Glad I was too skint to buy it from Leisure Games this week then...Do let us know how the next one turns out as I'm planning on getting mine from them v. soon, if not from a convention this weekend... Didn't realise IGUK had it in stock. Emailed them on Monday but heard nothing back about the 3rd Printing, and as far as I can see all their website says is that they have 3 left of the Catalyst printing...

huh well sometimes websites take awhile to update esp. if they have a store front...but IGUK don't... I wonder if it's because all three have water damage or something so they're loathe to update it just yet. I think I'll have to play a wait and see game. I'm very cynical about everything... EDIT: dropped them another email about the third printing to see if they'll get back to me this time EDIT[again]: they did get back to me and have confirmed there's nothing wrong with the batch and it's def. the third printing. Bought it and it's already being sent. Really wanted to go with Leisure Games as they have a great record for getting hard to get books from the US, or books before other stores (like BASH UE new printing, and Savage Worlds Deluxe [next week] but they have shipping costs and all in all it's nearly £10 more for the same product.

AD7 wrote:

For those who live in Europe (but not in UK) it is very useful to have those alternatives to buy. I tried AmazonUK, but they don't have any :(

Amazon UK doesn't buy directly from us; they buy from one of the British distributors that buy from us, so they have to wait a little longer before getting the books. Amazon in general is getting a little more conservative in how soon they put up books for pre-order, which is fine with us. Shorter pre-order periods are better in several ways for us. :-)

Angry_Ghost wrote:

No idea what's up with IGUK's site mind, it now shows 4 copies left of the Catalyst Version (rather than 3 as stated earlier) - but I am assured by emails to myself and others that it's going to be the Post Human Studios 3rd printing that turns up on my door (fingers crossed for tomorrow).

They got more from their distributor. And it is the Third Printing, I have spent the last 2 days emailing them back and forth getting my replacement sorted out : ) That, and noone has any of the first/second printing left. It is sold out everywhere :p

I also bought from IGUK, please let us know whether you finally receive the right version or not.

Just received mine this morning from IGUK (despite the autofill putting the wrong postcode on...so lucky there). However, the middle of the book had pages falling out and plenty are stuck together. This doesn't look like it was done in transit, more that it happened at the printing stage (speculation). end result: ruined book. Have contacted IGUK by email (as that's the only way) and am awaiting an answer on a replacement. It was however the third printing. Will post result. EDIT: I'd also say that the top of the pages is cut a little close to the text - in some cases cutting off the top - but this is only on such parts as the pre-generated characters and is probably in acceptable margins (although I'd prefer to have the whole text, I'd rather miss out a couple of mm than have pages falling out!)

I have just received my copy of the EP core rulebook from IGUK. There is no problem or fault at all. The packaging where the book came seemed pretty shock proof to me. Outstanding lay-out, full-colour, hard-cover and so on. Leaving the content aside, I would rate the book itself as excellent. The book is rather fat and carries a red Posthuman Studios logo, so I guess it is indeed the latest printing. I hope you all get a good copy soon too. :)

Angry_Ghost wrote:

Just received mine this morning from IGUK (despite the autofill putting the wrong postcode on...so lucky there). However, the middle of the book had pages falling out and plenty are stuck together. This doesn't look like it was done in transit, more that it happened at the printing stage (speculation). end result: ruined book. Have contacted IGUK by email (as that's the only way) and am awaiting an answer on a replacement. It was however the third printing. Will post result. EDIT: I'd also say that the top of the pages is cut a little close to the text - in some cases cutting off the top - but this is only on such parts as the pre-generated characters and is probably in acceptable margins (although I'd prefer to have the whole text, I'd rather miss out a couple of mm than have pages falling out!)

I just got my copy from Amazon 2 days ago and I think I have the same problem with the very tops of pages being cut off in the wrong spot. I'm not noticing any pages falling out or stuck together so hopefully I won't run into that later. The book is still really awesome and I'm glad I got it. Like Angry Ghost said the top being cut wrong is only noticeable on the pre-gen characters and even then all the text is still easily readable so it's 100% functional just maybe 90% as beautiful as it could be. I ordered from Michigan on the original US amazon page (the one AdamJury posted in the amazon thread on the news/events forum)

Excellent. Makes me feel better that it's still mint

Harold wrote:

I have a small question regarding the EP corebook: am I correct in assuming that the second printing is sold-out? In other words, if I order the core book on Amazon.com, am I certain to get a copy of the third printing?

This is correct. Amazon itself has no copies of the earlier printings available. If you order from a third-party seller using Amazon, though, there's no guarantee. So don't do that. Just use this link :-) -- http://tinyurl.com/epamazon

It's taken me a while to post a follow up because it took a couple of weeks to get a replacement from IGUK. As a recap. The first copy I received had pages falling out, there was also chunks of paper that were cut at strange angles protruding from the book. Unfortunately the replacement that I received, whilst not as bad, suffers from the pages coming away from the spine on the right side of the book. Whilst usable, just, it would mean that the life span of the book is seriously shortened and more likely to suffer a hinge break. I was told that there was one more book in store and that it would be sent out to me (both Leisure games and IGUK have always been pretty good if there's an issue) however when the guy checked it he told me that some of the pages were printed upside down - this was earlier reported in this thread from when someone purchased from Leisure Games (i.e., a different retailer). There have been reports of warping too from purchases at Amazon and Leisure Games both with the 3rd Printing and with Panopticon (as seen in another thread). I've been told that IGUK will order some more books and get back to me. I did PM Adam about this a while ago and he's written on this thread but not replied to me, although I wasn't expecting/after a personal response. I do feel that there might be a problem with the printing/printing process, perhaps due to the new thicker pages (which would obviously be great if they stayed in) or the gluing/binding process - but that is pure speculation on my part. Hopefully this post will be taken as it is intended - I mean no grief with anyone on this forum, Posthuman Studios or retailer - I just thought that it's worth passing on my experiences with purchasing the third printing so far and people can take from that what they will. Hopefully it is actually useful. As an aside: The character samples in the book do have the tops chopped off all copies. Posthuman Studios have already said that they are within what they consider to be reasonable margins. Perhaps the formatting will be changed slightly to incorporate all the text in the next printing as I personally feel that all text should be within the book and none of it, or image should be left out.

well I find that to be good news. I'm sure that I'll get a sound copy soon. I am just glad that it's localised and not widespread. - although it's just my luck it's my localised! Heh. Edit: IGUK got back to me to say they have more copies, but these too are coming away from the bindings so they will contact me when they receive a good batch. I'm in no rush, except to give Posthuman Studios some money for their sublime game...

My copy arrived here in the Third World. Looks great so far, none of the problems like those reported or like in my copies of Sunward are present. :)

My replacement copy of the third printing MRB finally arrived (it took its sweet time, even with Amazon's 'Expedited' shipping). It has some warping, which I believe was caused by the lengthy journey and bad weather, but nothing too bad (that's about the same warping my Cthlhutech books have) and the binding looks solid. The top of the titlings on the archetype pages are chopped off but it's still easily readable. Not perfect but still within my margin.