The 2016 w23 Digital Release and Speculation Thread

[Christopher R. Rice]

In the glorious tradition of digital speculation welcome to the 8th annual w23 Digitl releases and speculation thread! The first thread was maintained by SCAR in 2009. The 2010, 2011, and 2012 threads were headed up by Jalapeno Dude. The 2013, 2014, and 2015 thread was maintained by myself.

What’s on the record to come this year you ask? You tell me! All guesses were obtained via a crowd-sourced survey and include possible releases that are at the Editing level or better. Guesses for the release day are in Green text.

So go take the survey and throw your hat into the ring. :-)

January 7, 2016: Dungeon Fantasy 18: Power Items
January 14, 2016: No Release
January 21, 2016: Pyramid #3/87: Low-Tech III
January 28, 2016: No Release
February 4, 2016: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Treasures 2: Epic Treasures
February 11, 2016: No Release
February 18, 2016: Pyramid #3/88: The End Is Nigh
February 25, 2016: No release
March 3, 2016: GURPS After the End 1: Wastelanders
March 10, 2016: No Release
March 17, 2016: GURPS Powers: The Weird
March 24, 2016: No Release (technical difficulties)
March 31, 2016: Pyramid #3/89: Alternate Dungeons II
April 7, 2016: GURPS After the End 2: The New World
April 14, 2016: No Release.
April 21, 2016: Pyramid #3/90: After the End
April 28, 2016: No Release.
May 5, 2016: GURPS Disasters: Meltdown and Fallout
May 12, 2016: No Release.
May 19, 2016: Pyramid #3/91: Thaumatology IV
May 26, 2016: No Release.
June 2, 2016: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 3: Born of Myth & Magic, Cardboard Heroes: Set 18 – Car Warrior
June 9, 2016: No Release.
June 16, 2016: No Release.
June 23, 2016: Pyramid #3/92: Zombies
June 30, 2016: No Release.
July 7, 2016: No Release, Holiday
July 14, 2016: GURPS Sorcery: Protection and Warning Spells
July 21, 2016: No Release.
July 28, 2016: No Release
July 29th, 2016: Pyramid #3/93: Cops and Lawyers
August 4, 2016: No Release.
August 11, 2016: GURPS Adaptations
August 18, 2016: No Release.
August 25, 2016: Pyramid #3/94: Spaceships III
September 1, 2016: No release.
September 8, 2016: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic
September 15, 2016: No Release.
September 22, 2016: Pyramid #3/95: Overland Adventures
September 29, 2016: No Release.
October 6, 2016: GURPS Steampunk 1: Settings and Style
October 13, 2016: No Release.
October 20, 2016: Pyramid #3/96: Tech and Toys 4
October 27, 2016: No Release.
November 3, 2016: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Swashbucklers
November 10, 2016: No Release.
November 17, 2016: Pyramid #3/97: Strange Powers
November 24, 2016: SJGames Closed for Holiday
December 1, 2016: No Release.
December 8, 2016: No Release.
December 15, 2016: No Release.
December 16, 2016: Pyramid #3/98: Welcome to Dungeon Fantasy
December 22, 2016: SJGames Closed for Holiday
December 29, 2016: SJGames Closed for Holiday

So far in 2016, there have been 21 Steve Jackson Games releases: 9 new GURPS supplements, 0 new non-GURPS item, 12 issues of Pyramid, 0 GURPS Classic items, and 0 non-GURPS Classic items (e.g., Car Wars).

I plan to update this thread every Monday (that way I can get all the info from blogs and twitter feeds at once).

[Christopher R. Rice]

Indexing/Proofing/Prepress Checking

• Discworld Roleplaying Game (by Phil Masters): Production progress as of November 16th; currently in "layout hell"; has seen minor movement; is getting cover and back art; Nikki has sent a preview to Phil; now has pull quotes, art notes, and glossary; incremental art progress; is now waiting for art; Kromm has created the sell-sheet; has seen more progress; index has been finished; will not have a PDF release; index is done and art is being inked; final text corrections have been made and sent to Terry Pratchett; is waiting art approval; is getting art; is now in proofreading; is getting art progress; has more art; is in the final stages of production; is having nits picked; has been reviewed; has a cover; is getting some behind the scenes work; has a date for the printer; cover revisions are about done; is being pushed back a bit due to Sir Terry's death; work is continued; cover has been approved; will have a PDF!; is having troubles coming to print; at print and on track to reach stores before the end of 2016. (Total hints: 32 as of 07/31/2016)
• Dungeon Fantasy Powered by GURPS (by Sean Punch): First draft should be ready next week; first draft is finished; has been sent to Steven and revised; has seen more work; has had art approved; needs a prepress check; has a release date; is something flashy; planning production financing; is something that will come in a box; is a Dungeon Fantasy boxed set. (Total hints: 11 as of 08/30/2016)
• GURPS Mars Attacks! (by Jason "PK" Levine): Saw peer review; final draft has been turned in; is with Nikki for editing; is in production; has a release date; is in preliminary layout; has a layout for internal review; has a cool cover; is having troubles coming to print; at print and on track to reach stores before the end of 2016. (Total hints: 10 as of 07/31/2016)

Art/Layout

• None.

Editing

• None.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Final Draft

• GURPS Vehicle Design (by David Pulver): Being discussed by Kromm as of January 7th, 2011; major revised draft undergoing extensive playtest and multiple revisions as of December 30th, 2010; final draft in early 2011 probable; final problems solved and possible book expected in mid-2013; needs 3-4 weeks of time; David Pulver plans on "devoting time" to this book; David has been advised on style issues; has seen more progress; David has sent in a near finished draft; has seen some movement; has lurched forward some; still being revised. (Total hints: 12 as of 01/04/2016)
• Unknown Hot Spots Project (by Matt Riggsby): Outline has been approved; about to enter review; left peer review; final draft in. (Total hints: 4 as of 02/19/2016)

Playtesting/Peer Review/Staff Review

• Unknown Project (by PK): has been turned in his firstdraft; is in playtest and is a Thaumatology-related project. (Total hints: 2 as of 12/22/2015)
• Unknown Project (by Matt Riggsby): Is not Dungeon Fantasy-related; has been reviewed; Kromm sent his comments back. (Total hints: 3 as of 12/22/2015)
• Unknown Large Project (by Sean Punch): No hints before July 2016; finished writing and editorial tasks. (Total hints: 2 as of 08/04/2016)

First Draft

• GURPS Steampunk 2 (by Phil Masters): first draft in. (Total hints: 1 as of 10/13/2016)
• GURPS IST (by Bob Schroeck): is tentative, but looks like its in the pipeline. (Total hints: 1 as of 12/22/2015)
• Monster Hunters 6 (by Jason "PK" Levine): first draft almost done; first draft in. (Total hints: 2 as of 10/13/2016)

Entered the Pipeline/Outline

• Unnamed project (by Hans-Christian Vortisch): a serialised version of one of his past publications. (Total hints: 1 as of 01/04/2016)
• Unknown Dungeon Fantasy Project (by Matt Riggsby): contract signed; is something otherworldly. (Total hints: 2 as of 08/18/2016)

[Christopher R. Rice]

On Indefinite Hold/Rumor/Unknown/Vaporware

• GURPS Armourer's Handbook (by unknown): while the title is known it's still 'vaporware'; might see a release near Vehicle Design. (Total hints: 2 as of 12/22/2015)
• GURPS Bestiary (by unknown): March 19th, 2010: "the wheel turned another few degrees on GURPS Bestiary this week. It isn't just parked"; made more progress on 4/30/10; coming quite soon. (Total hints: 3 as of 02/19/2016)
• Girl Genius Sourcebook and RPG (by Jason "PK" Levine and others): PK editing existing text and writing more, aiming for 2013 release as of May 27th; is on administrative hold. (Total hints: 2 as of 12/22/2015)
• Unknown GURPS 4th edition conversion (by Jason "PK" Levine): probably unknown item in prepress as of January GURPS News; edited draft submitted as of March 25th, 2011. (Total hints: 2 as of 12/22/2015)
• Unnamed Project (by unknown): A book about what to do in your vehicle (vs. vehicle design). Tentative titles: GURPS Vehicle Action or GURPS Vehicles in Action as seen here. (Total hints: 1 as of 12/22/2015)

That's 13 possible future releases that have been discussed thus far (this does not include entries under the on indefinite hold/rumor/vaporware heading).

[Christopher R. Rice]

Speculative Sources

In addition to these forums, my sources include the blogs of Dr. Kromm, Phil Masters, and William H. Stoddard and Rev. Pee Kitty's Twitter. Roger Burton West's GURPS Fourth Edition: What's Coming Up is more exhaustive and less speculative than this thread can/will be.


Upcoming Pyramid Issues

• Overland Travel and Travails
• Spaceships III
• Tech and Toys IV

Taken from here. It warns that "the exact order of issues is subject to change." Issues almost always come out on the second-to-last Thursday of the month.


Remaining Classic Releases

GURPS: 12 remaining non-licensed items:

• Autoduel: Car Warriors
• Best of Pyramid 1
• Bestiary
• Flight 13
• Grimoire
• Space Atlas 4
• Space: Terradyne
• Supers
• Supporting Cast
• Time Travel
• Time Travel Adventures
• Vehicles Lite
• Villains

[Christopher R. Rice]

This post reserved.

[Christopher R. Rice]

And here's the new survey for the first quarter of 2016.

[TorgSmith]

WOOTERS!!!! Had to break it in. :)

[Turhan's Bey Company]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

[*]Dungeon Fantasy 17 (by Sean "Kromm" Punch): Is being outlined; has had some progress; is in production; is at prepress checking. (Total hints: 4 as of 5/29/2015)

I'd note that, due to last-minute rescheduling, Dungeon Fantasy: Guilds ended up as DF 17. I don't have inside information, but I would guess that the work here is likely to appear as DF 18.

[Refplace]

Probably should drop the Classic Traveler items from the list.