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Title: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: chicklewis on September 17, 2009, 11:53:43 PM

Chaosium just announced that they have a very few copies of the excellent Dark
Continent supplement, said to be the very last new copies on the planet. The
author actually had these hiding in his attic, and Chaosium bought 'em up at a
show (Gencon?)

www.chaosium.com

The system is pretty good, and the information on east and northeast africa in the colonial period is truly excellent !!

Chick

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on September 18, 2009, 08:46:48 AM

Good news, but nearly $70.00? Ouch!  :'(

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: warbeads on September 18, 2009, 11:25:22 AM

Sadly, Supply and Demand?? :'(  Only time will tell if the price i "right" or not.  :o

Gracias,

Glenn

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Plynkes on September 18, 2009, 12:00:59 PM

It's packed full of interesting info and good ideas. It is a cracking read, too, and pretty funny in places (especially some of the smart-arse captions to the period prints). Worth having just to read even if you aren't going to play it. To be clear though, it isn't a "supplement" like Chick said but a full-blown game system. You don't have to buy anything else to play it.

Glad I got mine from Spirit Games when it was still 25 quid.

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: fairoaks024 on September 18, 2009, 12:16:45 PM

yup, i got the email from chaosium this morning and was going to buy it,

but the price put me off when combined with the fact that its not for the BRP system,

regards

jim

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Plynkes on September 18, 2009, 12:54:38 PM

It wasn't made by Chaosium, so there is no reason to imagine that it would use the BRP system. If someone other than Chasoium had snapped these copies up it probably wouldn't even cross one's mind. Why does it need to use the BRP system for you to want it? Just curious.

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: chicklewis on September 18, 2009, 02:47:01 PM

Hmmm, hadn't seen the asking price when I passed the news along. 

I bought mine years back from Ork's Nest in London and hoped it would be worth 25 Stirling. 

IMO it is.  YMMV. 

Chick

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Galman on September 18, 2009, 03:09:19 PM

Excellent news indeed.  Ive been looking for this for awhile.  70 bones...money is money, I can make more of it.

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Gundamentalist 5.56 on September 18, 2009, 05:21:56 PM

Quote from: fairoaks024 on September 18, 2009, 12:16:45 PM

but the price put me off when combined with the fact that its not for the BRP system,

It may not strictly use BRP stats, but everything is in %s so its very easy to convert.
And I believe it was written originally for BRP anyway.
(I bought it when it first came out).

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: Stecal on September 19, 2009, 12:20:08 AM

at least shipping is free as it is over $60.

I have been hunting on Ebay for months for a copy of Dark Continent without luck.  Guess I will just bite the bullet and buy this one.

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: aecurtis on September 19, 2009, 03:46:01 AM

Quote from: Plynkes on September 18, 2009, 12:00:59 PM

Glad I got mine from Spirit Games when it was still 25 quid.

Amen.  Phil had to look for a while to find one for me, but it was well worth it.

Allen

Title: Re: Dark Continent again available from Chaosium
Post by: G. K. Zhukov on January 07, 2010, 09:45:48 AM

Hi there.

An old acquaintance of mine just contacted me out of despair trying to buy my copy of "Dark Continent" (one of those few things I am not ready to part with). ;)

Does any of you know any source and/or reliable tracker whom he can resort to in order to get the game?

[I feel he is willing to pay an unreasonable amount for a copy in good shape.]

Thanks in advance!