Release of the Definitive editions (end of 2021?)

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Will DE hardcover book 1 be out by end of Nov 2021? I hope to get it before i turn 38. 😀😀

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Sept 19, 2021 14:44:49 GMT Lucy Van Pelt said:

Will DE hardcover book 1 be out by end of Nov 2021? I hope to get it before i turn 38. 😀😀

Also, where to buy the books when they are released? From Magnamund.com?

[Black Cat]

Did you subscribe to the Newsletter on magnamund.com? From what we got in Newsletters #31 back in June:

For the past few months, a team of Lone Wolf experts have been working on creating the definitive text. Bugs have been fixed, inconsistencies ironed out, and game mechanics tweaked.

Meanwhile, brand new cover art was painted, a brand new map drawn, and the epic task of 40 brand new internal illustrations undertaken by the mighty Nerdgore.

We are now mere days away from sending the definitive edition of Flight From The Dark to the printers.

With the A-Team assembled, the process of text-art-design is already feeling well-tuned enough for us to feel confident in the following schedule:

The deluxe hardback edition of LW1 will start shipping in October, LW2 in November, LW3 in December.

The paperback and e-book versions of books 1-3 will launch all at once, also in December.

In January 2022, the hardback of LW4 will launch, in February LW5. Then the paperback and e-book editions of 4&5 will both drop.

Are you beginning to spot a pattern?

We will continue releasing one deluxe hardback definitive edition per month, every month, with the paperbacks and e-books following close behind in bundles, until November 2023.

At this point, at the end of our long journey and with every Lone Wolf book finally available in one consistent collection under one imprint, we will release Light of the Kai.

Besides the Definitive Editions, we must consider Grey Star, Autumn Snow, Rise Of The Agarashi - Autumn Hahn’s Glory & Greed saga, the Bonus Adventure Anthologies, Blood on the Snow, and many other old and new projects.

My hope is to muster enough endurance points to have the entire back catalogue in print before book 32 is released.

This will make the 40th anniversary year an exciting turning point - Holmgard Press will cease to publish predominantly old books, and instead focus on new works, expanding the universe of Aon and the world of Magnamund for a new generation of fans.

I have news about Light of the Kai, and more details about the Definitive Editions, including a very exciting announcement about a renewed collaboration. There is also all the wonderful new artwork to share.

However, I must stop now and eat a meal (or lose endurance points).

I expect Newsletter #32 pretty soon with more details about all that.

[kurz81]

Thanks for sharing info.
That really makes me think it is lot of effort and time before we will actually see LW32, which is the only interesting book for me.
I have the original "EL editions" (italian) books from LW01 to LW28 from the 90s... no intention to buy them again, sorry. Maybe if you make them work with Kindle...
I would prefer they would save the focus and resources for Light of the Kai, but if the plan is different, I also wish them success with reprinting of the books.
All the best.

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Sept 19, 2021 19:52:02 GMT kurz81 said:

Thanks for sharing info.
That really makes me think it is lot of effort and time before we will actually see LW32, which is the only interesting book for me.
I have the original "EL editions" (italian) books from LW01 to LW28 from the 90s... no intention to buy them again, sorry. Maybe if you make them work with Kindle...
I would prefer they would save the focus and resources for Light of the Kai, but if the plan is different, I also wish them success with reprinting of the books.
All the best.

I will be buying the DE hardcovers if the price is less than £28 a book.

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Sept 19, 2021 18:50:45 GMT Black Cat said:

Did you subscribe to the Newsletter on magnamund.com? From what we got in Newsletters #31 back in June:

For the past few months, a team of Lone Wolf experts have been working on creating the definitive text. Bugs have been fixed, inconsistencies ironed out, and game mechanics tweaked.

Meanwhile, brand new cover art was painted, a brand new map drawn, and the epic task of 40 brand new internal illustrations undertaken by the mighty Nerdgore.

We are now mere days away from sending the definitive edition of Flight From The Dark to the printers.

With the A-Team assembled, the process of text-art-design is already feeling well-tuned enough for us to feel confident in the following schedule:

The deluxe hardback edition of LW1 will start shipping in October, LW2 in November, LW3 in December.

The paperback and e-book versions of books 1-3 will launch all at once, also in December.

In January 2022, the hardback of LW4 will launch, in February LW5. Then the paperback and e-book editions of 4&5 will both drop.

Are you beginning to spot a pattern?

We will continue releasing one deluxe hardback definitive edition per month, every month, with the paperbacks and e-books following close behind in bundles, until November 2023.

At this point, at the end of our long journey and with every Lone Wolf book finally available in one consistent collection under one imprint, we will release Light of the Kai.

Besides the Definitive Editions, we must consider Grey Star, Autumn Snow, Rise Of The Agarashi - Autumn Hahn’s Glory & Greed saga, the Bonus Adventure Anthologies, Blood on the Snow, and many other old and new projects.

My hope is to muster enough endurance points to have the entire back catalogue in print before book 32 is released.

This will make the 40th anniversary year an exciting turning point - Holmgard Press will cease to publish predominantly old books, and instead focus on new works, expanding the universe of Aon and the world of Magnamund for a new generation of fans.

I have news about Light of the Kai, and more details about the Definitive Editions, including a very exciting announcement about a renewed collaboration. There is also all the wonderful new artwork to share.

However, I must stop now and eat a meal (or lose endurance points).

I expect Newsletter #32 pretty soon with more details about all that.

Thanks for the info. I didnt subscribe to tge newsletter.

[lorddarkstorm]

I wonder if there have been delays - bit surprised book one is supposed to ship this month, but we've not heard more on it since July.

[Black Cat]

Oct 1, 2021 16:42:05 GMT lorddarkstorm said:

I wonder if there have been delays - bit surprised book one is supposed to ship this month, but we've not heard more on it since July.

It's the first day of the month, give them time. If by October 20th we don't have any news, then you can start panicking!

[pjagum]

I wonder what to do with my half baked and still unread collectors edition, three volumes before completion. Apparently the Definitive Edition will become, what the Collectors Edition shoud have been in the first place... should I really get a fourth variant of the series??? I´m all out of panickability by the way, there has run too much water down the desasterstream of lone wolf. =)

Does anyone know if there will ever be a Collectors Edition variant of the books 28, 29 and 32 in the current design?

[Black Cat]

Oct 3, 2021 14:54:45 GMT pjagum said:

Does anyone know if there will ever be a Collectors Edition variant of the books 28, 29 and 32 in the current design?

One important thing to understand: the "Collector's Edition" tag only applies to book 1 to 28, as they are re-released versions of the old ones. The main difference with previous editions (except for the hardcover): a bonus adventure is included (except for book 1). We got confirmation in another thread that a Collector's Edition version of the unabridged book 28 (with a BA) is still considered, probably next year: link

As for book 29 to 32, they are considered First Editions (as it is the first time they are published. Notice the absence of the "Collector's Edition" tag on the covers of 30 and 31 versus the other books: link). Book 29 and 30 have a bonus adventure, 31 doesn't (because the text is too long) and 32 probably won't have one either (since it will have 551 sections). So no, you won't have a Collector's Edition version of these books (although you could say that these First Editions are no different than the Collector's Editions, except for the missing BA in 31 and lack of tag on the covers).

Since book 31 doesn't have a BA, is illustrated by Nerdgore, has a cover by Alberto Dallago and a map by Francesco Mattioli, even if it is considered a First Edition, can we also say it is a hardcover Definitive Edition too? Same thing could apply to the upcoming book 32 as it will be published once all the other books are published in their Definitive Edition version. A Definitive First Edition for Collectors?

[andyc]

I've wondered that too (about books 31 and 32 being essentially what we might expect from the DEs)
I suppose Alberto could do a new front cover, but he would be hard-pressed to improve upon the beautiful pieces of work that he did for the First Editions.
They could of course include MORE Nerdgore drawings (on top of the others) and if they are balancing the New Order books then there might need to be a few changes in the final saga books. 30 is too easy if you are a book 21-29 veteran character for instance.

[pjagum]

We got confirmation in another thread that a Collector's Edition version of the unabridged book 28 (with a BA) is still considered, probably next year: link

Thanks for the quick answer. This is reassuring, so I won´t be left behind with a missing (matching) volume 28. =)

So back to the wishfull thinking part of our passion...

What I´d consider to buy as a fourth variant of the series, would be a leatherbound Final Edition, just like some really old books, probably with 3d reliefprinted coverart.

Who is with me? =)

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Oct 4, 2021 18:12:26 GMT andyc said:

I've wondered that too (about books 31 and 32 being essentially what we might expect from the DEs)
I suppose Alberto could do a new front cover, but he would be hard-pressed to improve upon the beautiful pieces of work that he did for the First Editions.
They could of course include MORE Nerdgore drawings (on top of the others) and if they are balancing the New Order books then there might need to be a few changes in the final saga books. 30 is too easy if you are a book 21-29 veteran character for instance.

Let us not worry too much about the later books. The publication of DE1 to 5 is all that mqtters for now.

Hopefully, DE1 by 27 Nov 2021, the day i turn 38.

For DE1, is the story going to be the original 350 section version where Lone Wolf got knocked out or the politically correct version as depicted in the CE?

[rhygar]

Will there be adjustments made to the COMBAT SKILL of certain opponents like the Chaos Master and the Zakhan Kimah?
Will Shamath's riddle be made solvable?
Will there be changes along those lines?

[Ofecks]

Both of those specific things you mentioned have already been done in Mongoose's CEs. Take a look at the errata pages on the PA editions of 6, 9, 11, and 16.

It stands to reason those changes will be carried forward to the DEs.