I expect this bundle to be well worth the wait. Certainly no slight whatsoever on George and the rest of the Team. I've had nothing but above and beyond service and dealings with EmpCho. Thanks as always for your stellar communications and customer service Guys!

Still looking forward to purchasing the new Trilogy, however finances are abit tied up at the moment, hoping to have it cleared up soon.

Bel

Got my bundle yesterday and all I can say is WOW! Great Job to streamlining the first three Grimoires into a very useful and easy to reference volume. Way to go EmpCho!

Tell us more, please!

Thanks!

Becky real;ly did a great job. While the book isnt exactly where we would have liked it to be, it still is a great job on her part.

IT was a HUGE undertaking that took several years to get to that point.

Dave

The Book has been taking some heat on the Yahoo Arduin Group for the cover and interior artwork however I feel it it still an outstanding release. For the first time the original three grimoires have been meshed into a cohesive whole with all the character classes, races, spells and other important rules put together in theit own easy to locate chapters. The addition of the Arduine Adventure at the back of the book is a bonus. I really like the smaller 6 x 9 (?) format of the book as well. A complete oldschool rules set that is easily portable to game sessions. Personally I like it, cosmetic issues (i.e. artwork) aside

Is the text easy to read? The original publications (with their tiny font size) can be hard on the eyes.

The text is very easy to read.

Overall, the book looks excellent.

Still reading through and so far have very little negative to say.

I just ordered my copy.

Actually the art we attempted to keep ALL of the original art for history sake to include the art from the original version of the first Grimoire. The only art I could not find was the elusive (alleged??) cover of AG1 I beleive it was.

We actually added a bit more art so there were not huge blank areas. We were not going to put lots of the really new art into the book as Arduin Eternal (III) is due out in May 2009, just a few months away and all of our art focus as far as new art went towards that project.

The cover: personally speaking I dont think it bad at all - I kind of like it. I especially liked bringing back Greg Espinoza - especially for nopstalgic purposes and we didnt need to get him up to speed on what Arduin is.

BTW: All of our new books will be like the trilogy size, and hopefully most will be hardcover.

-Dave

At the rist of sounding like a fan boy, I kind of like the cover.

It definately kept the Arduin atmosphere about it and was immeasurably better than the cover art of most other books put out nowadays.

I think the Google Groups folks were just miffed it wasn't an Erol Otus cover. I see nothing wrong with the Espinoza art myself and it seems to evoke the over-the-top style of Arduin in general.

As far as the size of the books, I love it! Keep them at that size and I'll keep buying them! Much more portable than other RPG books and packed with wonderful stuff!!!

P.S. Kind of nice to see a little life on these boards too.