for submissions that I hear?

msprange said:
3. I think there is every chance of those books being converted (they are the easiest books to convert), but we want to mix them up with some other material as well (such as Gladiators of Legend).

I think this is a good approach and adds some value for those of us who own the original works.
 
Any chance of making the Legend line available in epub and mobi format as well, so they can be accessed on Nook, Kobo and Kindle ereaders, and releasing them to those who have already proven their loyalty by buying the PDFs? PDF works just fine on the computer screen, but sometimes the font is too small to be read properly on an ereader.
 
alex_greene said:
Any chance of making the Legend line available in epub and mobi format as well, so they can be accessed on Nook, Kobo and Kindle ereaders, and releasing them to those who have already proven their loyalty by buying the PDFs? PDF works just fine on the computer screen, but sometimes the font is too small to be read properly on an ereader.
I noticed this sudden rash of postings calling for this so, as a big ebook reader (reading "Eat, Slay, Love" right now)...

How well can epub/mobi/et al handle large tables and detailed graphics. I mean if I get basically the same dull books that I'm reading now.. I might as well be reading my old library of GURPS 3rd ed books. I like my graphics, and color graphics etc (and yes I use Kindle & Nook software on my android tablet plus Google Books so... I do have my options open).

AL
 
Regarding ePublishing...

The same question was asked on the Traveller forum and Matt answered there that the ePub formats do not handle Tables very well. Since a lot of the books involve tables of information, it makes it very hard to put them into those formats.

Having said that, I have loaded several of Mongooses books in PDF format onto my Kindle Fire and they are OK. You have to do a lot of zoom in and zoom out, but it is possible.
 
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