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Directed Promotion: A Penny For My Thoughts is coming soon (updated: pre-order open)

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    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009 edited
     # 1
    How soon? Soon enough that it's on the Evil Hat website (which links to this as-of-yet-sparsely-populated site). We're planning on opening pre-orders next week, with an anticipated release date of the first week of July.

    I'm happy to answer any questions people may have.

    --Paul
    • CommentAuthorchearns
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009 edited
     # 2
    Hey,

    the downloads are hot. I love what they suggest about the changes from the playtest document I saw.

    I am excited for this game.

    EDIT: Will there be a pdf version for sale?
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009
     # 3
    Posted By: chearnsI love what they suggest about the changes from the playtest document I saw.


    What in particular?

    Posted By: chearnsWill there be a pdf version for sale?


    Yes.

    --Paul
    • CommentAuthorchearns
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009
     # 4
    Posted By: ptevisWhat in particular?


    I love the idea of new questions (for the patient) and specific (matching) settings. I think a lot of really interesting games could be played out with that. I guess I love it because it, in my head for now, seems to add a lot of (fun) possibility to the game.

    I think my only disappointment is that I'm going away midway through June on a vacation that involves two thirteen hour roadtrips, and June comes before July.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009
     # 5
    Absolutely. I'm curious to see what other questions and settings people come up with.
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 6
    well, i hate to spoil this with ugly talk of filthy lucre, but...
    any idea what kind of price point we're looking at, paul?
    and are you planning to offer a print+pdf bundle?
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      CommentAuthorchadu
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 7
    I have touched your proof, Paul.

    TWICE.

    Bwah-hah-ha!
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      CommentAuthorgreatwolf
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 8
    Yay! At this point, this is the only new RPG that I'm planning on buying this year. Yeah, it's that much fun.

    Seth Ben-Ezra
    Great Wolf
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      CommentAuthornortherain
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 9
    This looks cool, but I have no idea what it's about.
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 10
    Posted By: northerainThis looks cool, but I have no idea what it's about.
    It's about awesome.
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      CommentAuthorgreatwolf
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 11
    Posted By: northerainThis looks cool, but I have no idea what it's about.


    Click on the link to the Orphic Institute. See the text there? That's essentially a transcript of play.

    Seth Ben-Ezra
    Great Wolf
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    I've been interested in this ever since the very first mention on HGWT. Very cool.
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      CommentAuthornortherain
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 13
    That's the part I liked. I'm not comfortable until I read a blurb though :)
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 14
    Posted By: fnord3125well, i hate to spoil this with ugly talk of filthy lucre, but...
    any idea what kind of price point we're looking at, paul?
    and are you planning to offer a print+pdf bundle?


    I'm 99% percent certain it'll be $15 for print and $20 for print+pdf. Don't Rest Your Head is pretty much the model here.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 15
    Posted By: chaduI have touched your proof, Paul.


    That makes one of us.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2009
     # 16
    Posted By: northerainThat's the part I liked. I'm not comfortable until I read a blurb though :)


    That means I need to work on my blurb, I suppose.

    In A Penny For My Thoughts, you play amnesiacs helping each other recover their memories through an experimental therapy. Conceptually, it lives in the same space as The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen and 1001 Nights. You tell your character's story, but with the other players having a huge amount of say over what your character did or said. And there's more than little bit of my experience with improv that's worked it's way into the design.

    The rules and structure are very simple, and they can easily be adapted to other settings and genres. In addition to the "standard" setup, which focuses on loss and personal drama, we've included one inspired by Call of Cthulhu and another that's basically The Bourne Identity.

    That enough of a blurb for you?
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      CommentAuthormerb101
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
     # 17
    I dreamed about your game last night Paul, even though I know very little about it. In my version, I was trying to escape the asylum, my fragmented memories slowly guiding me through this vast building, and you were pursuing me in your white lab coat.

    Get out of my mind, Tevis!
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      CommentAuthornortherain
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
     # 18
    Posted By: ptevis
    Posted By: northerainThat's the part I liked. I'm not comfortable until I read a blurb though :)


    That means I need to work on my blurb, I suppose.

    In A Penny For My Thoughts, you play amnesiacs helping each other recover their memories through an experimental therapy. Conceptually, it lives in the same space asThe Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausenand1001 Nights. You tell your character's story, but with the other players having a huge amount of say over what your character did or said. And there's more than little bit of my experience with improv that's worked it's way into the design.

    The rules and structure are very simple, and they can easily be adapted to other settings and genres. In addition to the "standard" setup, which focuses on loss and personal drama, we've included one inspired by Call of Cthulhu and another that's basically The Bourne Identity.

    That enough of a blurb for you?


    Hell yes.
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
     # 19
    Posted By: ptevisone inspired by Call of Cthulhu
    This sounds awesome! So, like, you've lost your memory because you saw something that Man Was Not Meant to Comprehend and it literally blew your mind? And now you're trying to recreate the terrible horrors to get your memories back? I want to play that right now.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009 edited
     # 20
    Posted By: fnord3125So, like, you've lost your memory because you saw something that Man Was Not Meant to Comprehend and it literally blew your mind?


    Exactly.
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
     # 21
    That is so awesome, Paul!
    And it makes me really happy because, while I really enjoyed the PbEM playtest of Penny, I've always kind of suspected my usual gaming friends might not be into the game. But they loves them some Cthulhu-flavored gaming, so with a scenario like this, they'd probably be on board for giving it a shot. I'm excited!
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
     # 22
    And the pre-order is now open.
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
     # 23
    so... the pre-order is for a limited time. Any hint as to just how limited that time is?
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    Got mine. I haven't purchased a new game in... well, a very, very, long time. Had to grab this though, it just looks too intriguing to pass up.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
     # 25
    Comments like this one make me very, very happy. I hope to live up to your expectations!

    --Paul
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      CommentAuthorgreatwolf
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
     # 26
    A Penny For My Thoughts is everything that I want in a pickup RPG. All of you should buy it.

    Paul, if you think that this would be a helpful pull quote to put somewhere, knock yourself out.

    (If you think that my support will be counter-productive, have Andy delete this post. :-] )

    Seth Ben-Ezra
    Great Wolf
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      CommentAuthorfnord3125
    • CommentTimeJun 2nd 2009
     # 27
    So... no hints on how long the pre-order deal is likely to last?
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 2nd 2009
     # 28
    The shipping date is listed as July 1, so probably 'til then. That said, we got notice from UPS yesterday that the books are on their way to the warehouse already.

    --Paul
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2009 edited
     # 29
    Preview material continues to trickle out at http://www.orphicinstitute.com/
    • CommentAuthorchearns
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2009
     # 30
    Posted By: ptevisPreview material continues to trickle out athttp://www.orphicinstitute.com/


    Hot diggety! I played that transcript!
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     # 31
    I loved that exchange. It was a challenge to figure out how to spin it into a positive memory, but totally worth it.
    • CommentAuthorptevis
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
     # 32
    The latest preview is a little different.
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    I've been meaning to get Burning Empires for so long that I swore to myself the next game I bought would be BE. Looks like BE will have to wait. I am buying this.

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