No, Longsword is not the weapon of choice for a normal Town Watchman. In the desciption on p.7 is clearly stated that they use a small axe.

I further noticed, that the Bowmen of Lake-Town are clearly missing, no stats...
But so far, nothing that realy irks me.

Good point. Reading that fully now, I don't think they actually should have a weapon skill at all as they are non-combatant firemen.

Yes, firemen, but I think even a fireman could handle an axe.

Ah, I have found the Bowmen: p. 20!

Heh, yeah, possibly. I would suggest not in combat though and therefore it [the axe] would be used as an instrument to facilitate their common skills when performing their duties, which is why I personally wouldn't assign them a combat skill rating.

Good idea.

Sadly it seems the part in Germany where i live is deep inside Mirkwood as no messenger with a special and precious book can reach me...
althoug the mail it was sent reached me Thursday last week...

Same here (but in France), so don't worry (yet).

Woohoo Got Mine in Melbourne, Australia!!

One comment - I wish the beautiful map of the town was a pullout, as that would make it easier to make copies for my players!

Robin S.

My players last night said the exact same thing. I was hopeful that C7 could do a pdf of just the map but even that may not be allowed due to the recent shenanigans regarding electronic copies of things - 'tis a real shame.

There is a mistake on the LM screen, Table 1.3, Miserable:

I think the text in the Trigger section should be:"Hope equal or below Shadow Rating"

Still nothing here

I find it very disheartening to see it reach Austrailia and New Zeland long before me, since I'm only one hour away from UK.

Should I worry?

/wolf

Not as long as your hope is above your Shadow Rating.

I believe not, as some people in Germany have received their LM screen days ahead of me.

There's a table on the screen (4.3) which details cursed treasure and shadow gained from it. I can't seem to find hide nor hair of it in the rulebooks. Anyone have any insights as to where it came from?

Nope, but I find it very useful. Somewhere in the text of the LM book is something mentioned about corrupted treasure, but I would have to made a decision on the fly about the amount of Shadow points, if my players should encounter something like that. I remember that in "The Marsh Bell" party members could collect a Shadow point if the character failed a Corruption test as they opened the box hidden by Balin, which contained a jewel from the dragon hoard of Erebor.

got mine from the C7 stall at indiecon

very nice they are too

well done

Word from distributors is that release date for US stores is this wednesday.

Finally got a notice from the PO that I have a package to pick up. Since this is the only thing Im currently waiting for I think I might have it in my hand tonight. If not Im just going to quietly sulk in mycorner for a couple of days.

/wolf

Hurrah, it's on the Leisuregames release schedule(in the UK) for this week. I ordered it this morning. Should have it on Thursday....

YES!!! That was it. Now I can relax.

Good show.

/wolf

I received mine in the post this morning, over two weeks after receiving an email from the UK that it had been sent. Mail from the UK to Denmark is notoriously slow and I was a little worried, because a few parcels from my parents have, in the past, failed to arrive.

Now, to take the cellophane off and eat the contents of this little parcel with my eyes ...

Quick first impression - this is the sturdiest screen I have ever ever seen. The artwork is Delicious. The map of Laketown just blew my mind.

My wife just asked me if the rest of geekworld was rejoicing this morning.

My LM Screen has arrived last friday 16. I'm very impressed with it and lake-town sourcebook is wonderful too.

So does anyone know where/how I can go online to check status of my order? I'm in the US. I ordered it online and paid via paypal a couple weeks ago.


Thanks,
Robert

Oh finally my package from Amazon arrived and I must say I'm completely in love with this screen! It's super quality, thick, sturdy and beautiful. I love the artwork and all the tables are very well useful. (Loved the quote too lol)

Also the Lake-Town sourcebook is very good too. My only complain could be the lack of a seperate map of the Lake-Town but all in all I loved this product!

I'm glad it's all turning out well for you.

Unfortunately to date - I have heard nothing (I'm in California) and I've even emailed a couple different addresses among C7 sales as well as Dominic, along with my invoice number, and heard nothing back as to when to expect it - ordered it back in September.

Just to get a confirmation that my payment was received and that my order is being shipped and ETA would be a nice affirmation and quell my growing anxiety about whether or not I'll be getting my copy.

If anyone has any other suggestions for follow up then just emailing the Sales address, would be helpful and appreciated.

Thanks,

"I'm in California."

Well, there's your problem.

"I've even emailed a couple different addresses among C7 sales as well as Dominic, along with my invoice number, and heard nothing back as to when to expect it."

That is unusual. The few times I have had to contact C7 they were very prompt in returning my communcation. I hope you get everything sorted out soon.

I've got mine last week, translated into Spanish and everything. I have to see it's very nice and useful and I really like the booklet that comes with it. It's good to see some new monsters, although including Ogres could be streching the canon a little bit since they are only mentioned only once and according to Tolkien scholars it probably means "any evil big creature". However from a gaming perspective I understand the decision to include them.

Only thing I found weird is the copy of the back cover of the lake-town book as a seperate paper lol

That's so they can display the front cover and back cover with the LM Screen inserted. Its a common technique for GM screens that also have a book attached.

Huge apologies! Dragonmeet ate me for a few weeks and I'm still catching up with e-mail - sorry you've had to wait so long. I'll be in touch shortly.

Dom

Thank you! I do so look forward to hearing from you (soon). Eager beaver over here to see C7 goodness!

I hope you get your screen soon, I know how hard it is to wait. And it will be worthy of the wait since C7 once again made a wonderful job with that.

Well this is significantly less than average. I just received response from C7 in my email and told me that they've run out - and I wont get one until next year when they print more.

I ordered it back in September. Needless to say I'm a bit bent.

Hi SirKickley

I'll look into this for you - we have only just run out, yours should have been sent way before that. Could you ping me your order number please?

Thanks

Dom

Hey Dom, I'm not 100% certain what "pinging" you means - I hope it's nothing dirty.

I have sent you an Private Message on this board - i have a feeling that's what you meant.

If it isn't, regardless you should have a private message from me in your inbox.


Thanks for taking an active interest in this situation.

Sorry about resurrecting a (sort of) old topic, but I got the Lake-Town Book for Christmas, and now that I've digested everything I wrote a review for it on my blog. It can be found here.

The short summary is that I love it, and consider it a worthy addition to my collection despite the fact that I don't normally use GM screens (this is the first I've ever bought). Great job!

Also loving Men of the Lake. If only I could take a break from the Loremaster's seat to play a character, lol.