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Post Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:00 pm 
 

And I did it at last! Noticing the appearance of two books about boardgame collecting in Italian, I decided to give RPGs their due so I started in 2006 to put together a book about RPGs. Unfortunately, various matters and problems prevented the book to be published (not last the problem to find a publisher and then the fact that, at the time, Lulu.com didn't have an Italian or European branch...). Now, however, the Work is Done! I finished the Very First Edition of the book today and it's now on sale at Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/content/1108769). I compiled more than 100 entries (!), with (I guess) virtually all the games published from 1982  8O till August 2007. I'm very proud of my effort, considering the fact I included images of all covers (one is very, very bad but better that than nothing) in all entries. I rounded the book printing the famous Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax first appearing on EnWorld in 2002 and then posted on many other sites - it was, at the best my knowledge, never printed anywhere. The book is in Italian of course  :wink: and the title I choose is Mondi Eroici (the Italian translation of Heroic Worlds - the reference to Lawrence Schick's fine book is not an accident  :D ). I want to add that Gary Gygax's copyright to his answers if recognized clearly in the book  :idea:

  

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:24 pm 
 

How do I get one?


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:01 pm 
 

Lulu is a print on demand I think...

Does this cover all rpg's printed in Italian, inc D&D etc (ie the big ones) Any just italian rpgs not printed elsewere?

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:31 am 
 

beasterbrook wrote:Lulu is a print on demand I think...

Does this cover all rpg's printed in Italian, inc D&D etc (ie the big ones) Any just italian rpgs not printed elsewere?

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Lulu will be happy to sell you copies  :wink:  The book has entries for (at the best my knowledge) all RPGs published in Italian language since 1982. I'm sure some self published titles habe escaped my notice (they are like butterflies...), but the professionaly produced or at least distributed ones are all there.

  
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