So, how great is Kromm anyway?

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by tbone

While the fans wait for the book, here's a question for them: For someone who has no idea what Girl Genius is (hi!) . . . what is it?

It describes itself as "gaslamp fantasy." Think highly cinematic and slightly silly steampunk setting where weird science rules.

It's written by Phil Folio, who's been a comic and RPG game illustrator for decades. (He did the illustrations for GURPS 3E IOU.) If you know and like his work you'll probably like GG.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

Right now, we just don’t know. There are too many moving parts in this process — Kromm has to finish his edit, the layout could be simple or could pose challenges, we may need more art than we thought we did, and of course when all is said and done both Steve and the Foglios get to approve everything, which could well lead to another round of changes.

Plus there’s the wild card that any or all of us could be knocked on our keister for a couple of weeks by a pandemic.

As a generic rule, we don’t announce release dates until we’re very confident that we can hit them — for physical products, that almost always means that it has gone to the printer and we’ve gotten their estimate for how long manufacturing will take, and for digital products, that means we’ve got the thing staged or close enough to it that we’re confident in our upload strategy. We would much rather disappoint people by providing too little information than by providing BAD information.

Originally Posted by Kromm

I prefer to word that as, "Anybody promising solid dates on a multi-step book production process isn't as honest or as professional as SJ Games."

Agreed. I didn't say it was bad thing.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

In today's market, I'm assuming PDF by default; it's whether there will be a print run that's the big question.

It seems an obvious candidate for a Kickstarter.

[tbone]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

It describes itself as "gaslamp fantasy." Think highly cinematic and slightly silly steampunk setting where weird science rules.

It's written by Phil Folio, who's been a comic and RPG game illustrator for decades. (He did the illustrations for GURPS 3E IOU.) If you know and like his work you'll probably like GG.

Thanks for the answer. Doesn't sound like a must-buy for me - I never end up playing licensed settings - but I'll of course keep an ear open to what people say about the finished product. Who knows, maybe it'll trigger a failed roll to resist Compulsive GURPS Book Buying (15).

[SCAR]

Originally Posted by tbone

Thanks for the answer. Doesn't sound like a must-buy for me - I never end up playing licensed settings - but I'll of course keep an ear open to what people say about the finished product. Who knows, maybe it'll trigger a failed roll to resist Compulsive GURPS Book Buying (15).

You could also read the Web Comic on which the license is based: Link to First Comic
It started in November 2002 so there is a fair bit to keep you occupied until its released!

[Kromm]

New entry posted in the GURPS thread of my LJ.

[Kromm]

New entry posted in the GURPS thread of my LJ.

[Abrasax]

Kromm is a hack, he's been plagiarizing Sean Punch for years.

[Anders]

Fool. Kromm and Sean Punch are two Persons, but one Editor.

[Pomphis]

Originally Posted by Anders

Fool. Kromm and Sean Punch are two Persons, but one Editor.

The Holy Duality