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Follow on Google News | Fantasy World Creator seeks co-authors to publish new short stories & eBooks based on royalty-shareTactics Anthem is opening up the Intellectual Property based on the post-Arthurian world for writers to exploit. The aim is to create many compendiums of short stories to be published as eBooks with the co-authors receiving up to 65% of net receipts.
By: Benny Goh The brains between the new-Camelot is Thomas Lim, whose profile can be found on: http://www.smashwords.com/ In order to test this concept, where user-generated- In collaboration with Camelot Hobbies, we have begun listing a number of eBooks on popular retail sites: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and on eBook portals such as Smashwords.com and Lulu.com in a bid to attract its gamer base to the Fantasy stories that have shaped the game. At the same time, the strategy is also aimed at acquiring new readers with a view that some may want to live out their stories within the game! Costing about US$250,000 to make, the online game "tacticsanthem.com is a collectible card game whereby the protagonist is the hero/heroine in the book "Tactician: Tactics Anthem Chronicles" While many stories have been told about King Arthur and his knights, none has explored the events upon his death. Will Camelot survive the onslaught? Furthermore, this is also a Book-Game initiative, and an Online Game has been created to immerse the reader in this new universe, where England is now Bretunia, where an entirely new geographical construct awaits. Co-authors will write about the Tactician living in the post-Arthurian era, and his adventures. Readers can live out their adventures online at http://www.tactics- http://www.youtube.com/ The synopsis of the Bretunian universe is as follows: With the fall of King Arthur, Castle Camelot and Bretunia itself is in danger of being devastated by Queen Morgana. An unlikely bunch of wizard, makidon, galan and knight comes to the fore. Are they the chosen who will deliver Camelot by recovering the fabled Armor of Light? You have longed to become a Tactician under the orders of Castle Camelot. The long months of training have sharpened you, and the rumors of war are making you yearn for action. Never would you have imagined that the Prince of Camelot has gone missing – and you are about to be part of his adventure… About Camelot Hobbies (http://www.camelothobbies.com.sg) Camelot Hobbies aims to be a leading edutainment provider, focusing in the computer & mobile gaming arenas, as well as edutainment services. Camelot Hobbies is committed to delivering the best in education and entertainment platform, games and game-related products with the best value-for-money. Our product lineup includes (Parent Choice Award (US) winners - Maths-Me! and Conundrum. We have localization capabilities and have successfully translated the Classic BattleTech game and novels from English to Mandarin for the Asian markets. About Tactics Anthem (Online Cardgame) Tactics Anthem is a new generation of online trading-card battle system. Its revolutionary gameplay uses a twin-deck duel mechanism and focuses heavily on battle formations over the conventional attack strength of an individual creature. Gameplay is simple and yet challenging to master, with fantastic replay value. The twin-deck battle system allows you to build unique strategies which, up until now, has never been possible. With no scores or points to keep, winning is a matter of deploying your entire minion hand into victory across the opponent's battlefield. About Smashwords Founded in 2008, Smashwords operates the world’s leading ebook publishing and distribution platform serving authors, publishers, readers and retailers. Smashwords makes it free and easy for the world’s authors and publishers to instantly publish and distribute their books as multi-format ebooks. Smashwords puts authors and publishers in full control over the pricing, sampling and distribution of their works. Authors and publishers receive up to 85 percent of the net proceeds from sales of their works. Smashwords has distribution relationships with leading online retailers such as Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony and Diesel eBooks, and leading mobile e-reading apps including Aldiko, Stanza, Kobo, FBReader and Word-Player, spanning all major mobile platforms including Android, Blackberry and iPhone. Privately held Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com/ About Thomas C Lim (Game Designer and Author) A literature graduate, Thomas has always been fascinated by the Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. His own adventure into the Arthurian realm has yielded many manuscripts, game ideas and an online cardgame. Thomas writes for leisure. His primary pre-occupation is the Games Industry. He is married to Elizabeth, and has three children. Contact: Benny Goh Gamemaster gamemaster@tactics- End
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