When Will XenEx be Orderable? [Archive] - Wizards Community

When Will XenEx be Orderable? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Frobi-Wan Kenobi
06-26-06, 10:53 PM I'm setting up a convention for July and the XenEx games don't seem to be orderable - anyone have any info?
Herrbard
06-27-06, 12:07 AM For faction adventure number 1 and DMs mark 1
Available Retirement
Convention 6/29/2006 12/31/2006
Retail 7/29/2006 12/31/2006
Game Day 7/29/2006 12/31/2006
Home 8/29/2006 12/31/2006

For faction adventure number 2 and DMs mark 2
Available Retirement
Convention 9/1/2006 12/31/2006
Retail 10/1/2006 12/31/2006
Game Day 10/1/2006 12/31/2006
Home 11/2/2006 12/31/2006

For Well of Woe Rounds 1, 2 and 3
Available Retirement
Convention 11/1/2006 1/31/2007
Retail 11/1/2006 1/31/2007
Game Day 12/1/2006 1/31/2007
Home 1/1/2007 1/31/2007

This is what comes up in the Adventure Summaries page, anyway.
Frobi-Wan Kenobi
06-27-06, 12:21 AM That's correct but when you try to order them they do not appear as a choice.

I tried to order them as part of a convention event for dates 7/28/06 - 7/30/06 and as a gameday event dates 7/29/06 - 7/30/06. Neither had them for me to select.
paigeoliver
06-27-06, 02:09 AM Is there any explanation anywhere as to why these modules largely expire in a month or two? I was hoping that was one thing that was going to change with the new campaign. The almost non-existant playing windows kept anyone in my general circle from playing the last campaign, and I really doubt we were the only ones.

I thought I might try this campaign out as I am fairly caught up in Living Greyhawk, but since they are doing the Mark of Heroes thing again with the modules being available for a month only it makes it kind of hard to ever get to play them.
TimRat
06-27-06, 11:23 AM not sure what you mean that they largely expire in a month? the first 4 faction mods that come out at origins are available for a convention from this coming thurdsay to the end of the year. so all those are available till the end of the year so they are much longer in the retirement then the other campaigns right there.

now the mods coming out at gencon have a little shorter window b/c those mods are going to be at all gencon indy and the extended premiere cons but you still have 2 months of home day to play them which should be plenty of time. well of woe has a shorter one b/c it is a special mod. but the window is larger than the rest.

as to why you can't get them yet my only guess is that the reason is that teh mods aren't in the database yet. thats only a guess and ill see if can get an answer to it.
Ishorn
06-28-06, 12:36 PM I am thinking of ordering and running the adventures. Do I have to form a club in my area to be considered a game day? I am up against some tough competition with LG & LA. I am asking this because I have the approval of a gaming store to hold the event there. I just want to make sure that it will be considered a game day and not a home game.

Thanks,
Homer
smerwin29
06-28-06, 01:03 PM The only difference I know of between the two is that a home game is held at a private venue and is not open to the public. A game day is held in a public place and is open to the public. A RETAIL game day is one held specifically at a store.
Ishorn
06-28-06, 02:42 PM The only difference I know of between the two is that a home game is held at a private venue and is not open to the public. A game day is held in a public place and is open to the public. A RETAIL game day is one held specifically at a store.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I remember when Living City was ending and Living Greyhawk began. The group I played the adventures with at the local game store had to come up with a name and write up a charter or they could not order adventures. They still call the day play Living Greyhawk adventures after the name of the group. I really did not want to have to do that.

Thanks,
Homer
Madfox11
06-29-06, 05:26 AM not sure what you mean that they largely expire in a month? the first 4 faction mods that come out at origins are available for a convention from this coming thurdsay to the end of the year. so all those are available till the end of the year so they are much longer in the retirement then the other campaigns right there.

He said a month or 2... and I think he refers to the fact that they are only available for Home games for a 2 months. The fact that they there are available for conventions is not going to help most players - at least not in Europe where Home games and to a lesser extend game days are actually the biggest player attraction and there are only 2 conventions per year per country (and even those are more like extended game days than true conventions).
Frobi-Wan Kenobi
06-30-06, 08:13 PM Just letting everyone know that while the factions are listed in the drop down box they are not present to select any of them from the long list of RPGA modules.
TimRat
06-30-06, 08:27 PM ya like in the Q&A i posted they are working on this as quickly as possible. hopefully in the next week or two they will be available.
Frobi-Wan Kenobi
06-30-06, 10:16 PM Well, it looks like someone has been able to order them for 9/1/06 but I still can't for a convention on 7/28/06 to 7/30/06
TimRat
06-30-06, 11:17 PM i was able to order a gameday for 8/2/06 so as far as i know thats working fine. one thing i did notice when i was ordering them (i'm DMing the covenant of light mods) is that they are under there names and not all bunched together like EMH was.

So look under the B's for blackwheel and so forth.
duncansalazar
07-21-06, 02:47 AM i was able to order a gameday for 8/2/06 so as far as i know thats working fine. one thing i did notice when i was ordering them (i'm DMing the covenant of light mods) is that they are under there names and not all bunched together like EMH was.

So look under the B's for blackwheel and so forth.

The only problem Tim, is that my players have complained to me about the "script error" messages they keep receiving when trying to register a character in one of the factions:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'

Type mismatch: '[string: ""]'

/rpgaweb/external/charedit.asp, line 301

I guess one the "gnomes who tinker" should check it out, just in case...
TimRat
07-21-06, 10:51 AM ya there still working on that. there is some transitioning going on so it'll be a while for some questions to be answered and so forth.

For right now use the campaign standards taht have been put up.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Frobi-Wan Kenobi 06-26-06, 10:53 PM	I'm setting up a convention for July and the XenEx games don't seem to be orderable - anyone have any info?
Herrbard 06-27-06, 12:07 AM	For faction adventure number 1 and DMs mark 1 Available Retirement Convention 6/29/2006 12/31/2006 Retail 7/29/2006 12/31/2006 Game Day 7/29/2006 12/31/2006 Home 8/29/2006 12/31/2006 For faction adventure number 2 and DMs mark 2 Available Retirement Convention 9/1/2006 12/31/2006 Retail 10/1/2006 12/31/2006 Game Day 10/1/2006 12/31/2006 Home 11/2/2006 12/31/2006 For Well of Woe Rounds 1, 2 and 3 Available Retirement Convention 11/1/2006 1/31/2007 Retail 11/1/2006 1/31/2007 Game Day 12/1/2006 1/31/2007 Home 1/1/2007 1/31/2007 This is what comes up in the Adventure Summaries page, anyway.
Frobi-Wan Kenobi 06-27-06, 12:21 AM	That's correct but when you try to order them they do not appear as a choice. I tried to order them as part of a convention event for dates 7/28/06 - 7/30/06 and as a gameday event dates 7/29/06 - 7/30/06. Neither had them for me to select.
paigeoliver 06-27-06, 02:09 AM	Is there any explanation anywhere as to why these modules largely expire in a month or two? I was hoping that was one thing that was going to change with the new campaign. The almost non-existant playing windows kept anyone in my general circle from playing the last campaign, and I really doubt we were the only ones. I thought I might try this campaign out as I am fairly caught up in Living Greyhawk, but since they are doing the Mark of Heroes thing again with the modules being available for a month only it makes it kind of hard to ever get to play them.
TimRat 06-27-06, 11:23 AM	not sure what you mean that they largely expire in a month? the first 4 faction mods that come out at origins are available for a convention from this coming thurdsay to the end of the year. so all those are available till the end of the year so they are much longer in the retirement then the other campaigns right there. now the mods coming out at gencon have a little shorter window b/c those mods are going to be at all gencon indy and the extended premiere cons but you still have 2 months of home day to play them which should be plenty of time. well of woe has a shorter one b/c it is a special mod. but the window is larger than the rest. as to why you can't get them yet my only guess is that the reason is that teh mods aren't in the database yet. thats only a guess and ill see if can get an answer to it.
Ishorn 06-28-06, 12:36 PM	I am thinking of ordering and running the adventures. Do I have to form a club in my area to be considered a game day? I am up against some tough competition with LG & LA. I am asking this because I have the approval of a gaming store to hold the event there. I just want to make sure that it will be considered a game day and not a home game. Thanks, Homer
smerwin29 06-28-06, 01:03 PM	The only difference I know of between the two is that a home game is held at a private venue and is not open to the public. A game day is held in a public place and is open to the public. A RETAIL game day is one held specifically at a store.
Ishorn 06-28-06, 02:42 PM	The only difference I know of between the two is that a home game is held at a private venue and is not open to the public. A game day is held in a public place and is open to the public. A RETAIL game day is one held specifically at a store. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I remember when Living City was ending and Living Greyhawk began. The group I played the adventures with at the local game store had to come up with a name and write up a charter or they could not order adventures. They still call the day play Living Greyhawk adventures after the name of the group. I really did not want to have to do that. Thanks, Homer
Madfox11 06-29-06, 05:26 AM	not sure what you mean that they largely expire in a month? the first 4 faction mods that come out at origins are available for a convention from this coming thurdsay to the end of the year. so all those are available till the end of the year so they are much longer in the retirement then the other campaigns right there. He said a month or 2... and I think he refers to the fact that they are only available for Home games for a 2 months. The fact that they there are available for conventions is not going to help most players - at least not in Europe where Home games and to a lesser extend game days are actually the biggest player attraction and there are only 2 conventions per year per country (and even those are more like extended game days than true conventions).
Frobi-Wan Kenobi 06-30-06, 08:13 PM	Just letting everyone know that while the factions are listed in the drop down box they are not present to select any of them from the long list of RPGA modules.
TimRat 06-30-06, 08:27 PM	ya like in the Q&A i posted they are working on this as quickly as possible. hopefully in the next week or two they will be available.
Frobi-Wan Kenobi 06-30-06, 10:16 PM	Well, it looks like someone has been able to order them for 9/1/06 but I still can't for a convention on 7/28/06 to 7/30/06
TimRat 06-30-06, 11:17 PM	i was able to order a gameday for 8/2/06 so as far as i know thats working fine. one thing i did notice when i was ordering them (i'm DMing the covenant of light mods) is that they are under there names and not all bunched together like EMH was. So look under the B's for blackwheel and so forth.
duncansalazar 07-21-06, 02:47 AM	i was able to order a gameday for 8/2/06 so as far as i know thats working fine. one thing i did notice when i was ordering them (i'm DMing the covenant of light mods) is that they are under there names and not all bunched together like EMH was. So look under the B's for blackwheel and so forth. The only problem Tim, is that my players have complained to me about the "script error" messages they keep receiving when trying to register a character in one of the factions: Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d' Type mismatch: '[string: ""]' /rpgaweb/external/charedit.asp, line 301 I guess one the "gnomes who tinker" should check it out, just in case...
TimRat 07-21-06, 10:51 AM	ya there still working on that. there is some transitioning going on so it'll be a while for some questions to be answered and so forth. For right now use the campaign standards taht have been put up.