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Post by doc on Dec 9, 2007 13:27:22 GMT -6
The old version of Empire of the Petal Throne RPG is available for download at RPGNow for $11.00. Just in case anybody is interested  Doc |
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Post by Finarvyn on Dec 9, 2007 21:09:23 GMT -6
I wonder if it's the same file I downloaded from DriveThru. The one I got was $11 also, and I found I can print it but not copy-paste from it into Word.
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Post by badger2305 on Dec 9, 2007 22:13:44 GMT -6
Finarvyn, it should be. DriveThru and RPGNow merged last year, and so they are carrying everything that used to be just on DriveThruRPG. One more thing - the reason why I did not attempt a text-scan of Empire of the Petal Throne is due to the diacritical marks - OCR hates that, preciousss. But I'm still thinking about it. If you have ideas, let me know.
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Post by Finarvyn on Dec 10, 2007 22:27:12 GMT -6
Oh, I realize that all of the accent marks would make the OCR software freak out and I'm not really tech savvy enough to offer a clever solution to the problem. All I can say is that large chunks of the text would be readable by OCR and that would be a big help, or at least a step in the right direction.
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Post by Wothbora on Feb 5, 2008 21:08:09 GMT -6
I bought EPT this afternoon on RPRNow, printed it up and just finished reading it. All I can say is "WOW!!!"
Taking into consideration when EPT was written (1975) it is definitely at least a decade ahead of other RPGs. I have never really liked an RPG which uses the percentage system, but believe that EPT's is not only doable, it seems simplistically elegant. A lot like OD&D, yet uses OD&D as a workbook with which to create a unique RPG.
I never would have bought EPT without all of the discussion making me feel like I was missing out on something. Thanks to everyone who so highly rated EPT, it seems to be one of the best $11.00 spent in a long time.
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Post by Finarvyn on Feb 5, 2008 22:44:28 GMT -6
Maybe I should be getting a cut of all of the PDF sales generated by these boards. Hmmm.
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Post by Finarvyn on May 5, 2008 8:42:57 GMT -6
the reason why I did not attempt a text-scan of Empire of the Petal Throne is due to the diacritical marks - OCR hates that, preciousss. But I'm still thinking about it... Anything new on this? I still find my PDF version to be less than useful because I can't copy-paste sections of text. (It's just an electronic book, but I already have the paper book.) Just hoping that it gets OCR'ed someday.... |
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Post by badger2305 on May 5, 2008 9:06:50 GMT -6
the reason why I did not attempt a text-scan of Empire of the Petal Throne is due to the diacritical marks - OCR hates that, preciousss. But I'm still thinking about it... Anything new on this? I still find my PDF version to be less than useful because I can't copy-paste sections of text. (It's just an electronic book, but I already have the paper book.) Just hoping that it gets OCR'ed someday.... Well, to be honest, I have an OCR'd version - it's chock full of errors. I'm slowly working on this, though if enough people are interested in fixing things, maybe this could get farmed out. I'd be happy to add a contributors page and see what else could be done to recognize and reward volunteers. |
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Post by bert on May 5, 2008 12:05:53 GMT -6
Badger, send me some chapters and I will do the necessary. Send me any spelling and style notes (US spellings I take it, accents or no accents, approved sources of Tsolyani spellings etc.).
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Post by Finarvyn on May 5, 2008 20:50:27 GMT -6
I'd be willing to help out with this project if it meant I would get a text file when it was all done.
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