The 2020 Digital W23 Speculation and Discussion Thread

[Michael Thayne]

Today's update from Kromm was extremely vague about which items had just gotten art. What are the odds one of them is the Girl Genius RPG?

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Michael Thayne

Today's update from Kromm was extremely vague about which items had just gotten art. What are the odds one of them is the Girl Genius RPG?

Good question. The last word I have on it was files sent for approval in March so its possible. However I am betting its all those short items as they would likely take less art and layout with a goal of getting new product out soon.
Also I bet the art for Girl Genius has to be approved (if not drawn) by the licence holders.

[Proteus]

Why in the world is there a "Published" section in the listings? Isn't that just redundant with the Calendar?

Anyone else want to take a guess on Bill Stoddard's "followup of sorts to a previous project, with a large bibliography"? To me that suggests it's an "Adaptation," a "Portal Realm," or both. Since we've seen Munchkin Oz, could this be GURPS Oz? I don't remember whether the original Dennison art is out of copyright, but having that instead of stock pieces would be a neat trick.

If it's not Oz, what's another reasonable possibility that avoids licensing fees?

Do I recall mention at FnordCon of plans for a Kickstarter funding a brace of short GURPS titles, kind of a modern, digital version of late-3E's All-Star Jam? I can count a pretty varied dozen waiting in the pipeline for that trigger to be pulled, if I haven't just made that product up.

"Uptight Calimari" is an anagram for “Ritual Path Magic." How about "Marl Ankh"? Who would the "harm klan" be? Or do Scouts have a "lank arm" with an extra, sneezy "h"? Mutter, mutter, mutter....

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Why in the world is there a "Published" section in the listings? Isn't that just redundant with the Calendar?

There are items published to other places like Kickstarter and Gaming Ballistic which dont show upon the W23 calandar.
I dont recall AllStar Jam from Fnordcon but its been awhile.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Proteus

"Uptight Calimari" is an anagram for “Ritual Path Magic."

Finally, someone got it.

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by Proteus

How about "Marl Ankh"? Who would the "harm klan" be? Or do Scouts have a "lank arm" with an extra, sneezy "h"? Mutter, mutter, mutter....

Karma + National Hockey League ?
Karma + No-Limit Hold 'em (how to use poker chips for impulse buys ? )

Lot more possibilities if the l is a I, but nothing immediately obvious

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Finally, someone got it.

And there was me wondering if Uptight Calamari was DF Denizens: TFT Octopus.

[Michael Thayne]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Also I bet the art for Girl Genius has to be approved (if not drawn) by the licence holders.

Good point. That will probably make things take a bit longer.

[Daigoro]

Originally Posted by Celjabba

Karma + National Hockey League ?
Karma + No-Limit Hold 'em (how to use poker chips for impulse buys ? )

Lot more possibilities if the l is a I, but nothing immediately obvious

MH: Rank LA?

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Refplace

There are items published to other places like Kickstarter and Gaming Ballistic which dont show upon the W23 calendar.

But that’s certainly not true of either Cold Shard Mountains or Vehicles: Transports of Fantasy, which are the only occupants of that section, and are both Steve Jackson Games products.