Topic: The Old HARPers Bazaars

[Alwyn]

Question for any old HARPers out there, like myself. 

Did ICE stop publishing the HARPers Bazaars after issue #15?  When issue 15 came out is about the time I quit RPGing.  I cannot find any reference to any of these on the internet after issue 15, so I am assuming that was the last one.  They were starting a series of articles on  "Infernals" as part of the "Night's Agents" series which I really liked, so I am just curious.   

[Thom @ ICE]

HARPer's Bazaars were stopped at that time.
At this time they are not in our business plan to restart as we would prefer to focus the resources to provide full, quality, playtested products.

[Alwyn]

Thanks for the answer Thom.

[dob85y]

What is the status of the printed material within them? Can it be reproduced? I have built a "homebrew" system around them and i still respect copyright.

[NicholasHMCaldwell]

What is the status of the printed material within them? Can it be reproduced? I have built a "homebrew" system around them and i still respect copyright.

It is still copyright material.

Best wishes,
Nicholas

[El Streak]

I've just discovered HARP (I'm always late to the party  )and bought the newest updates of HARP Fantasy, CoM and ML. However, I feel like I'm missing a lot of potentially useful material from the HARPer's Bazaar, the "Codex" (whatever that is), et. al. Is there a legal way I can procure copies?

[GMLovlie]

Ebay would be the only way I think. Or any FLGS that still have some copies of the Codex and/or any other older version books. The Bazaars wouldn't be possible legally, not as far as I know anyway.

[Thom @ ICE]

For Harper's Bazaar there was the Annual that was released in print form that covers HB1-5 and Hack and Slash.  You may be able to find that in an out of print store, but if you find it available as a PDF (either for free or for money) it is an illegal site. Same for Codex.


 

[Bruce]

I got lucky and got a physical copy of the codex. I am still looking for a physical copy of Hack & Slash. It's a collectors thing. But I was lucky to be able to recover a lot of the pdf's I had from back in the day and Hack & Slash was one of them. All my physical books got burned up in a fire. There was so many (tear forming), all those RM companions, I had just about every RM book ever published. Can we have a moment of silence please?

Bruce

[WoeRie]

There was never a physical book named "Hack & Slash", it was only released in the "Bazaar Anual".

[GrumpyOldFart]

All my physical books got burned up in a fire. There was so many (tear forming), all those RM companions, I had just about every RM book ever published.

I'm sorry to say that I know the feeling. The same happened to me just this last winter.

They say misery loves company, but personally I'd rather be the only person this has happened to.

[Bruce]

To be honest I was surprised to hear it had lasted that long.
I was "indisposed" by the military for a few years and did not really have access to it all. A year or two before I was suddenly uprooted and transferred I had kicked my ex wife out. Oddly enough she was the one who came to my rescue and put all my stuff in storage in her garage. But the house they lived in had "old" wiring and a fire happened on Christmas day (or shortly thereafter) and no one was home. Luckily the garage is not attached to the house and a neighbor had seen the smoke early. From what I understand there wasn't much structure damage.

But I have a new job now and other than building a new PC and saving up for Gencon this year I can start getting all my old stuff back. Blessed be Amazon, and Ebay, and Noble knight (etc)!

Bruce

[Bruce]

There was never a physical book named "Hack & Slash", it was only released in the "Bazaar Anual".

Actually there was a PDF book called Hack & Slash I believe it was released in 2004 or 2005.

Bruce

[WoeRie]

Yes, Hack & Slash was released as PDF in 2005. Afterwards it was rereleased in the Bazaar Annual in 2006, which was also available as a dead-tree-version.

There was also a Revision of Hack & Slash in the Harper's Bazaar #14 in 2009.

[Bruce]

Yes, Hack & Slash was released as PDF in 2005. Afterwards it was rereleased in the Bazaar Annual in 2006, which was also available as a dead-tree-version.

There was also a Revision of Hack & Slash in the Harper's Bazaar #14 in 2009.

I'm not sure if I have or have seen the Harper's Bazaar #14. I would need to dig into my old archives and see if it is in there. I'd like to see what was revised.

Bruce

[Alwyn]

Yes, Hack & Slash was released as PDF in 2005. Afterwards it was rereleased in the Bazaar Annual in 2006, which was also available as a dead-tree-version.

There was also a Revision of Hack & Slash in the Harper's Bazaar #14 in 2009.

I'm not sure if I have or have seen the Harper's Bazaar #14. I would need to dig into my old archives and see if it is in there. I'd like to see what was revised.

Bruce

Basically HB 14 added Attack Size Combat/Crit Tables, randomizing crit rule modifications, and breaking the "150" on the attack tables to the H&S system.

[Tommi]

I just noticed that I have bazaars only to 12. What was in HB13?
Were there more than one Harpers Grimoire? Pdf-file was named as HG1...

[WoeRie]

Introduction ..................................................................... 1
New Races ......................................................................... 2
Ceanid ....................................................................... 2
Vulfen ........................................................................ 2
New Culture ..................................................................... 3
Aquatic ...................................................................... 3
Herbalism ......................................................................... 4
Adventure: In Search of Valen .......................................... 8

There was only 1 Harper's Grimoire and most spells were re-released in "HARP - The Codex".

[Tommi]

WoeRie
Kiitos  or  Thank you.