Girl Genius Update

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Uh, I may be misunderstanding something. I just tried to make an order for a physical book at W23 and the thing makes no comment on me putting in my address. I get a choice of two shipping options, one expensive and one twice as expensive as that. At no point does W23 say that they don't send to here.

Look at the tag, it should say Digital.

[dcarson]

Originally Posted by Prime Evil

I'm in Australia so the cost of shipping is *always* awful - even before the current craziness. We also have a 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) that must be paid on imports. Despite this, I still intend to buy a copy of two of this book - even if I need to use a reshipment service to do it. I may need to take out a second mortgage, but sacrifices must be made for Mad Science!

One of the regulars on the Girl Genius discord is plotting how to pool orders to get a single shipment to Australia to save a bit on shipping and such.

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Look at the tag, it should say Digital.

Why should the tag say Digital when I'm deliberately trying to find out if W23 ships here and approximately how much it costs?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by philreed

Global freight is a disaster. Slow. Expensive. Terrible.

And international shipping, where the destination applies fees, becomes more challenging when those who order refuse to pay the fees and demand a refund.

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Uh, I may be misunderstanding something. I just tried to make an order for a physical book at W23 and the thing makes no comment on me putting in my address. I get a choice of two shipping options, one expensive and one twice as expensive as that.

I think Phil was explaining why the Kickstarter is unlikely to offer international shipping. That needs reasonably hassle-free shipping to turn a profit.

W23 ships to anywhere in the world, but it's usually expensive outside the US.

[Anders]

Hopefully it will be available on POD.

[philreed]

One example of the new world we live in.

https://blog.stamps.com/2020/12/22/s...021-vat-rules/

[philreed]

Originally Posted by Anders

Hopefully it will be available on POD.

No plans for a print-on-demand at this time. Our focus is the hardcover campaign. There may be a print-on-demand release in the future, but licensed works require special attention before a POD version is possible.

[adm]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Why should the tag say Digital when I'm deliberately trying to find out if W23 ships here and approximately how much it costs?

If the item you clicked on is only currently offered in digital, like GG is at the moment, the software will not offer a hard copy option. Thus no shipping costs. Try clicking on the 4E Disc World for a shipping estimate, they're roughly the same size.

[Michael Thayne]

I've never read Girl Genius, but I had to buy the book immediately, because I'm a GURPS completist and was curious how Sparks were handled. It appears the book largely leaves the existing gadgeteering rules in place*, while making it even cheaper, character-point wise, to play a gadgeteer / Spark. Which makes sense is if the intent is for high-powered games to be more-or-less synonymous with "all-Spark games". Which may or may not fit the comic, though I notice that the "Cast" chapter has examples of high-powered non-Sparks.

* Disclaimer: I haven't carefully looked at all the fine print, so maybe the "bugs" table was tweaked to fit the setting, but any changes certainly seem minor compared to the changes seen in say Monster Hunters or After the End.

[Inky]

An all-Spark game sounds like a somewhat terrible idea, unless the characters have Allies with them to do, er, the job Zoink does when Gil is testing his flying machine in book 3. :-)