Information Felipepepe's Encyclopedic CRPG Book Released

[Galdred]

Congratulations. That was quite dedicated from you!

Wait, so the title of this book is The CRPG Book Project ???

You forgot to come up with a name!!!

How about, From Gygax, to GURPS, to Gaider, with Many Points In Between ?

Or, maybe not that, but it was the first thing to mind…

The wealthiest country on earth also forgot to come up with a name, and succeeded just fine without one.

 

[Sizzle]

Massive respect to felipepepe, I'm proud to have been a part of this project :D

 

[Sensuki]

Well done

 

[felipepepe]

I hope it draws some widespread coverage and does well.

I wonder about that... Not a single mainstream website wrote about it yet. One would expect that speed would be a strong point of online jounos. :/

 

[MechMessiah]

Translated intro into Russian and posted (with original link, of course!) in our local site in far-far away and chilling Magadan.
Spread the news!

 

[Iznaliu]

There's a few typos in the book, but more concerningly, it claims that Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure was released in 1988, when it was actually released in 1980. (It appears in the December 1980 issue of BYTE Magazine). A 1988 release date also contradicts Apventure to Atlantis being released in 1982, since it was Clardy's fourth game. I'm assuming this is a simple typo, but these kinds of typos can be intensely misleading for future researchers.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Congrats sir

 

[Abu Antar]

Been reading this while sitting in the toilet. Thank you so much.

 

[Diggfinger]

Congrats!

 

[Quantomas]

Felipepepe, congrats to you for your dedication!

Maybe you can ask Monte Cook how to print the book economically. He is bound to know how to go about it.

 

[ghostdog]

Congratulations felipepepe !

although I'm pretty sure Deuce Traveler didn't write the Anachronox review

 

[felipepepe]

There's a few typos in the book, but more concerningly, it claims that Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure was released in 1988, when it was actually released in 1980. (It appears in the December 1980 issue of BYTE Magazine). A 1988 release date also contradicts Apventure to Atlantis being released in 1982, since it was Clardy's fourth game. I'm assuming this is a simple typo, but these kinds of typos can be intensely misleading for future researchers.

Yeah, you're right - it is a typo. The most dangerous of all typos. I'll fix this right now, thanks for spotting it.

 

[J_C]

Congratulations on the huge achievement. You've done something great for the genre and its fans!

On printing: have you checked https://www.lulu.com/ and similar online printers? They work on demand per order, you don't need a mass print, warehouse or anything. Whatever way you choose, I'll be getting a few copies for me and as gifts as well.

A hardcover colored version of the book would cost over $100 on Lulu. :/

Those colored pages push up the price quite a lot. I could probably make a book from this much cheaper if I would choose black and white printing, but that would do a huge diservice to those fantastic screenshots.

 

[J_C]

I hope it draws some widespread coverage and does well.

I wonder about that... Not a single mainstream website wrote about it yet. One would expect that speed would be a strong point of online jounos. :/

Have you contacted them? You don't really expect them to do some journalistic work and seek stories themselves, do you? You have to spoonfed them.

 

[mondblut]

I hope it draws some widespread coverage and does well.

I wonder about that... Not a single mainstream website wrote about it yet. One would expect that speed would be a strong point of online jounos. :/

I imagine the title.

Gamergate Central: Known Alt-Right website's toxic perspective on RPGs

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

And we demand a printed collector's edition, tentatively titled The CRPG Codex.

Got to class it up a little and go for Latin. Maybe Codex Personae Ludendi Ludorum

Book of role playing games unless I’m even rustier than I think.

But more importantly, we need a summary of the CRPG book project project. Like the beach read version. Who’s up for the challenge?

 

[cocorulverde]

[Intelligence 10+]So you fight the good fight with your book?

Congratulations, felipepepe!

 

[Sizzle]

Now is the time for a new book, this time about the history of adventure games.

Please do it, felipepepe, you're the only one with the courage and stamina to do this

 

[Delterius]

I might make a hardcover version for myself, even.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/120289-crpg-book-released.html

 

[felipepepe]

Now is the time for a new book, this time about the history of adventure games.

Please do it, felipepepe, you're the only one with the courage and stamina to do this

Uh, Hardcore Gaming 101 did one years go, and it's even more ridiculously long than mine: https://www.amazon.ca/Hardcoregaming101-net-Presents-Classic-Graphic-Adventures/dp/146095579X

 

[Iznaliu]

Yeah, you're right - it is a typo. The most dangerous of all typos. I'll fix this right now, thanks for spotting it.

Unfortunately, there's actually a whole bunch more in the book.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

There's a few typos in the book, but more concerningly, it claims that Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure was released in 1988, when it was actually released in 1980. (It appears in the December 1980 issue of BYTE Magazine). A 1988 release date also contradicts Apventure to Atlantis being released in 1982, since it was Clardy's fourth game. I'm assuming this is a simple typo, but these kinds of typos can be intensely misleading for future researchers.

Yeah, you're right - it is a typo. The most dangerous of all typos. I'll fix this right now, thanks for spotting it.

Also, in the skyrim article, in the side note on page 426, it ha two typos: "Later the game also received a Nintendo Swith pot and a VR version."

I haven't read the book but found those by just browsing. Since you're going to fix the thing, might as well fix this one.

 

[felipepepe]

Yeah, you're right - it is a typo. The most dangerous of all typos. I'll fix this right now, thanks for spotting it.

Unfortunately, there's actually a whole bunch more in the book.

I know there's a billion types, but date typos as well?

 

[Darth Slaughter]

I know there's a billion typos, but date typos as well?

One less to fix.