Interesting — and good — news from Felipe Pepe concerning print editions of The CRPG Book, his compilation of reviews of computer role-playing games from pretty much the inception of the genre onward:

First, I’ve updated the book to version 1.0.4, fixing more typos, fixing issues, updating some reviews (Barkley 2 still had a 2016 release date!) and adding an article about the unreleased RPG Citadel of the Black Sun on page 509.

Second, some people have been making their own physical version of the book:

That’s awesome, but it won’t be needed anymore, as I now signed a deal for a limited print of the book – fully proofread and in hardcover! Of course, since this is a non-profit project, we’ll use it as a charity fundraiser! More info on this soon!

Using the book to raise funds for a charity is an excellent choice. It will be interesting to see what the price of the book ends up being, although given its size I’m thinking it’ll probably go for north of $100 USD.

Of course, there’s a bit of a catch to this:

However, as part of the hardcover book deal I agreed not to release any more files while the book is being produced & sold. So 1.0.4 will be the last version for a while and I’ll be removing the files in this blog – starting tomorrow! Grab them while you can!

But, don’t fret too much:

Once the contract ends, things return to normal and I’ll be able to freely share this new & improved version with all of you. I think that’s a fair trade.

So…keep an eye on Felipe’s blog for further updates, and news of the print edition of the book going on sale.