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As many of you know, we released a limited number of copies of Eclipse Phase, our new Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror RPG, at Gen Con. This has been a project that Rob Boyle and Brian Cross have poured themselves into for years, and the early feedback has been very good. Now, it's available in PDF and the print pre-order is set to go. More info is here: http://www.eclipsephase.com/ep-pre-orders-pdf-and-bundle
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The Eclipse Phase core book PDF is now available! You may also pre-order the hardcopy book or get a bundle hardcopy + PDF deal from Catalyst through their BattleShop.
Note that we're making the PDF available for the low price of only $15 ($10 if you take the bundle deal with the hardcopy). This is substantially lower than standard industry PDF pricing for an equivalent book. If anyone's wondering, this is part of the reason we took a bit longer to get the PDF out, as Posthuman Studios and Catalyst Game Labs negotiated on a PDF price point that would get this game in as many hands as possible while still meeting Catalyst's business needs. As Cory Doctorow has noted, the biggest danger to new authors (or in this case, a new game) is obscurity. This is part of the reason we pursued the Creative Commons license, allowing our fans to share the game with their friends. The RPG publishing industry is a business with low profit margins, however, and PDF sales are often viewed as supplemental and necessary income that can mean the difference in a company's well-being or even survival. We're taking a risk here, and we're hoping the gaming community will reciprocate and show us some love back. So if you receive this PDF from a friend who shared it in accordance with the Creative Commons license, and you like it, please support the cause by buying the PDF and/or bundle. To some degree, this is an experiment, and we hope to make it work. If it does, it may very well affect how Catalyst and other game companies go about biz in the future. So to be blunt, we need your support!
- Eclipse Phase core book PDF on DriveThruRPG
- Eclipse Phase PDF, Pre-Order, and Bundle Deal from Catalyst
Note that we're making the PDF available for the low price of only $15 ($10 if you take the bundle deal with the hardcopy). This is substantially lower than standard industry PDF pricing for an equivalent book. If anyone's wondering, this is part of the reason we took a bit longer to get the PDF out, as Posthuman Studios and Catalyst Game Labs negotiated on a PDF price point that would get this game in as many hands as possible while still meeting Catalyst's business needs. As Cory Doctorow has noted, the biggest danger to new authors (or in this case, a new game) is obscurity. This is part of the reason we pursued the Creative Commons license, allowing our fans to share the game with their friends. The RPG publishing industry is a business with low profit margins, however, and PDF sales are often viewed as supplemental and necessary income that can mean the difference in a company's well-being or even survival. We're taking a risk here, and we're hoping the gaming community will reciprocate and show us some love back. So if you receive this PDF from a friend who shared it in accordance with the Creative Commons license, and you like it, please support the cause by buying the PDF and/or bundle. To some degree, this is an experiment, and we hope to make it work. If it does, it may very well affect how Catalyst and other game companies go about biz in the future. So to be blunt, we need your support!
We're all very proud of Eclipse Phase and think it's an awesome game and setting. In a year where we're celebrating the longevity of Shadowrun and BattleTech, we think it's only appropriate that we launch an all-new science-fiction game -- for the future.
If you want to take a sneak peek at the book that doesn't come from our fingertips, I encourage you to check this "Let's Read Eclipse Phase" thread on RPG.net, which includes photos of the actual book and a customer's impressions as he reads it start to finish: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=468788
