Hacklopedia Mystarica: The Guide to the HackWurld of Mystaros
I have been wanting to tell you all for a while now, veritably bursting
at
the seams. They finally announced it earlier today. This is going to
ROCK!
And I say that with all humility... (^_^)
***Begin Press Release**
MUNDELEIN, IL Kenzer & Company is pleased to announce the impending
release
of the first HackMasterT campaign setting book, the HacklopediaT
MystaricaT:
The Guide to the HackWurldT of MystarosT, based on the classic Dungeons
&
Dragons® setting, the Known World of Mystara®.
"We have always wanted to rewrite the classic fantasy game settings of
our
youth for our own HackMaster setting, Garweeze WurldT," said Kenzer &
Company Project Manager, Brian Jelke. "The classic Known World of
Mystara
was the perfect choice for our first release. Mystara has everything
you
could want in an adventure setting, from hordes of screaming humanoids
and
wuss-slapping knights, to mysterious vivisectionist wizards and
butt-kicking
halfling bounders. Besides, we knew we had the right author for the
project
when he asked us how much he had to pay us to do it!"
"Are you kidding? Pass up an opportunity to redesign Mystara for
HackMaster?" said Hacklopedia Mystarica designer, James 'Mystaros'
Mishler.
"I would have sold my dice collection for the opportunity! Well, half
of it,
maybe. The revamp of the classic Mystara setting for the HackMaster
milieu
was a given since day one of HackMaster. The Known World Gazetteers and
the
later Mystara releases helped define the look and feel of fantasy
worlds for
thousands of players. The new HackWurld of Mystaros, in which we take
the
original Mystara material and crank up the HackFactor, will do the same
for
a new generation of gamers."
The "Hacklopedia Mystarica: The Guide to the HackWurld of Mystaros" is
being
written by crazed Mystara fan James Mishler and goes on sale in late
summer
of 2003. The book is expected to be a 256-page soft cover sourcebook
that
will include a 2'x3' full-color wall map of the HackWurld of Mystaros.
Estimated retail price is $34.99.
About Kenzer & Company
For more information on Kenzer & Company, check out
http://www.kenzerco.com.
HackMaster, Garweeze Wurld, Hacklopedia Mystarica, and HackWurld of
Mystaros
are trademarks of Kenzer & Company. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, and
Mystara are
registered trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary
of
Hasbro, Inc. and used by Kenzer & Company under license.
***End Press Release***
To answer some questions I'm sure to get before they are asked...
1) Taymorans and Carnifex -- Yes. More than this, man was not meant to
know.
Mwahahahaha!
2) Blackmoor -- Unfortunately, no, due to copyright and licensing
issues.
What did Mystaros come up with to take its place? Mwahahahaha!
3) Hollow World -- No, not as such, due to certain continuity issues.
But
there will be some materials from it incorporated into the HackWurld.
4) Heldann and Wendar -- More details on each nation, as much as will
be
found for each of the classic gazetteer kingdoms.
5) Ierendi -- Hee hee. Let's just say "the fix is in." Mine! Mine!
Mwahahahahaha!
6) The rest of Mystara (the "HackWurld of Mystaros" region being
synonymous
with the "Known World of Mystara" region) -- The rest of the world will
be
changed, some parts little, some parts a lot. I don't know how much I
can
tell you all at this point, as I didn't know the PR was going out this
soon,
and hadn't asked how much I could tell.
7) Fan-written materials from the Vaults of Pandius -- Probably not,
due to
copyright issues, but I am still delving into that. Other than my own
stuff
that has been seen in drips and drabs, here and there, that is, as I
sold my
soul to get this gig, and my Mystara material goes with it... (^_^)
8) Previews -- I am hoping that we will be able to preview parts of the
setting in Knights of the Dinner Table, maybe elsewhere, before
release.
That is still under consideration.
9) Mystaros -- Yes, you will finally get to meet the real Mystaros. All
these years he has been my Mystaran counterpart, as Elminster is Ed
Greenwood's Forgotten Realms ID, and Mordy and Bigby in Greyhawk to
Gary
Gygax.
More than that I cannot say at this time. I'll spill as much as I can
here,
when I know what I can say...
Gah! It's finally out in the open. Hooray! ::Cartwheels:: This is so
going
to ROCK!
Now you all know why I've been quieter than normal, even after being
back...
(^_^)
James
|
|