Third Party Publishers?

[LivingTriskele]

Being that RQ is produced with an Open License I'd expect a multitude of third party publishers jumping at the opportunity to produce alternative campaign settings, adventures and other supplemental material-- but I know of none. Are there any out there?

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."

~Albert Einstein~

 

[DigitalMage]

There are some yes.

First to spring to mind is Sceaptune Games, but there are others including OtherWorld Creations.

 

[RosenMcStern]

Publishers

Products

You will find Alephtar Games (me) listed under the products and not the publishers, because I am not really marketing a wide array of products (yet). For the rest, the list is rather complete.

 

[LivingTriskele]

Thanks guys, that's really helpful! I'll look them over as soon as I get the chance. Can you tell me--of those publishers, which might be the most interested in considering an alternate campaign setting for RQ?

 

[Magistus]

I highly suggest Stupor Mundi.

 

[LivingTriskele]

Thanks, Stupor Mundi looks really interesting. I love historic fantasy. Though I'm actually interested in shopping around a complete dark fantasy campaign setting that is pretty otherworldly. It's my baby, a sort of labor of love.

 

[Rurik]

I highly suggest Stupor Mundi.

What he said.

 

[LivingTriskele]

I guess I'm a little confused here. Looks like Stupor Mundi is a setting (an historical one), not a publisher. I'm looking for a publisher to submit my setting to (which is not historical).

 

[Rurik]

Gotcha.

Still doesn't change the fact I recommend Stupor Mundi though...

Many of the third party publishers on that list are one man self publishers. It is pretty easy with PDF files and Print on Demand (such as Lulu.com). Have you considered that route?

 

[LivingTriskele]

Yeah, I have. I don't really know much about that yet.

I've been offered the opportunity to write a 200-page hardbound mini-campaign for 4th Edition D&D, but after reading the rules, I returned them and got my money back. It's a bit of a dilemma because I've only been published once before in Dungeon Magazine and this would be a huge feather in my cap. But I really don't like D&D and have always had a healthy respect for RQ. What do you do? Sell out and get that nice glossy hardbound book under your belt, or stick to your artistic integrity and write something few or no one will read?

 

[DigitalMage]

What do you do? Sell out and get that nice glossy hardbound book under your belt, or stick to your artistic integrity and write something few or no one will read?

Depends entirely on whether you are doing it for the kudos or to actually pay the bills

 

[Rurik]

Personally if I were you I'd write the hardbound.

Once you have that feather in your cap it will be much easier to get other projects published. You can then ditch 4e and stick to systems yoy like - RQ being a fine choice.

 

[p1fx]

but then you could maintain your creative dignity and do what you feel is right, if the talent that you have is allowed to be channeled into a project you really want to do then the result will be of a much higher standrad and will be more valuable to your reputation.
im looking at trying to get a few people together to form a sort of vanity press co-operative, where we could release under our own imprint (company name) and channel any money straight back into other projects. i am a publishing student so have a bit of knowledge on the industry and have worked on the creation and production of 3 publications/books inc a version of the hound of the baskervilles, so am a bit semi skilled.

 

[LivingTriskele]

Hey guys, thanks for the input. It's looking like (for this particular project) I'm going to stick with the original plan after all. I don't want to burn any bridges. But it's good to know what's out there. When I'm done with this thing I will definitely be focusing on my RQ setting, the real sweet spot in my heart.

There are not enough hours in the day.

 

[cjh]

If you are serious about doing this, write up a proposal and then go to our (the Seraphim Guard) website and find our contact information. We are always looking for new and interesting material to publish.

 

[LivingTriskele]

Thanks Chris, I'll look into that.

 

[p1fx]

oh well good luck with the 4th edition stuff then, let us know how you get on. what sort of deadline do you have? are you making it generic or are you doing setting info to go with the campaign?

wonder if it would be possible to publish material with stats to enable use for say conan, rq and brp sy? is that legally possible?
how easy is it to obtain permission to publish stuff for rq?

 

[RosenMcStern]

The OGL allows you to publish whatever you want deriving it from the SRD, as long as it does not damages the reputation of RQ (e.g. it contains pornography, encourages racism or discrimination, etc.). There are some rules you must follow if you want to put the RuneQuest logo on your books, but that's all. You do not need any permission at all, you just send a copy of what you are going to publish to Mongoose & Issaries for them to check whether everything is fine. Or at least it was so when I published Stupor Mundi.

 

[LivingTriskele]

oh well good luck with the 4th edition stuff then, let us know how you get on. what sort of deadline do you have? are you making it generic or are you doing setting info to go with the campaign?

Thanks. It's been a while since I've jumped on this forum so I'm only just now seeing your question. Sorry about that. I'm waiting for the revised writer's guidelines from Necromancer Games and have been told to hold off until they get that finalized (even though the new SRD is finally available). I'm under no specific deadline though I think the plan is to release it later on, once 4th has taken hold. Maybe I should say 'if'-- I wonder if anyone else here has tried 4th Edition D&D, and what they think of it.

It's a generic setting that conforms to 4th's new 'world view' for the lack of a better word. It's designed to be plopped into anyone's campaign world, and fit neatly enough. It is in and of itself a mini-campaign setting-- a pretty detailed cluster of islands.

In the mean time I've been writing stuff for Pyramid Magazine. They just published a setting of mine called "The Kingdom of Innerwall" for GURPS. Readers rate the articles (it's an online magazine) but I won't find out what score it gets until this Friday.

I really want to write something for RQ.