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Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:24 am
by beermotor
Hey are there any plans to reprint this as a hardback, like the Dungeon Alphabet? Although I read a review on Amazon that said he'd have preferred a digest-sized booklet (similar to CRAWL! ?). Just wondering. Was about to order a copy, but not particularly thrilled that it seems to be perfectbound instead of hardback. I'm tough on books. :-)

I should point out that I love the fact that DCC RPG, Dungeon Alphabet, and Random Esoteric Creature Generator potentially give me everything I need to go nuts. I haven't even looked at the latter two yet, so maybe they cover the same ground, but a Fantasy Milieu Approximator might be a final piece of the puzzle, kind of a RECG for worlds/environments/politics, a la Traveller's planetary stuff.

Having said that, what this means is, you've made Dwarf Fortress: the TableTop Game. (sort of.)

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:07 am
by GnomeBoy
My copy of the RECG by JER4 is just saddle stapled, not perfect bound.

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:42 am
by beermotor
Maybe I am misusing publishing lingo. Always thought "perfectbound" meant softcover. ?

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:34 am
by Colin
It's a slim, 30-page volume that's saddle-stitched softcover. It's simply so thin that making it hardcover wouldn't work; the covers would be thicker than the contents. Basically, if you've got any of the DCC RPG modules so far, it's not much thicker than those if that gives you some idea.

Colin

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:39 am
by GnomeBoy
beermotor wrote:Maybe I am misusing publishing lingo. Always thought "perfectbound" meant softcover. ?
Perfectbound is a softcover that has a squared, glued binding -- avoiding those makes sense if you are tough on books like you mentioned...

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:58 am
by reverenddak
I'd prefer a digest sized hardback myself! But I still love my RECG.

I would be totally interested in seeing an expanded reprint, like Dungeon Alphabet. It'd be much preferable to "another" manual of monsters.

Re: Random Esoteric Creature Generator

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:52 pm
by beermotor
I just ordered a copy yesterday, if you reprint I'mma cry.
:cry: