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Since there was alot of contact between Dave Arneson's Blackmoor group and Professor Barker's Tekumel group, I have been following Tekumel activity lately. The following was just posted on the Tekumel mailing list:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The original manuscript for Empire of the Petal Throne is now available
from DriveThru/RPG
Now <http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=99646>
. Known as the "green cover" or "mimeo" version, it was produced in the
Spring of 1974 in *a limited and confidential run of fifty copies* for the
world of Tékumel, the creation of Professor M.A.R. Barker.*This is the
first time this original manuscript has been published or made available to
the general public.* The PDF product now available for purchase was
prepared from a copy taken directly from Prof. Barker’s archive, and is
presented with each facing page containing the text of the original
manuscript.
This version is a precursor to the game published shortly later by TSR,
Inc. and contains a number of significant differences. However, it is in
many ways is substantively similar to the later TSR publication, and is
being produced more as a historical document than as a different product.
Print-on-demand versions are in development and expected to be available by
mid-March. "Tékumel" is a trademark of M.A.R. Barker; for more information
about Tékumel, visit www.Tekumel.com.
Victor Raymond
Tékumel Foundation
-Havard
I'm surprised by the length of it. It's a shame the preview length isn't longer, as I'd like to see if every page has a lot of blank space or not. Also, from the above text, it sounds like every page is printed twice, once re-typed and then again as a scan of the original manuscript. Even then, it would still be an impressive 115 pages of material...
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