The first issue of the Guide has finished production, and it looks damn good.
Discuss here!
Good good, it feels great to be a part of this.
Guys, I've a few errands to run this morning, as soon as I get in this afternoon, I'll be setting up downloads for the CBGuide. Once I do, I hope that everyone will spread the word to all the D&D sites they're a part of.
Cheers!
-Ish
The first issue is officially up! (http://www.thecbg.org/downloads/CBGuideSept06.pdf)
Be sure to thank the authors, Natural 20, and Meeps for all their hard work!
I just finished reading it all, very nice. I feel proud to be a part of this.
Just finished reading the Guide.
First impressions:
The cover and laid are done very well. The only concern I had was the white on white in the table of contents, but that was due to a resolution problem. The images were nicely selected and placed. Overall I like the look and feel of the guide.
Ishy's Introduction:
This was a great way to christen the guide. I liked the message it sends
Reinventing Alchemy:
The article is intriguing and well written, but the mechanics introduced would probable be better served as a class than a set of feats. I know this is counters the articles purpose, to give all classes the ability to use alchemy, but it seems to be to involved to take casually. It's not for me, but was interesting to read.
Light and Darkness:
I stayed away from both the books reviewed in this article, because of all the mixed emotions on various boards. After reading this review, I may have to look into these books myself to see if there is anything that I might use.
Politics and Alignments:
Alignment will be a issue can be defined in many different ways and will be defined by a lot of people for years to come (or atleast until it is no longer part of the system). The author of this article did a good job of explaining his examples.
People and their Names:
When I started reading this article I had high hopes for it, but it turned out to be not much more than a list of NPC's and names of people and things. I was hoping for some explanations or thought processes for coming up with names of peoples, places or things. The NPC's were nice and I liked the background information included with each entry
i liked it. i know i already said it in the tavern, but it wont hurt to say it here, so it lasts longer:
congratulations are in order. to the staff-writers for creating the articles, and to ElDo for bringing it all together. ElDo, again, if it werent for you, this would just be four more threads on the boards. sure, the content would still be as great, but you brought it together as something much more considerable then that.
oh, and just in case anybody is curious, my personal favorite article was the names. first, i can understand and appreciate flavor much easier then i can mechanics, and second, it planted the idea of possibly writing a follow-up article on names (ElDo, message me on aim sometime soon; not tonight, tho, as im headed for bed).
Shout-out to Natural 20, who did most of the legwork when it came to reviewing grammar and content for the Guide.
~ElDo
FIRST IMPRESSION: :wtf: :ill:
I cannot believe you misspelled my name, at least 5 times. John, not "Jon".
Hell, you even managed to misspell my last name in part of the OGL section 15!
:explode:
Aside from that most base editorial sin, it looked good, though I was surprised at the short length, I thought a lot more people submitted stuff.
Quote from: CYMROFIRST IMPRESSION: :wtf: :ill:
I cannot believe you misspelled my name, at least 5 times. John, not "Jon".
Hell, you even managed to misspell my last name in part of the OGL section 15!
:explode:
Aside from that most base editorial sin, it looked good, though I was surprised at the short length, I thought a lot more people submitted stuff.
I'll 'fess up, the first part is my fuckup, the second is an honest mistake by Meeps. They'll be corrected in the "second print", so to speak.
I apologize that through the 40 or so e-mails and PMs that you got the shaft, and you have my deepest apology-- it won't happen again.
Just pointing out for those for whom it wasn't already clear: I wrote the article on Politics and Alignment as well as the article on the People and their Names.
@ Poseidotune: Sorry to have disappointed. This article was only intended to be an easy to use quick plug-in for a DM. A follow-up article might be warranted to do some of the things you said.
@ Sdragon: Thanks for liking it. I'd be willing to cooperate on an article that goes into the subject more deeply. Email me at turinthemormegil@gmail.com if you're interested (no AIM here).
Túrin
PS wouldn't it be more sensible to have this thread in a forum that is viewable to non-members?
Sorry 'bout that Turin, we just created this forum the other day and I forgot to change the permissions. It's set now.
@Cymro: Sorry about the transcription errors. I should have done more to double-check the material as I was laying it out. A corrected version of the first issue has been passed along to the editorial staff; expect that version to replace the erroneous one in the near future.
Sweet I have the original misprinted version. I wonder if it will be worth something.
Haha. Yeah, I wasn't all that impressed with the content, but I am thrilled that it was actually published. I mean, practice makes perfect, right?
It's... great. :)
Sure, there wasn't very much of it, but it's a first time, and it'll get better!
Quote from: RaelifinHaha. Yeah, I wasn't all that impressed with the content, but I am thrilled that it was actually published. I mean, practice makes perfect, right?
I have a suggestion to anyone who didn't like the content, and don't take this the wrong way:
Think you can do better? Submit to the next Guide! The only way we can improve is with the contributions of members.
~ElDo
*ahem* The new, updated versions of the Guide are up... If you click the new links and still get the old version, then clear your cache. The differences are minute, really, confined to a minor mistake that was caught for the blue version and the crediting issues.
Please state which version you prefer below!
I personally like the blue, "Classic" one
I like red. Blue is nice though.
I likes the blue
Quote from: Elven Doritos*ahem* The new, updated versions of the Guide are up... If you click the new links and still get the old version, then clear your cache. The differences are minute, really, confined to a minor mistake that was caught for the blue version and the crediting issues.
Please state which version you prefer below!
Congrats! You
almost fixed it.
Table of Contents. Still the wrong name...
All right, I missed one.
When I received the new version from Meeps, I scanned the article and the copyright information for version errors, in addition (ironically) to the little box beneath the table of contents.
At this point, I will *try* to get a third version put out. If not, the best I can offer is an apology both here and printed in the next issue.
Fortunately, the table of contents isn't legal text. So hopefully, the editorial staff can arrange to issue a retraction in the next issue, the way professional publications do when they have typos and transcription errors in text that isn't legally binding.
(Incidentally, if you think a misspelled name is bad, a certain professional gaming magazine that shall remain nameless once accidentally published an article that I had submitted before they actually obtained the rights to it! Imagine my surprise when an article I had never sold suddenly appeared in the pages of a well-known magazine. Arrangements giving the magazine retroactive permission to use the article in question were only worked out after the fact.)
So did you totally abuse this interesting legal situation (as you should have)?
@Turin: Nah. There are already too many lawyers in the world being total pricks without me jumping on the bandwagon.
Though mentioning that "I don't want to have to have to resort to the measures I have discussed with my attorney" is a great way to get a quick response to an email message sent to an otherwise slow-moving organization.