Iapetus Fantasy

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Lucca:
Hi guys again,

Some months back, i published the game details on the Iapetus Fantasy here. I finally finished it and upload to Lulu.com.

As Lulu is pretty expensive to print, is there any other cheaper alternatives for me to print my book? Thanks all again!

http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=2277643&fHideAlsobought=1

Eero Tuovinen:
What kind of expectations do you have with a printer? If you're willing to print a hundred copies at once, say, then it is probable that something cheaper than Lulu can be found. 500 makes it a certainty. But it all depends on where you want to print (and where to ship the books), how many you want, whether you're willing to go grayscale instead of full color and so on. Really, the color printing is probably costing you a boatload, likely about tripling your costs if I know anything of Lulu's costing structure. There's not much to help that, unless you're printing in very large quantities.

Let me also say that you have very nice cover art! From the description the game itself doesn't seem to be at all to my tastes, but I like the illustration.

Lucca:
HI Eero Tuovinen,

Glad you like the book cover, actually it is meant to attract young teens and to cover up that the monsters are horrifying, as not to give nightmares!

Let me re-introduce myself, I am an avid role player as well as a gamer, having played quite well in Pristontale (Yufeng), Dofus (Magiclight) and Mythwar (Magiclight). I am also a MMO game designer.

The Iapetus Fantasy, have 5 Playable Major Races, Infiv'e, Elf, Human, Wolvine and Mystic.

There are also 4 Elite Race, Avalon, Faerie, Elflord and Mystic Warrior should the Player meets the requistes. For example, a Elf becomes a Elflord at level one.

There are also 10 Classes to choose from, Paladin, Exponent, Knight, Mage, Warrior-priest, Saki-warrior, Warrior-saint, Warrior-priest, Dragoon Knight and Mage Knight. Players can also multi-class with two classes.

At the start of the character creation, Players are gifted with one talent, that is Specialty Skill. They started with one random gift. There are Six Specialty Skills to choose from, Life Force, Intuition, Spellcraft, Priestcraft, Malevolent Air and Tactics.

http://kenshin-himura.ifrance.com/yufeng.html

All the Classes have different Specialty Skills from one another. So a Player can customize and play each race, each class differently.

Lucca:
Race Illustrations (Some Sample)

Class Illustrations (Some Sample)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4234/a22kn9.jpg

Eero Tuovinen:
Heh, I love the innocent look of that illustration. I could imagine a good game out of those premises as well, but I'm a jaded bastard. Luckily you don't need to convince me ;)

Let us know if you need more perspective on your printing problem. One method to consider is to print only parts of the book in color, which might help keep the costs under control. For example, if your book has a dozen particularly striking illustration pages, then leaving only those in color might cut the printing cost by half. That's not possible at nearly all printers, though, as it requires them to have some specific flexibilities in their processes.

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