I also sent out PDFs for everything ordered to date. Five weeks from campaign launch to PDFs-in-hand. I am pleased. I hope you are too.

If you’re one of the fewer than three dozen people who have yet to complete your survey, you’ll get your PDFs more or less as soon as you do (I might have to manually send them, but I’ll be checking regularly so there won’t be much of a delay there).

Errata

Now that the files have gone out, there are something like 550 more pairs of eyes (give or take) on the books. This gives all sorts of possibilities for finding errors I and the preview team missed.

Find one? Great. Submit them here. ONLY submit them here. If you do not submit them here, they will not get the attention they deserve. PLEASE.

However, not everything qualifies as an error.

What does?

• Clarity or Wording: This is really for things that are truly baffling. “Could be better” or “I prefer it another way” are not errata. “I have no idea what this means” is. Grammar mistakes that are not related to deliberate style choices go here too.
• Formatting Error: A lead-in title is not bolded. A spell or talent name that’s not in a list of such things is not bolded. A title is not formatted as a title. Movement not giving Base (Adjusted) MA (such as MA 8 instead of  MA 10 (8) for someone with Leather Armor).
• Rules Mistake: Misapplication of the enchantment rules. Giving someone a steel sword when they’re a wizard who expects to cast spells. The wrong
• Trait, Ability, or Stat error: Things like “this Talent requires IQ 13 or DX 12 and the character doesn’t have that” is an out-and-out mistake. “More Talents than IQ allows” is NOT a mistake, as you can do such things with experience. PLEASE make sure you double-check your own work before you jump on these, remembering some IQ/Talent combinations give free languages, etc. Also not a mistake is “I don’t like this talent combination” or “this is not an optimized combat monster.” That wasn’t the point of the books!
• Typographical Error: Spellng. Lettre transposition in teh middle of a sentence. Double periods qualify..
• Other: Catch-all.

PLEASE note that “I would have done this differently” is not errata.

Timing

Now that order quantities have been more or less settled, it’s time for me to begin the manufacturing process.

• Counter manufacturing will begin right away. I’m going to start preparing these sheets today.
• Book finalization: I’m going to allow 7-10 days for errata checking. Then I’ll finalize the books, update the tag date, distribute final copies. At that point, I’ll also start listing PDFs for sale and begin printing orders in the USA and the UK.
• Card Printing: Once the books are done, I transfer that information to cards, ensuring that the fidelity from book to card is perfect.

Once the cards and counters start to roll off the production line, samples will be diverted for EN71 testing in various places. I expect that to take a few weeks. Hopefully no problems, but if there are, I’ll let you know. It only impacts not-the-USA distribution.

As I understand precise fulfillment dates, I’ll let you know!

Pre-Orders Still Open/Saying Nice Things

I’m only viable if my customer base believes in me. If you like the books, I would take it as a kindness if you say nice things about them in places people will see. Facebook. Twitter. Various RPG sites and forums. It all helps.

Thanks! We’re not done yet…but this is (as a guy in an Alliance-Friendly bar on U-Day once said) “an aspicious day.”