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Aug 24, 2005 9:17:05 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 24, 2005 9:17:05 GMT -5
Well, I ordered it. I doubt that I'm ever going to play it (since my "campaign players" dissipated in the past year.) but I hope its good enough that it'll be suitable for another reunion campaign at least. "The Last Greyhawk Waltz"?
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Aug 24, 2005 15:09:39 GMT -5
Post by grodog on Aug 24, 2005 15:09:39 GMT -5
Still haven't ordered it yet, I'm hoping to see it in my FLGS first...
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Aug 24, 2005 20:26:38 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 24, 2005 20:26:38 GMT -5
"Ordred"? Am I subconsciously dreading that it'll miss the mark for "ultimate adventure"?
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Aug 24, 2005 21:41:40 GMT -5
Post by grodog on Aug 24, 2005 21:41:40 GMT -5
So your subliminal concern is Ordered vs. Ordred ("Or Dread")?
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dcas
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Aug 25, 2005 9:03:01 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 25, 2005 9:03:01 GMT -5
I ordered it nine months ago! Where's my copy already?
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Aug 25, 2005 9:42:10 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 25, 2005 9:42:10 GMT -5
I think that I assumed that they had it at Amazon but I just got a delivery estimate of: September 20, 2005 - October 4, 2005 Ackk!!!
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Aug 25, 2005 13:43:11 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 25, 2005 13:43:11 GMT -5
Stephen Chenault just posted on Dragonsfoot that all of the domestic pre-orders (and some of the foreign ones) have shipped.
I can't take the suspense!
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Aug 25, 2005 14:05:32 GMT -5
Post by foster1941 on Aug 25, 2005 14:05:32 GMT -5
I'm waiting for amazon to say "usually ships in 24 hours," then I'll order it (unless between now and then I walk into a game-store and see it on the shelf and do an impulse buy).
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Aug 25, 2005 14:45:55 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 25, 2005 14:45:55 GMT -5
Stephen Chenault just posted on Dragonsfoot that all of the domestic pre-orders (and some of the foreign ones) have shipped. I can't take the suspense! Ah, so Amazon probably doesn't even have it yet.
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Aug 25, 2005 14:47:41 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 25, 2005 14:47:41 GMT -5
I'm waiting for amazon to say "usually ships in 24 hours," then I'll order it (unless between now and then I walk into a game-store and see it on the shelf and do an impulse buy). Mmm...impulse buy.
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dcas
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Aug 25, 2005 15:03:41 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 25, 2005 15:03:41 GMT -5
Ah, so Amazon probably doesn't even have it yet. Probably not, unless they ordered it directly through TLG rather than going through a distributor like Alliance or Diamond (or even Ingram).
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Aug 25, 2005 16:13:23 GMT -5
Post by foster1941 on Aug 25, 2005 16:13:23 GMT -5
[Probably not, unless they ordered it directly through TLG rather than going through a distributor like Alliance or Diamond (or even Ingram). Do you happen to know if TLG are shipping the books to the distributors themselves or if they had them shipped directly from the printer? If the latter, then the distributors probably got their shipments around the same time TLG did (last Friday) and may have already started shipping out to retail (including amazon). But if the distributors are waiting to receive shipment from TLG then it could take a couple more weeks before we start seeing it in stores (virtual and otherwise).
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Aug 25, 2005 16:52:55 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 25, 2005 16:52:55 GMT -5
You would have to query TLG on that.
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Aug 26, 2005 21:50:27 GMT -5
Post by Scott on Aug 26, 2005 21:50:27 GMT -5
Well, I just put my order in. I've seen several discussions, but not a single comment by someone that actually seems to have the product. Just general statements like 'it's good', and rehashed comments that have been circulating on the TLG site for months.
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Aug 27, 2005 8:04:40 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 27, 2005 8:04:40 GMT -5
I just checked my order status at Amazon and its the same "not yet shipped". I'll get back to everybody on this when the status changes.
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Aug 28, 2005 0:52:30 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 28, 2005 0:52:30 GMT -5
I just got it in my mail on Friday. Was it worth the wait? Yes. A detailed review will have to wait -- keep in mind that it is 256 pages long. Yggsburgh, the town proper, is as Gygaxian as anything else, T1 and B2 included, and the wilderness area is very well developed. Even the place-names (Old Oaks Grove, Hiddendale, Glittering Knobs, etc.) are evocative.
It is not without its editorial gaffes, of course, but the quality of the content is such that these can be easily overlooked.
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Aug 28, 2005 1:09:08 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 28, 2005 1:09:08 GMT -5
I forgot to mention the best part -- no boxed text! It really is like the old days after all.
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Aug 28, 2005 9:36:05 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 28, 2005 9:36:05 GMT -5
I'm just glad that he took my advice and didn't go with that pocket dimension/ weird side adventure (ala EX1-2, S3, WG6, etc.) that he was leaning towards.
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Aug 28, 2005 13:39:20 GMT -5
Post by dcas on Aug 28, 2005 13:39:20 GMT -5
I'm just glad that he took my advice and didn't go with that pocket dimension/ weird side adventure (ala EX1-2, S3, WG6, etc.) that he was leaning towards. There is a small nexus with portals to various locations on the wilderness map, however.
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Aug 28, 2005 14:39:26 GMT -5
Post by geneweigel on Aug 28, 2005 14:39:26 GMT -5
Well, I wouldn't mind that particular concept but he wanted to do that exclusively and then follow up with the rest of the dungeon. Then I suggested doing the campaign thing since thats what the Greyhawk fiends have been waiting for: an elaborated Gygaxian base camp.
I think it was on the Dragonsfoot forum where that went down.
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