Getting the PDF for SWORDS OF THE SERPENTINE in time for Pelicon (online Pelgrane Press convention, in honor of GenCon which they can’t all go to because Pelgrane operates out of the UK) for eight bucks is a steal. I’d get it myself, except that I already have it in PDF/dead tree form. It’s basically GUMSHOE for fantasy adventure, and if it had been available as an OGL I would have frankly based my own upcoming Fermi Resolution TTRPG around it.
…Hrm.
The ENNIEs are fan-based TTRPG awards, given at GenCon. This year, Emily Dresner and Kevin Kulp’s SWORDS OF THE SERPENTINE scored nominations for Best Cover Art, Best Setting, Best Writing, and Product of the Year. Em and Kevin are both good people (I’ve known Emily Dresner since the long-lost days of the In Nomine Mailing List, and there’s a bunch of people from that who went on to have interesting writing careers*); also, a few of us here helped playtest the rules, way back when. You can safely assume I am rooting for Pelgrane Press to sweep the awards.
I really need to run a SotS congame, too. Maybe next year…
Moe Lane
*I think mine was easily the most convoluted.
#commissionearned
I’m looking forward to running this at a convention at some point. Dunno when it’ll be, but I didn’t buy Swords of the Serpentine just for looking at.
Just what it says on the tin.
Been looking forward for SWORDS OF THE SERPENTINE for a while. Helped playtest it, Kevin Kulp’s a good egg and I knew Em back in the In Nomine List days. I was extremely pleased to see her name on the cover; she does good work. Can’t wait to get my copy!
SWORDS OF THE SERPENTINE is Pelgrane Press’s sword-and-sorcery GUMSHOE game, and I’ve been looking forward to getting it. I’ve also pre-ordered it, so the news about the price change is only vexing in an academic way:
The ink issues have been resolved with updated files, and the printers have gone back to work on the print book. They’ve got some backlogs at the moment, and their expected ship date is mid-May. We’ll send out an email before they ship out to confirm pre-orderers addresses. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, you may be interested to know that, due to increases in the print costs, we’ve had to push up the MSRP of the print book to $59.95/£49.95; however, it will remain at its existing $49.95/£39.95 for pre-orderers.
Yay, inflation! And this is just going to get worse, folks. Now is the time to lock in sales prices.
I was kind of hoping to run this at WashingCon this year, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. I have the PDF, but I’d need to teach people the game and I’d rather have a print copy for that. Also, I don’t think WashingCon’s going to get back to me about me running a game (or buying vendor space), which is kind of weird and frustrating.
Still, can’t patiently wait for Swords of the Serpentine.
…the book is available in your Pelgrane Press bookshelf. Been looking forward to getting SWORDS OF THE SERPENTINE for a while: Kevin and Em are good folks. I was glad to help playtest it. And, as I recall, some of the people reading this were in on that…
I helped playtest Swords of the Serpentine…
…and when I clicked on the order link I was helpfully reminded that Past Me had pre-ordered it, too. Which was smart of Past Me. I mean, yeah, this would be on the list.
Swords of the Serpentine: sword-and-sorcery RPG from Pelgrane Press, using the GUMSHOE rules. Very Conanesque.
I’m going to do two sessions; one is this Friday, and it’s going to be in meatspace (I haven’t seen some of these folks in a while). The online session is tentatively being blocked out for the weekend of either February 9th or 16th: I actually have to figure out who is available for that. If you are interested, or you were interested and want to remind me, drop me a line via Contact. You’ll need a computer that can handle Google Hangouts.
It’s ambitious (very Conan-y). It’s also pretty big. I expect that I may have to do an actual physical playtest in addition to the online one I was planning. Of course, that may just be an excuse on my part; I haven’t run a physical game since WashingCon.
Moe Lane
PS: End of January/beginning of February for the online session. Will let people know.
