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Any news on Lairs and Encounters?

I keep throwing money at my screen, but it isn’t working. Can we get an update on the print release of the Player’s Companion, Domains at War, and Lairs & Encounters?

Hey, if you think I’m bugging you I can only say it’s your fault for making a good product. I want…I NEED…MORE!

Player's Companion went to the printer this week. It'll be in hardcover for backers and pre-orders a little more than eight weeks from now, after which the PDF and then the hardcover will be for general sale online and in stores.

Domains at War is queued up for release right behind Player's Companion. It's basically finished except for art, layout, etc. and is mostly just waiting until we deliver on having taken folks' money for the Companion so that we can raise funds for the next project with a clear conscience.

A B/X version of Lairs & Encounters has been around since before there was an Autarch. I know some work was done on it this summer by Autarch's bound-for-great-things intern Jon Prosperi, but am not sure what the status is. The Auran Empire book is likely to come out sooner as a full-on hardcover release, but L&E seems like a good candidate for experimenting with a PDF/POD softcover that might not tie up so many of our production resources.

Thanks for the updates, Tavis!

is the B/X book called “Lairs & Encounters” or something else? Also, when was it published?

It hasn't been published, but there's a Word doc by that name that was part of the original set of stuff we pulled together when we started looking at what Autarch could do.

Ahh… I think and hope I’m on the pre-order bandwagon for the Players Companion. And the more I read Alex’s Opelenean Nights blog, the more I’m tempted to run with the Auran Empire Campaign setting book (I just recently started a new Greyhawk Campaign last week with ACKS as my current Kingmaker campaign is coming to a close).

Thanks for the kind words on the Opelenean Nights write-up! I'm glad its making you excited about Auran Empire. 

Player's Companion is done, done, done! Did you get a link to download it?

I did not. The last I’ve heard was an e-mail for my confirmation order number for the Player’s Companion + PDF bundle on Sept. 6 sent from Games Salute.

Let me investigate. Tavis is handling this. He may be going through all of the Kickstarter backers first, then doing Pre-Orders. I'll post here to let you know!

Thank You… I’ve been operating from the playtest Word document and would love to have the finished product.

I wouldn’t have thought to look for it, but Tavis posted on at an OSR G+ community about it. Looks great, guys!

which G+ community?

Will the PDFs be available through RPGNow anytime soon?

It might be a good idea for Tavis or someone to start an ACKS Google+ community?

I will send an email followup to backers who might not have seen the Kickstarter update on Thursday. Pre-orders have to be fulfilled by Game Salute, since they maintain that list of orders and emails. I asked them to do this after sending the update to backers, and will call them to check on the status tomorrow. The PDF will be available on RPGnow after we’re sure all backers and pre-orders have had it for a while.

Understandable and perfectly sensible.

thanks! I joined it.

I'll do that! For those of you with more G+ community expertise, should it be public or invite-only?