Voting has now started for this year’s Gen Con EN World RPG awards, better known as ‘The Ennies’. It is open to everyone on a one vote per category per person basis. Voting ends on July 21st.
The Lone Wolf Adventure Game is nominated for:
It’s a wonderful time to be a Lone Wolf fan. There are so many Lone Wolf related materials being published today that, if you’re like me, you have a hard time keeping track of them all. That’s why we’re trying something different.
We’ve gathered together a list of currently available products. We’ll keep the list up-to-date to give you a single place where you can find what products are out there.
If we have left out any products that can be purchased today, please let us know.
Project Aon are proud to announce the mass re-release of a number of the older pdf documents enhanced using SVG images.
Over the past few years, the pdf releases have begun to show their age. While they were acceptable facsimiles when originally released, they don’t stand up to too much scrutiny when using more modern graphics cards and monitors. The decision was made to completely revamp the existing pdfs that contain graphic elements with better quality, higher-resolution scans. However, using “raster” graphic formats will always result images that don’t scale well when zoomed. This is particularly apparent in line-drawings and in images which contain text.
Enter the svg format, which instead of storing data as a raster image, stores it as a vector. This allows for a number of improvements over the original files:
The following documents have been updated to take advantage of this improvement in quality:
Also improved is the compilation of the Lone Wolf Club Newsletters, which has been completely revamped page-by-page to enhance readability by replacing virtually all text elements with actual type and implementing a comprehensive bookmark system to help you find exactly what you’re looking for across its 400+ pages. Note that only the complete compilation is now available; we have discontinued the 37 separate Newsletter documents.
The upgraded Lone Wolf Club Newsletters particularly benefit from the use of vector graphics. Wherever possible, images taken from the original books have been replaced with high-resolution vector versions making the Newsletters the best quality that have ever been. The quality of Combat Heroes, too, is much increased, and the four books are now much more user-friendly.
The intention is to make use of higher quality SVGs in the Project Aon editions of the books, but we are looking into upgrading the webpage format (from xhtml 1.0 transitional to the more modern html5) in order to do this more easily, so we currently have no ETA for that, or for pdf editions of the actual books.
I am very pleased to report that the Lone Wolf Adventure Game has been nominated for BEST RPG in this year’s Origins Awards.
For Sommerlund and the Kai!
If you haven’t been following the news on Joe Dever’s Facebook page (you really ought to be), you might not be aware that Lone Wolf 29: The Storms of Chai is printed and ready to begin shipping! Only a limited number of copies of this first printing are left, so order yours soon.
Fellow Lone Wolf fans, we’ve made it. We persevered through 18 years without a new book in the Lone Wolf series, but our wait will soon be over.
For Sommerlund and the Kai!
Joe has once again added more flags to the Flags of Magnamund!
We now have two new wallpaper images by Alberto Dal Lago for Lone Wolf 9 and Freeway Warrior 2:
Joe has now added more flags to the Flags of Magnamund archive bringing the total number of flags to over 1,000!
The Sommlending festival of Kaltmarn occurs on 15th Othala (December). It is a mid-winter’s feast day and it celebrates the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is the last celebratory feast that takes place before deep winter begins. It is also a time when most cattle are slaughtered so that they do not have to be fed during the hard winter months, therefore there is a plentiful supply of fresh meat available.
Traditionally, it is a time for families to get together and enjoy the ‘Kaltveror’, a large festive meal consisting mainly of roasted beef (or wild boar or venison) and various boiled and roasted root vegetables. A buttery tuber mash, called Knölmosa, which is copiously laced with Laumspur and Alether berries, is specially prepared for the Kaltveror and is only served with this festive dish; it is served at no other time. The invigorating herbs fortify and strengthen one’s physical constitution at a time of the year when most physical activities are limited, and there is a need to eat well in order to nourish one’s body. This dietary observance originates from the habit shown by Sommlending animals, particularly bears, that follow the law of nature and hibernate throughout winter months to rejuvenate and to preserve life. The Sommlending believe that in order to best resist the cold, it is necessary to eat more fatty and meaty foods during Kaltangor (winter) when one’s body can better absorb rich and nutritional foods at this time due to a slower metabolic rate. Fortified beers, wines and mead that have been made during the year are finally fermented to be ready in time for drinking on Kaltmarn.
After the Kaltveror is over, there follows the giving of gifts and recitals of Old Sommlending poems by the children and young adults of the family. These recitals culminate with a family rendition of the Sommersang, the national anthem of Sommerlund, and a few minutes of silent prayer to the Gods Kai and Ishir to watch over the family and keep it safe from the depredations of winter.
Since MS 3800, it has become traditional for the Royal Houses of Sommerlund and Durenor to exchange formal gifts on Kaltmarn. These exchanges take place in the capitals (Holmgard and Hammerdal) where the ambassadors of each realm, at their respective embassies, serve a lavish Kaltveror feast for the King and Royal Family of the host nation.
To help you celebrate your own Kaltmarn on December 15th, here are some festive ‘Saol Kaltmarn’ (‘Happy Kaltmarn’) jpegs that you can send to friends and family next Tuesday (12/15).
Saol Kaltmarn!
For Sommerlund and the Kai!
Joe Dever just sent us an update to the Flags of Magnamund that includes flags for Durenese villages.
