The 2012 e23 Releases and Speculation Thread

[eustakos]

Ja Meister

[dbm]

And the new release for 19 April is: Pyramid 3/42: Noir.

[TorgSmith]

Originally Posted by dbm

And the new release for 19 April is: Pyramid 3/42: Noir.

The old swap in a different Pyramid ploy. I do enjoy a good swap in a different Pyramid ploy. :)

[Proteus]

No sign yet of jalapeno_dude's return, so I'll make another update to keep the list current. (Some experiments in formatting, too.)

Here's the record of what's come out so far this year; my guesses for the next month are in green. Disclaimer: I'm not privy to any inside information!

2012 SJG e23 Releases

• January 5th: In Nomine: Liber Reliquarum
• January 12th: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Adventure 1: Mirror of the Fire Demon
• January 19th: Pyramid #3/39: Steampunk
• January 26th: GURPS Traveller Classic: Planetary Survey 5 - Tobibak
  
  
• February 2nd: GURPS Classic: Fantasy Bestiary
• February 9th: GURPS Classic: Conan
• February 16th: GURPS Classic: Conan Beyond Thunder River, Pyramid #3/40: Vehicles
• February 23rd: GURPS Classic: Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast
  
  
• March 1st: In Nomine: Liber Castellorum, Munchkin Thingies
• March 4th (GM's Day): Car Wars Combat Showcase, Car Wars Expansion Set 2, GURPS Classic: Magic Items 1, GURPS Classic: Screampunk, GURPS Traveller Classic: Ring of Fire, In Nomine: Angelic Player's Guide, In Nomine: Liber Servitorum, Uncle Albert's 2035 Catalog
• March 8th: In Nomine Superiors 4: Rogues to Riches
• March 15th: GURPS Traveller Classic: Planetary Survey 3 - Granicus
• March 22nd: Pyramid #3/40: Fantasy World-Building
• March 29th: GURPS Power-Ups 4: Enhancements
  
  
• April 5th: GURPS Traveller Classic: Planetary Survey 6 - Darkmoon
• April 12th: GURPS Classic: Magic Items 2
• April 19th: Pyramid #3/42: Noir
  
• April 26th: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 15: Henchmen
  
  
• May 3rd: Classic item
• May 10th: GURPS Power-Ups 5
• May 17th: Classic item
• May 24th: Pyramid #3/43: Alternate GURPS II
  

So far in 2012, there have been 26 Steve Jackson Games releases: 2 new GURPS supplements, 1 new non-GURPS item, 4 issues of Pyramid, 11 GURPS Classic items, and 8 non-GURPS Classic items.

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Upcoming GURPS Books (in rough order of probable release)

Prepress

• GURPS Ultra-Tech: Weapon Tables (by David Pulver and Kenneth Peters; in prepress as of June 24th, 2011)
• Unknown RPK GURPS 4th edition conversion (probably unknown item in prepress as of January GURPS News; edited draft submitted as of March 25th, 2011)

Production

• GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 15: Henchmen (by Peter Dell'Orto and Sean Punch; review of preliminary PDF complete as of January 27th; title leaked on March 30th)
• GURPS Power-Ups 5 (by Kromm; in production and getting art as of January 6th; has a section with title "Open Your Eyes", "topic is so abstract that I'm having trouble writing art notes for it")
• GURPS Locations: Hellsgate (by Matt Riggsby; awaiting art as of January GURPS News)
• GURPS Locations: Worminghall (by Bill Stoddard; in production as of February 24th; "treatment of a school of wizardry—based on reading about medieval universities and medieval magic", includes "seeds that could grow into adventures, but also lots of characters with motives and relationships")
• Transhuman Space: Wings of the Rising Sun (by David Chart; in production as of February 24th)

Rough PDF

• GURPS After The End 1: Wastelanders (by Jason "PK" Levine; rough PDF reviewed as of November 25th, 2011; title given here; 8 templates (Doc, Hulk, Hunter, Nomad, Scavenger, Tech, Trader, Trooper; has Freakishness trait and Melee-Capable enhancement; long, detail-oriented templates)
• GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople, 527-1204 A.D. (by Matt Riggsby; rough PDF being reviewed as of February 3rd)
• GURPS After The End 2: The New World (by Jason "PK" Levine; rough PDF being reviewed as of February 3rd; title given here; involves "gangs, toxic waste, and insane robots"; includes bartering rules)
• GURPS Locations: St. George's Cathedral (by Michele Armellini; preliminary PDF being reviewed as of March 2nd)
• GURPS Underground Adventures (preliminary PDF out for review as of April 20th)

Layout


Editing

• GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling (by Douglas Cole; "edited except for a few final tweaks" as of April 13th)
• Discworld Roleplaying Game (by Phil Masters; edit 69.6% complete as of April 20th)

Final Draft

• GURPS Banestorm: Martial Arts (by David T. Moore; final draft arrived as of March 16th)

Playtest/Peer Review


Non-final Draft

• GURPS High-Tech: Adventure Guns (by Hans-Christian Vortisch; revised draft submitted as of March 2nd)
• GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor (by Dan Howard; first draft submitted as of July 8th, 2011)
• 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)

Pre-First Draft

• GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic (edited by Jason "PK" Levine from submissions; "about 85% written" as of April 13th)
• Thaumatology item by Bill Stoddard ("just turned around the contract" as of April 6th)
• GURPS Madness Dossier (by Ken Hite; outline almost agreed on as of November 11th, 2011; subject leaked here; being worked on as of January 5th, 2011)

That's 21 possible future releases that have been discussed thus far, though there may be some duplicates on the list.

[jalapeno_dude]

Hi everybody,

Yes, I'm alive. :) Sorry, I honestly thought I'd been gone from the forums for a couple of weeks, not almost 6. This semester (my last of college) has been pretty intense.

I've now updated the front page--thanks to Proteus for keeping things updated while I was gone. I'll try to get back in the habit of posting weekly--if I'm gone for more than a couple of weeks, you should feel free to PM me (I have it set up so I'll get an email when that happens). Thanks to Ghostdancer for emailing me!

[Proteus]

Welcome back, jalapeno_dude!

Originally Posted by jalapeno_dude

April 26th: Classic item(s)
May 3rd: GURPS Locations: Hellsgate
May 10th: Classic items(s)
May 17th: GURPS Ultra-Tech: Weapons Tables

Okay, having been looking over your tea-leaves for a couple of weeks, I've got to ask: why those predictions? Do you have a mysterious gut feel that Hellsgate is going to leap-frog both DF 15: Henchmen and Power-Ups 5, or were you just longing for a bit of prognosticational variety in the listings?

[Buzzardo]

Welcome back, jd, and thanks, Proteus for the interim updates. We should get Proteus entitled as Reserve Speculator. :)

Last semester, eh, jd? Pre-grats. :)

[jalapeno_dude]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Welcome back, jalapeno_dude!



Okay, having been looking over your tea-leaves for a couple of weeks, I've got to ask: why those predictions? Do you have a mysterious gut feel that Hellsgate is going to leap-frog both DF 15: Henchmen and Power-Ups 5, or were you just longing for a bit of prognosticational variety in the listings?

Kromm generally notifies us when something moves into production--and we haven't heard that about DF15 yet. As for Hellsgate vs. Power-Ups, that's just a gut feeling--I think SJG wouldn't want to release two Locations items consecutively, and we actually have its full title, unlike Power-Ups 5. But that's honestly more thought than I put into it when I made those guesses--you shouldn't take them too seriously. ;)

[Refplace]

Welcome back also!

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by jalapeno_dude

Hi everybody,

Yes, I'm alive. :) Sorry, I honestly thought I'd been gone from the forums for a couple of weeks, not almost 6. This semester (my last of college) has been pretty intense.

I've now updated the front page--thanks to Proteus for keeping things updated while I was gone. I'll try to get back in the habit of posting weekly--if I'm gone for more than a couple of weeks, you should feel free to PM me (I have it set up so I'll get an email when that happens). Thanks to Ghostdancer for emailing me!

Welcome back! And you're welcome.

Keep on speculating. :-)

Ghostdancer