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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #45 on: November 10, 2008, 10:54:03 PM »
Not to be one of those guys who asks every five minutes if the car is to disneyland yet, but does anyone know where they're at with the game?

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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #46 on: November 10, 2008, 10:57:46 PM »
Still in the Burning Alpha I believe. Although that may have just finished.
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« Reply #47 on: November 10, 2008, 11:03:54 PM »
Ah very good then.  Maybe we can get a few more glimpses at the game through playtest reports?  I want to play this game and get my friends hooked on Dresden so much! 

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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #48 on: November 10, 2008, 11:07:03 PM »
http://community.livejournal.com/dresdenfilesrpg/

A bunch of playtesters post on there.
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« Reply #49 on: November 30, 2008, 06:26:36 AM »
Does anyone have any idea if there will be additional groups added to test the game? I applied quite some time ago, and I wasn't sure if they were just recycling players from the Bleeding and Burning Alphas or if they'd be privvy to taking on new testers.

I only ask, because I have six people waiting on the wings to play. What type of character creation will there be? Does it give you the option of creating...
- Members of the Vampire Courts (red, white, black)
- the 4 types of werewolves?
- changelings
- the sidhe
- wizards
- humans

Are there plans for additional books? A sample city/story?

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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #50 on: December 01, 2008, 01:52:33 AM »
The sample city is Baltimore, I believe. There's no word on additional books (it's a tad early to be worrying about that anyway  ;) ), and as for the character types . . .

This list is a little light on the faeriekind, but that's mainly because this is the list of "definitely-yes" player character types, and the faeries live on the "maybe-yes" list:

Pure Mortal
Champion of God
Changeling
Emissary of Power
Focused Practitioner
Knight of a Faerie Court (* Might be a maybe, depending on what all's entailed here)
Lycanthrope
Minor Talent
Red Court Infected
Sorcerer
True Believer
Were-Form
White Court Vampire
White Court Virgin
Wizard
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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #51 on: December 01, 2008, 05:07:56 PM »
Does anyone have any idea if there will be additional groups added to test the game? I applied quite some time ago, and I wasn't sure if they were just recycling players from the Bleeding and Burning Alphas or if they'd be privvy to taking on new testers.

We're not "just recycling players", but we're also not rushing to the beta phase. Now that the alphas are wrapping up, we need to eliminate external distractions for a while, batten down the hatches, and focus inward on doing the remaining work if we're going to get this thing finished.

Also keep in mind as always that we've gotten over 800 applications (possibly more) for playtesting.  That makes each individual application a very small percentage of the overall pool, so selection's going to be rough indeed.

We're still planning on doing some sort of thank-you to everyone who applied, whether we make use of them or not, once we're (frankly) much further down the line.
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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #52 on: December 02, 2008, 03:01:07 PM »
This game is taking a long, long time for you guys to develop.  As a result, I bet it's going to be fantastic.  Keep up the slow, steady work!
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« Reply #53 on: December 04, 2008, 05:52:49 PM »
This game is taking a long, long time for you guys to develop.  As a result, I bet it's going to be fantastic.  Keep up the slow, steady work!
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« Reply #54 on: January 15, 2009, 02:24:17 AM »
I wasn't being accusatory. I was being excited. :)

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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #55 on: January 15, 2009, 02:31:02 AM »
Is it 2007 yet? ;)

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« Reply #56 on: January 15, 2009, 02:43:46 AM »
Is it 2007 yet? ;)

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Re: The Dresden Files RPG -- Information Thread
« Reply #57 on: January 15, 2009, 03:27:50 PM »
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« Reply #59 on: March 06, 2009, 02:59:12 PM »
Let us know if there's anything we can do to help.  We are a willing little pool of outsourcing availability   :)
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