I'm Not Sure What To Do

[ariandynas]

Hi there! 


So, I'm new here, and a massive fan. I've got physical copies of the American Releases of 1-20, and they were a devil to track down to be honest. I've read them all, multiple times, in fact, tracked down tons and tons of Newsletters via Project Aon, and scrabbled to get my hands on anything Lone Wolf Related I could. I read through the Legends Series, dug into Greystar and even read the Magnamund Companion cover to cover.



So you can imagine how overjoyed I was to hear that Lone Wolf was going to be reprinted, more awesome than ever before, even using the art direction from the now defunct game that Ksatria was making (I was incredibly disappointed when the studio went under by the way,) I leapt for joy when I received the first 12 new re-printings as a Christmas gift.



And then my heart sank when I saw that Mongoose had forgotten to give me books 3 and 5, and had in fact, pawned off an extra copy of book 6 to me. I was even more upset when Book 1 fell apart after one reading. In no time flat however, Mongoose took the opportunity to send me an extra copy of Flight From The Dark, fixing the binding, and in due time I figured that all would be well; that I'd get my books from the publisher, and eventually buy the series, grab the Dragons of Lencia and the Agrashi, finish out the RPG collection (mayhaps I'll even get my group to let me run it some day.)



Then I heard that Mongoose lost their liscense, and I knew I'd never get the books in question. I feel lost and don't know what to do about it. Since that time the only thing keeping my hope up of completing the series as collector's editions was a quick look on Amazon, where I find most of the books unavailable, or being sold for exorbitant prices. 1,939.99 just for the third book. I gave up hope that the situation would be resolved, and only recently have I discovered that there was even an option to go here to project Aon about my questions.


Since that time, the most I've gotten of my fix is the new IOS game, which I have thus far greatly enjoyed, but I still have no idea if I can or what to do about the Mongoose books sitting on my shelf.



So... can anyone help me out here?

[beowuuf]

Mantikore now have the rights to publish the books now, so the collectors editions will continue to see print.

Hopefully the old books might become available again through them, but for now they seem to be concentrating on producing the new books - or still only have the rights for the books going forwards for now.

So keep watching mantikore!

[ariandynas]

Is it perhaps possible to try and get myself English-language versions of the books via them? I checked out their website, and to be honest I don't think my German is good enough to properly appreciate Einsamer Wolf.

[50crowns]

Hello ariandynas,

I also was late to the party. I can't believe that I never heard of Lone Wolf in the 80's with all of the D&D I played at the time. Anyway, I started collecting the Mongoose editions around the first of this year and have been able to put together a nearly complete set via Mantikore (which has a very limited inventory), Amazon, ebay, fellow Aon forum members and lucky/dusty finds at local game stores. So it can be done. I have a hard time believing that Mantikore won't at some point make available the earlier Mongoose 1-17 editions, but for now they seem not to be interested in meeting that (growing? waning?) demand.

My advice to you would be to use this forum to make your needs known, keep a sharp eye out for the books you need on typical vendor sites, and have fun with the collecting process - its sorta like a prolonged treasure hunt. Of course if you use your airship and your Kai powers of Pathmanship and Divination, you should be able to collect the books in short order - you can probably leave your jeweled mace and the SunSword at home though.

And by the way I may have a spare #5 that I can let go of at a less than exorbitant price for a fellow Kai Lord.

[Black Cat]

Mantikore has the rights to publish books 18 to 28 in English. Check their products page: just spot one of the books in English and click on it (a little trick: on left side of the products page, there's a menu with "Future Glimpse" and "Planned Publications": click on one of them as there's one LW book in each of these sections and it's easier to scan through all the other books they publish). You'll be brought to the page where you can see all the LW books that have been published so far. Sadly, you can't order the first 17 since they are out of stock (these were books made by Mongoose before they lost the publishing rights). However, if Mantikore gets the rights for the remaining books (and for the mythical books 29 to 32), you'll know where to order them!

[duk3]

Hi All.
I believe Mantikore will be speaking with Mr Dever later in the year with a view to looking at 1-17. I reckon this could well go into next year before there would be any actual reprints done + be driven by demand. I for 1 would purchase 1-17 again to have a complete set from the one publisher.

[ariandynas]

Jul 4, 2014 15:01:46 GMT 50crowns said:

Hello ariandynas,

And by the way I may have a spare #5 that I can let go of at a less than exorbitant price for a fellow Kai Lord.

Well then, in that case, shall we perhaps talk Sommlending Grouse?

[whisperedlion]

Welcome! I was also in the same boat, and I have found these group to be wonderful on helping me continue to adventures of Lone Wolf and helping to locate books, etc.

On EBAY, there is a seller who has I believe 7-10?, and its at a clearance cost. Just do a search for Lone Wolf Mongoose and it should come up towards the bottom, I just looked and they are still there.

[pjagum]

Jul 4, 2014 16:57:41 GMT duk3 said:

I for 1 would purchase 1-17 again to have a complete set from the one publisher.

Crazy as it is, I'd do the same thing. =D

...plus that would be a possibility to get versions that finally work without erratasheets...man I've small dreams

[greg]

When I was collecting the books a few years ago, I bought several versions of each book, so I would have a 'complete' collection. I have 6 versions of Flight from the Dark! So I would very tempted to buy the collectors editions again.

[duk3]

Haha, well if Nic from Mantikore offers 1-17 Ill buy em
On that note I have 10 Collectors Edition LW Books for sale on Ebay if anyone is interested or missing some of the Mongoose Editions. (They are in NEW Condition)
All for 20 Euro starting bid.
Cheers
Duk3