Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 26 Apr 2004 to 27 Apr 2004 (#2004-92) From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM> Date: 28/04/2004, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests <MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM> Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 3 messages totalling 177 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. HackWurld of Mystaros Once Again Under Development (3) ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:12:14 +0200 From: Francesco Defferrari <sturm@LIBERO.IT> Subject: Re: HackWurld of Mystaros Once Again Under Development ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Mishler" <jamesmishler@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM> > Hello all, > I am once again on the HackWurld of Mystaros project for Kenzer & > Company. I'm very happy to hear that. Good work! bye Francesco ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:36:02 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Havard=20Faanes?= <havardfaa@YAHOO.NO> Subject: Re: HackWurld of Mystaros Once Again Under Development Well, I for one can't wait to see this product hit the shelves. Who knows, perhaps a successful HackMaster release will spark the idea of a later 3e adaption of Mystara? James, keep this in mind for later. Maybe you can convince someone to pay you twice for the same product... ;) As for when the book will be out, we havent been Mystara fans today if we didnt have any patience... Mystara Lives... Havard --- James Mishler <jamesmishler@ATTGLOBAL.NET> skrev: > Hello all, > > I am once again on the HackWurld of Mystaros project > for Kenzer & > Company. For those who do not know of it, the > HackWurld of Mystaros is > the "Hacked" version of the Known World of Mystara > for the HackMaster > role-playing game. I began work on this last year, > and then a lot of > personal issues intervened. But that is all over > now. I am once again fully > employed, yet am able to pick up the HackWurld again > on a freelance > basis. Once I am settled in at my new location I > will concentrate all my free > energies on getting the HackWurld completed. > > You will note that the HackWurld is not on Kenzer & > Company's schedule. > This is because they and I do not want to disappoint > anyone by missing a > deadline; between this being developed as a > freelance project and the > necessities of working with a licensed project, > schedules can all too easily > go to hell. Thus a release date for the project will > not be announced until > Kenzer & Company has a near 100% certainty of that > date (with some > damn good modifiers in their favor, to boot). > > As to the project itself, the book has gone from a > 256-page "everything > you needed to know about the whole setting" monster > to what is > essentially a 96-page "Gamemaster's Guide to the > HackWurld Proper". It > will contain all the basics a GM needs to run a > campaign in the core region > (the "Known World" area of the original map), and > also have enough > information on the different cultures of humans, > elves, dwarves, halflings, > gnomes, and humanoids to enable a player to play a > distinctively "HackWurld" character. From Belcadiz > Elf to Dymrak Goblin, > Thyatian Legionaire to Atruaghin Barbarian, enough > detail will be included > to make your character definitively HackWurld in > nature. > > It will be up to you fellow Mystaraphiles, > HackMaster Fans, and others > interested in adventure game settings, and your > combined purchasing > power to determine whether further supplements will > be released, such as > one covering Sind and the Great Waste, or the > Alphatian Empire, or Hule > and the Savage Coast. So I am doing my best to make > sure that that this > book will appeal to those who already love Mystara, > those who already > love HackMaster, and those who simply are looking > for a kick-ass fantasy > game setting. A tall order, indeed. I will update > developments as > development warrants. > > As a side note, for those who enjoy my earlier work, > my day job is once > again in publishing. Yes, more of my words in print. > I am an Associate > Editor for Comics Buyer's Guide at Krause > Publications. Currently CBG is a > 52-page weekly tabloid magazine that covers comic > books; starting in June > we go to a monthly 244-page format. I am essentially > responsible for our > cover article, plus the rest of the leading > articles; these cover everything > from comic book related movies, to comic book > characters, to comic book > pop culture. I also cover the sections related to > comic book based games, > including collectible miniature games, collectible > card games, and role- > playing games. So please, by all means, check us out > at your local comic > book shop, and soon on newsstands nationwide. > > James "Mystaros" Mishler > jamesmishler at attglobal dot net > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > ===== *** Håvard R. Faanes www.stud.ntnu.no/~havardfa ______________________________________________________ Få den nye Yahoo! Messenger på http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:41:43 +1200 From: Chris Furneaux <c_furneaux@PARADISE.NET.NZ> Subject: Re: HackWurld of Mystaros Once Again Under Development Quoting James Mishler <jamesmishler@ATTGLOBAL.NET>: > I am once again on the HackWurld of Mystaros project for Kenzer & > Company. I'm glad to hear it's back on the books. Pity about the reduction in size but it makes your life easyer too I guess. And posibly it's chance of success better (being more accessable). Good luck. Chris. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 26 Apr 2004 to 27 Apr 2004 (#2004-92) ***************************************************************