Adept Press thoughts and projects for Sorcerer
Ron Edwards:
It occurred to me that 2011 is a significant anniversary for me. I published the first available version of Sorcerer in fall 2006, and I published the book version in 2001. That makes the upcoming year the game's 15-year and 10-year anniversary, at the same time.
I'll tell you what I have in mind and you can tell me what you think.
1. A new version of the core book which preserves all the original text, but includes extensive annotations from my current perspective. It might have new art and cover too.
2. A deluxe custom version of the above, very spiffy.
3. Versions of both of the above in Italian, which are currently in contract negotiations. I'd like to push for some other translations as well, specifically Spanish, German, and Japanese.
4. A long-overdue update of the non-Adept supplement policy, with a much better website-based support system. I'd like to write some kind of Guide & Advice document, without it being a laundry list of requirements.
I'm not sure what, if anything, I'd like to do with the supplements. I'm happy with their content and not inclined to re-write or annotate them. Nor am I inclined to combine them with the core book. Perhaps bundling them into one big book? Suggestions are welcome as long as you remember that no one pays me to do this and my time constraints are significant.
5. Some kind of artistic consolidation at the Adept site ... I've always wanted to promote visual expression of the concepts in the game, as diverse as possible. If I could get some kind of artist's gallery along the lines of a miniature Elfwood.com, that'd be really cool.
Best, Ron
Judd:
Sounds keen.
If there's anything I can do to help with any of the above steps, please let me know.
jburneko:
I'd love having all three supplements in one hardcover. I'm very hard on my Sorcerer books. It's one of a handful of games I repeatedly play. I always take them with me when I travel. My copy of Sorcerer & Sword is extremely worn and one page of my Sorcerer core book is kind of loose.
So yeah, new annotated core book plus compiled supplements would be appreciated.
Jesse
greyorm:
Ron, you said new cover and I thought that would be neat, then by the time I finished reading everyone's replies, I swear I was hit by the most ridiculously cool idea for that ever. (I honestly don't know that it would work, or whether you'd want me to do the cover again, but fuck do I want to try it now because I almost never have ideas hit me full-formed that fast.)
Anyways, a artists' gallery would be awesome. And I have no idea if it would work, but perhaps sections for prose and short visual media as well? A submission gallery for links to things other people have made that say "Sorcerer" to them (rather like the links section on the old site, actually). What else are you thinking of for the site? (I know the original site had some grandiose plans for various things that never quite "made it": the character/demon repository, a section for one-sheets, definitely site support for the minisups, etc.)
Paiku:
Cool.
1. I would buy it for the annotations and especially if there was new art (nothing wrong with the old art, I just want MORE Sorcerer art). I agree with not combining the Adept supplements with the core book.
3. I'd buy one in Italian, just cuz.
4. Ya, it's probably best to manage/guide the development of non-Adept supplements as loosely as possible. Don't want to constrain anyone's creativity.
*re-reading* Okay, it looks like no major changes are in store for & Sword and Soul. Good, I was just about to order them (I've been getting by on borrowing Ry's til now), and I don't want to have to wait for Anniversary Editions! Although (datapoint), if an all-in-one hardcover of the Adept supplements was available now, I'd probably go for that.
Cheers,
-John
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