![]() I am an avid gamer of all types of games, but I lack the shelf space in my small apartment for physical copies of all the games I play, so I would welcome the opportunity to give money to the creators of this series to play a version of the game on my computer, with the additional benefit of not having to use pen and paper nor dice. What if the computer app was spruced up and sold? I feel like this is a natural progression. Years later I was able to play through those books as well after having found the app online, what with the books out of print for so long and hard to find. Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of releasing a sanctioned version of the Fabled Lands computer app? I found a used copy of Book One way back in the day and enjoyed playing through it as many times as I could, frustrated as I was by having to turn back at the points where the stories went on into the other books. A few months later Fabled Lands Publishing will release a paperback version, but for that one you'll have to make do with black and white.Still looks pretty spectacular, though, wouldn't you agree? I'm not showing the whole map in all its multicoloured glory here because I think it's only fair that the Kickstarter backers get to see it first - as they will in the hardcover edition to be published by Megara Entertainment. Was it supposed to be a rooftop? Perhaps a misplaced decoration like a flying bird? Or a gigantic pointy-cap mushroom? Russ took this feedback (I didn't mention the mushroom bit.) with all the rest and made the final version you see here. ![]() There was only one spot where I thought there was a bit of a hiccup: in Smogmaw of the first draft, there was a mysterious plain triangle sticking out of the top of the city. ![]() It's also been interesting watching the notes from Paul, which quite literally were a printout of the old Ankon-Konu map covered with marker and pencil doodles, iterate into something that gives a sense of place. "As always, it's been great to see new work from someone who helped build our favorite game worlds. I asked for his thoughts on getting this dazzling new map from Russ: The Kickstarter campaign was planned and run by Richard S Hetley, our editor, line producer, and invaluable consultant on the series. Don't take my word for it, try the demo for yourself here. Paul Gresty is hard at work on that now and it's shaping up to be the best FL book yet. (As if you couldn't tell, right?) This is the one you've been waiting twenty years for: the map of Ankon-Konu, soon to be opened up to exploration by The Serpent King's Domain, seventh in the Fabled Lands series. Actually, you'll be glad to hear that the map is by Russ Nicholson, not me.
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