Day: July 16, 2009

Okay, Howard says it better than I did, so I’m cutting and pasting his call to action here:

You there, Schlock reader! Odds are good that if you want an autographed copy of XDM: X-Treme Dungeon Mastery you’ve already ordered it, or plan to get yours at GenCon. Thank you!

I know that for many of the rest of you a role-play supplement just isn’t “your thing.” That’s fine. I don’t want to sell you stuff you don’t want, don’t need, or won’t like. But you can still help us…

Between now and Saturday we need you to identify friends who role-play (easy indicators: do they have dice in their cubicle? Do they make jokes about gaining levels at work?) and send them this link. That’s not the store link. That’s a link to a glowing review from one of the writers at Role Playing Pro. But it’s not the only one! There’s another one here!

Tracy, Curtis, and I have been trying to tell people how fantastic this book is, but I don’t expect anybody to take our word for it. Today, though, we have some solid feedback from the target market, and it would appear that this book is every bit the “must-have” supplement we’ve been saying it is.

Pre-orders close on Saturday. Monday I’m sitting down with Tracy and Curtis and we’re signing all the pre-ordered books. The next time the three of us will be together will be at GenCon, and then who knows?

So, the call to action. Find friends who role-play, and send them those book-review links. They don’t have to be Schlock readers. They can be players of any table-top RPG — D&D, Shadowrun, GURPS, World of Darkness, Paranoia , Final Redoubt — anything. This book will help them. Samuel and John said so.

The first reviews for XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery went live this morning over at Roleplayingpro.com. The guys over there decided to do a double review, one from the GMs perspective and one from a player’s perspective. Both reviews make me want to dance for happiness because they tell me that the book is right on target for what we hoped to accomplish. It made the reviewers both laugh and think.

The timing on this could not be more perfect. We have three more days of the special pre-order period. This means that all of the books ordered before Saturday night will be autographed by Tracy Hickman, Curtis Hickman, and Howard Tayler. So far the trio are going to have to sign about 500 books, but we’d love to make them do more. After the pre-order, books will still be available in our store, but they won’t be signed. Books will also be available at GenCon and we hope to have them in gaming stores this Fall. So if you know a Roleplaying Gamer, please point them at the reviews linked below. Thanks!

The GM Review

The Player Review