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Comment on Sales and Origins Gaming by Dave Weinstein

Dave Weinstein — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:51:54 +0000

(Twitch)

Not in pre-order yet.

(Twitch)

Comment on Sales and Origins Gaming by Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:55 +0000

Most if not all of them will be available in distribution. Per the press release: “In addition to the Dresden Files RPG, Alliance will also be offering Evil Hat’s backlist of products – including the award-winning Spirit of the Century RPG, based on the Fate game system—the same engine which drives the ruleset for Dresden Files!”

Comment on Sales and Origins Gaming by Scott

Scott — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:14:20 +0000

So, given a comment by Chad on Twitter, are all Evil Hat games now going to be available in distribution or only select titles…

Inquiring minds want to know!

Comment on This Time It’s Personal by John H

John H — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:57:55 +0000

The Disclosure Pledge is an awesome idea. Really wish other games companies would do that. For a start it’s really frustrating to be prevented by NDA to talk about a game you think is awesome but folks not on the playtest are jumping to bad conclusions about. But probably more importantly, the stuff coming out under the Pledge has turned me from “Dresden Files RPG might be interesting, but not a priority to buy” to “will preorder Dresden Files RPG cos it sounds totally awesome, maybe I should buy some of the novels to get up to speed on the background.”

Comment on Holy Crap Friday by Dan Houser

Dan Houser — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:42:24 +0000

Hey there!

Well, according to Gareth in the thread, people with pre-orders will be receiving the book when it gets shipped to distributors. ‘Mid-May’ or so, was the wording.

I think that’s almost a month lead time for the print version, but I could be mistaken. (And often am)

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=499423&page=16

Dan

Comment on Chicken Lazone by Ralf Wagner

Ralf Wagner — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:57:35 +0000

We tried it last Thursday and it was as delicious as promised.
Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Holy Crap Friday by Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:50:39 +0000

Yeah, fair cop. It worked really well for us with Spirit of the Century, and it’s working pretty well for us with Dresden Files, at least in the limited release we’re giving out to the playtesters. That said, sometimes the timelines just don’t support that aspect of advantage from the approach — it might not be in a releasable form at a time when the proofings could still be factored in, or the printing timeframe might demand that the interior PDF get shipped off to the printer before any feedback could get processed.

All the same, Evil Hat has run plenty of preorders where the PDF is available immediately at the time the preorder’s paid for, and it’s always seemed to give us a boost in terms of positive advance buzz. The people who preorder are very frequently the people who are going to be positive and excited about the game. That lays down a good foundation of word of mouth.

Comment on Holy Crap Friday by John Powell

John Powell — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:42:50 +0000

I like the pre-order except for one thing – only getting the pdf a few days before the print copy. Can you please tell Gareth about the advantages of putting a pre-print pdf in the hands of the fans, so you can collect errata and fix up the copy before print?

Thanks!

Comment on Phat Tuesday by Tim Gray

Tim Gray — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:51:21 +0000

I always loved Pancake Day as a kid but can’t be bothered making them just for myself.

Those look yummy. Bit like what we used to call Scotch pancakes, made on a griddle, while proper/ordinary pancakes were bigger and thinner and made in a pan.

Better shut up before I start gnawing my keyboard!

Comment on Chicken Lazone by TERRIBLEMINDS: Chuck Wendig, Freelance Penmonkey » Blog Archive » Painting With Shotguns XXIII

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:52:40 +0000

[...] Speaking of Fred Hicks — he would very much like you to eat awesomely. [...]

Comment on Phat Tuesday by Lugh

Lugh — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:43:38 +0000

Out of curiosity, have you tried coating the chocolate chips in flour before adding them to the mix? I saw that tip on FN a while back (maybe even on Good Eats) for preventing them from sinking to the bottom of muffins. The principle should hold for pancakes.

And, is it really that hard to get buttermilk that you’d resort to lemon juice? Or am I just spoiled from living all my life south of Maryland?

Comment on Chili by Petri Wessman

Petri Wessman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:28:39 +0000

Thanks for the recipe! I made this last weekend, using half ground beef and half chorizo-style sausage (& some extra bacon), and the results were delicious.

Comment on Phat Tuesday by Priscellie

Priscellie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:16:09 +0000

*mops up puddles of drool on laptop* Those look magnificent.

Comment on Phat Tuesday by Toby Bianchi

Toby Bianchi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:04:46 +0000

I’m in love with Fruit pancakes: 1:1 ratio of milk to self rising flour to 1 egg per cup of milk. Grate an apple, pear, or other fruit into the batter.

Comment on Phat Tuesday by Clark Valentine

Clark Valentine — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:21:01 +0000

Oh that looks magnificent.

As an aside, one pancake trick I’ve learned is whipping the egg whites very nearly, but not quite, to a meringue-like consistency before mixing with the other ingredients. Lets you use interesting mixes of whole grain flours while keeping the cakes light and fluffy.

Comment on Critical Mass by Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:37:01 +0000

Single-category forums are nice, but I am not yet convinced that they’re at the precise mid-point. Category creation for a forum is more a strategy for managing how noisy the thing comes off, but I still think you need that critical mass to make a forum viable at all. Ultimately, the forum strategy requires that your community represents a large enough interest that people will take the time out of their day to remember it exists and come on by.

Comment on Chicken Lazone by Ludomaniac

Ludomaniac — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:13:37 +0000

This post annoys me. It’s annoying that I can’t reach through the Internet and grab a plate of that RIGHT NOW.

Comment on Critical Mass by Seth Drebitko

Seth Drebitko — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:35:04 +0000

Awesome series of articles! I just had one potential suggestion more along the lines of planning ahead.

I would imagine that a nice compromise to the mailing list vs. forum at the start would be to use a forum with a single category. This would provide the benefit of the mailing list in drawing everything together to make it look beefier; it would also negate the attrition switching venues might cause because you could just fold out forums and shuffle topics slowly to the correct places without loosing archives.

Just my sleepy 2 cents
~Seth Drebitko~

Comment on Chicken Lazone by Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:22:28 +0000

Don’t know. It’s worked really well with the breasts each time; the dark-meat parts might bring too much additional fat to the party, given all that’s going in from the cream and butter.

Comment on Chicken Lazone by Fred Hicks

Fred Hicks — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:21:35 +0000

Green beans.