RedBrick Limited is pleased to announce that it has signed contracts with Mongoose Publishing to publish new editions of their Earthdawn, Fading Suns, Blue Planet, Age of Legend 4e, and Equinox game lines under Mongoose Publishing’s Flaming Cobra imprint, already famous for such popular games as Dragon Warriors and Spycraft 2.0.

Under this arrangement, RedBrick Limited retains full creative control of writing, design, editing, and layout. Mongoose Publishing will handle printing, marketing, sales, and distribution.

The first RedBrick Limited products to be released under the Flaming Cobra imprint will be available in game stores worldwide from July 2009, starting with Earthdawn Third Edition, before moving into the product release schedules for our other game lines.

After five years honing its skills as a game publisher on the Earthdawn Classic and Fading Suns Second Edition game lines, and being among the forefront of RPG publishers embracing the digital and print-on-demand publishing models, RedBrick Limited are excited to be working with Mongoose Publishing and taking the next step toward bringing our games to a wider audience. Mongoose Publishing are the “perfect partner” for RedBrick Limited and everyone on board the ‘Brick looks forward to a lengthy collaboration with the Mongoose team under the hood of the Flaming Cobra.

More information on RedBrick’s product releases will be published on Mongoose’s web site at http://www.mongoosepublishing.com and RedBrick's company web site at http://www.redbrick-limited.com.

RedBrick Limited is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. Age of Legend4e™ is a trademark of RedBrick Limited. Equinox™ is a trademark of RedBrick Germany. Earthdawn® is a registered trademark of FASA Corporation. Fading Suns™ is a trademark of Holistic Design Inc. Blue Planet™ is a trademark of Biohazard Games. Flaming Cobra™ is a trademark of Mongoose Publishing. All used under license.

Located in the center of Barsaive, the city of Kratas serves as a crossroads of information and stolen goods. Despite its location near almost all major trade routes, few honest merchants pass through the city, for Kratas is ruled and run by thieves. Its people are the clever and desperate, the illegally wealthy and the horribly destitute of our province.

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Lulu, our printer and distributor, has changed International shipping prices without warning. That would normally not have been a problem, but the pricing increase is so extreme (EUR 70 per book just for shipping!) that we first thought it was a bug. Sadly, it isn't, although we don't understand this new pricing policy--especially since it is coupled with a general increase in production prices.

At the moment, only hardcover books shipped to destinations outside the US are affected, as they are the only books manufactured in the US (softcovers are printed in other international facilities, and thus shipping remains inexpensive). Of course, a large number of our customers are from Europe and want hardcovers, which is what makes the situation so bad.

We are terribly sorry about the inconvenience to our International customers! This is something out of our control. RedBrick isn't the only publisher affected and Lulu is currently receiving a lot of negative response to this situation. We hope they come up with a solution very soon. As a result, we are urgently looking at alternative methods of getting our books printed and distributed.

Update: It seems Lulu has reacted to all this and is sorting out prices. Shipping should be set back to sane levels very soon. Click here for more information.

Fading Suns is a science fiction game of heavy combat, vicious politics, weird occultism, alien secrets and artifacts, and unknown and un-mapped worlds. The Shards series is a collection of adventures and encounters, intended as an inexpensive resource for Fading Suns gamemasters.

Written by Thomas Baroli, Dead End was designed for a group of 3 to 5 player characters. In this adventure the characters travel to Kish to attend a religious ceremony, but are soon drawn into an obscure plot of murder and intrigue. As the characters follow the track of an unknown assailant who tried to assassinate Baron Sun Cho Li Halan’s young wife, they are about to discover a disturbing secret far greater than just the identity of a mere criminal.... 

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The german book Spielleiten by Dominic Wäsch is available now just in time for the Spiel'08. The book covers the art of gamemastering, continuing the topic from the point where most rulebooks stop. This entertaining guide is intended for both newbie and experienced gamemasters alike.

Available now! Visit the book's homepage for more information!

In cooperation with Holistic Design Inc RedBrick will be attending the Spiel'08 exhibition. The Spiel is the world's biggest consumer gaming fair and takes place from October 23 to 26, 2008, at Messe Essen, in Germany. Click on the banner below for more information!

If you are attending, do visit our booth, where you can meet our staff (flying in from all over the world!) and chat about our books, projects, and games! You'll be able to purchase all of our products at the fair, and be able to see exclusive previews of Kratas: The City of Thieves (Earthdawn) and Ancient Echoes (Blue Planet). We will also present Spielleiten, the newest entry for our Pro-Indie line.

Time flies quickly in the world of publishing. RedBrick is five years old on the 23rd of September! To celebrate this milestone we are discounting all of our print and eBooks by up to 10 percent for 5 days only, from early on 23 September through to midnight 27 September, US Central Time. Blow up some balloons, have a celebratory drink (or five)—even better, get some gaming in to mark the occasion. A huge thank you from Team RedBrick to our customers. We've grown a lot over the last five years; here's to the next five years!

To save you time come 23 September, here's some direct links to our storefronts:

DriveThruRPG • RPGNow • Lulu - Earthdawn • Lulu - Fading Suns • Lulu - Pro-Indie