“A superior product in every way. \u00a0I liked the other one, I love this one!”<\/em><\/h4>\nI am going to go further: It’s friggin’ aaawesome!<\/i> \u00a0It oozes quality. The matte cover is gorgeous to look at and has a smooth, velvety touch. The paper quality is a whole grade above; it’s heavier and warm-white rather than bleached-white, and has taken more ink so the type looks stronger and is easier to read. It’s section sewn<\/i> into a square spine, so it opens flat. Damn, it even smells good!<\/i><\/p>\n
To me this book is of an outstanding build quality. I may well be punch drunk on it, but my initial impression is that it holds its own against any RPG hardcover on my shelf. There are a couple very<\/i> minor nits for me to pick with the binder, but either way this is the kind of book I want Reliquary to be, that I want to own, and that I want to share with you fine folks.<\/p>\n
Having seen this, I’m absolutely decided: There will be a DD hardcover edition. \u00a0And it will be like this.<\/p>\n
More words and pictures are coming…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, a man in a UPS shirt knocked on my door and handed me a box. Inside, cocooned in a copious quantity of bubblewrap, were the two DD hardback prototypes. I had already seen photos and had a verbal report from +Cameron DuBeers\u00a0(thanks Cameron!). However, holding the books in my hands is a whole different… Continue reading A Tale of Two Prototypes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,9,10],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6hrAz-1Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?p=101","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":0},"title":"Shipped by UPS","date":"May 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"How would\u00a0we fare\u00a0with\u00a0UPS shipping? The news is good. 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