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Post by spacemonkeydm on Jan 22, 2019 18:48:25 GMT -5
Does any if Rob Kuntz is planning to republish either the original bottle city or the living room dungeon? I was not really in the know when they got released last time and missed out.
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Post by Scott on Jan 22, 2019 19:38:08 GMT -5
I haven't heard. Rob has been very scarce online the past few years, so it's hard to get news. He still posts occasionally at lakegenevaoriginalrpg.blogspot.com but I haven't seen any plans.
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Post by foster1941 on Jan 22, 2019 20:29:29 GMT -5
Living Room is long out of print (and, to be honest, wasn't much to start with - it was literally just a description of one room) but Black Blade Publishing did a reprint of Bottle City fairly recently which is likely still in print. IIRC Black Blade's website is kaput, but Grodog is both a member here and one of the principals of Black Blade and will likely/hopefully see this post and respond with instructions for how to get ahold of them to place an order by email.
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 22, 2019 22:58:14 GMT -5
Rob is kind of a lost cause from my perspective. I was all rah rah Rob 19 years ago but now I consider my actions foolish and too chauvinist in the original sense of the word. Not that Lorraine Williams'TSR didn't suck farts but there was no gold in the grognards (the gamers from that era) that I've seen so far. Arneson was shooting blanks for twenty five years and Rob has a book on how great Dave was. Was Rob paying attention to Arneson's output? I was and it all stunk. Did Arneson have a mental meltdown in 1974? Thats why most people who downplay Gary can eat my shorts. If not Gary then who? Nobody. I told Gary he was "the man" and he didn't want hear that shit. I wish Rob would just come back down to Earth because I don't even pick up his frequency of vibes at all anymore.
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Post by grodog on Jan 22, 2019 23:10:29 GMT -5
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Post by grodog on Jan 22, 2019 23:11:04 GMT -5
Living Room is long out of print (and, to be honest, wasn't much to start with - it was literally just a description of one room) but Black Blade Publishing did a reprint of Bottle City fairly recently which is likely still in print. IIRC Black Blade's website is kaput, but Grodog is both a member here and one of the principals of Black Blade and will likely/hopefully see this post and respond with instructions for how to get ahold of them to place an order by email. Thanks Trent! Allan.
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 23, 2019 9:10:17 GMT -5
See what happens when you're half awake? You start talking like you are not a high priest of the Temple of Elemental Gygax but a high priest of the Temple of Elder Elemental Gygax... Or wait is it as the "Ambassador of Gygax'xt"? Stabs copy of WG5 to prove loyalty...
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Post by GRWelsh on Jan 23, 2019 13:38:35 GMT -5
Bottle City is excellent, and I like Dark Druids too -- I have the Black Blade/Chaotic Henchmen versions.
I notice the Black Blade link Allan provided advertises "Tales of Peril." I already own "Maze of Peril" and the Dragon Magazine archive, which I believe includes of all of the Zereth and Boinger stories by J. Eric Holmes. But this nice hardback version edited by Allan with the Ian Baggley illustrations has additional material also and looks worth buying. I like everything I've got from Black Blade.
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Post by grodog on Jan 23, 2019 18:30:01 GMT -5
Bottle City is excellent, and I like Dark Druids too -- I have the Black Blade/Chaotic Henchmen versions. While Black Blade also sells Dark Druids at our convention booth (see www.blackgate.com/2018/03/13/the-1001-treasures-of-black-blade-publishing-and-goodman-games-gary-con-2018-report-part-ii/ for a nice overview of our 2018 offering), it was published independently by Guy Fullerton at Chaotic Henchmen: www.chaotichenchmen.com/p/dark-druids-by-robert-j-kuntz.html (and he did a great job of fixing the many SNAFUs introduced into the TLG d20 version of the book!). We love Guy and his work, just want to be sure he gets the credit where it's due! I notice the Black Blade link Allan provided advertises "Tales of Peril." I already own "Maze of Peril" and the Dragon Magazine archive, which I believe includes of all of the Zereth and Boinger stories by J. Eric Holmes. But this nice hardback version edited by Allan with the Ian Baggley illustrations has additional material also and looks worth buying. I like everything I've got from Black Blade. Three stories were published in The Dragon/Dragon Magazine (and are definitely included in the Dragon Archive), but outside of the Maze of Peril novella, the rest of the stories and associated artwork were either unpublished (The Witch Doctor) or only published in the very earliest issues of Alarums & Excurions. The prefaces/essays were also previously unpublished, except for the seminal "Confessions of Dungeon Master" essay. Hopefully that helps, and thank you for your vote of confidence Gary---it's definitely appreciated! We're actually down to the last of box or so of the limited edition, and will likely need to reprint ToP after GaryCon. Allan.
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