Hey international Dungeon World fans; I want to try out the US Postal Service’s new Global Forever stamp, to see if it will really allow me to mail copies of the Planarch Codex to anywhere in the world for $1.10, which just seems insane. Hence, I am offering a FREE print copy of the Codex (assuming this works) to the two people in the DW community who live the furthest distance from Seattle, as determined by Google maps and my own arbitrary judgment. Name the city, town, or remote Antarctic research station in which you live and we’ll see who gets them! (The only catch is you have to tell us when they arrive).
http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_011.htm
I’m just across the pond in Dublin, Ireland. I’m sure you’ll find people farther though =)
Well hell, if no one else answers, I’m in New Hampshire…
Surely not the farthest but still quite remote and expensive to ship too, Yellowknife Northwest Territories, Canada. (look up… Way up)
Berlin, Germany?
Way cool by the way, Jonathan.
Italy is pretty far, although you could go further!
I think we’ll let Copy #1 go to whoever wins by distance and Copy #2 go for remoteness (with Yellowknife currently in the lead for the latter).
Yellowknife! Wow.
Planarch map illustrator tony dowler is also from the Canadian far north, coincidentally.
Yes, from Yellowknife, in fact. So whose the other weirdo from Yellowknife?
So we’re looking for a DW fan in southeast Asia, ideally? I don’t qualify at all, I’m in Ottawa, Ontario.
Also, I already own a copy.
I’m in a small city of Spain (Tudela), so I can only hope for the remoteness one 🙂 .
Ha! So far I get you all being closer to Antarctica, but I don’t know about being farthest away. I am in La Plata, Argentina.
Esteban Jauregui Lorda Nice! Do you have any game-playing friends in Tierra del Fuego? 🙂
Haha! No, I don’t… it would be nice to have some thou, to visit and roll ice dice while mumbling our turns in the open.
Brasília, Brazil. Not that far.
I’m in London (as in the real one, not the fake one in Ontario), so I doubt I’m far enough from Seattle to qualify (but it’s worth a shot).
I’m Shenzhen, China. Next door to Hong Kong.
Oh man, 深圳, La Plata, and Italia/Deutschland are almost equidistant from Seattle. This one’s going to be close! (Unless maybe there is a New Challenger!)
Wow, Jonathan, 你的中文很好, for a Seattleite.
Melbourne, Australia
Richard Robertson I started learning Chinese in 1997 and work for an Asian policy think-tank, so that helps! Here’s something I recently published: http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=281
Rutherford, NJ 07070.
I’m from Rome!
Do people play dungeon world in madagascar?
That said, I’m pretty sure there are some russian players in the tavern.
The ideal candidate would be in the middle of the ocean. Closest land would be French Southern Antarctic Islands. Next would be Madagascar or anywhere in the very south of India.
Korea baby!
Belo Horizonte, Brazil…
Oslo, Norway
begrade, serbia.
Only 8023 km from Nantes – France , sob
Collodi (PT) Italy. 😛
I totally missed the international part, but I’m fairly confident New Jersey is its own country.
Aarhus, Denmark 🙂
In a small town east of Dortmund, Germany
On the bright side: people from all around the world will be able to find someone who lives nearby in this group
Christchurch, New Zealand
Hi mate ! I spent almost three years in NZ and I just wait to get enough money to get back down under.
It’s a pretty great place. Hopefully Christchurch will be a bit more presentable by the time you come back.
Ankara, Turkey
Awesome. Thanks everyone! Let’s call that closed. I’ll compare normal rates on our postal meter today to see who is the most difficult to ship to. I’ll plan to mail the booklets out tomorrow and we can see how long they take!
Finally found some envelopes that will fit the booklets after a little bit of work. Turns out A2 works perfectly. Here’s how I calculated the winners, picking one for each cardinal direction in the end:
NORTH > Seattle -> Yellowknife (1724km)
EAST > Seattle -> Oslo (7328km)
EAST > Seattle -> Belgrade (9114km)
EAST > Seattle -> Ankara (9977km)
SOUTH > Seattle -> Brazilia (10175km)
SOUTH > Seattle -> Belo Horizonte (10799km)
SOUTH > Seattle -> La Plata (11185km)
WEST > Seattle -> Seoul (8320km)
WEST > Seattle -> Shenzhen (10598km)
WEST > Seattle -> Christchurch (11964km)
WEST > Seattle -> Melbourne (13181km)
I will be contacting Jeremy Scott Muzaffer Büyükkaragöz Esteban Jauregui Lorda and Jarrah James for their addresses! Thanks, folks. This should be a fun experiment!
Very cool, glad to help and happy to hear a fellow yker contributes to an awesome game.
Thank you for your initiative Jonathan Walton, it was fun !
Jonathan Walton Just checking in to see if you’ve tried to get my mailing address yet, want to make sure I haven’t missed it if you have.
Cheers
It arrived today. Thanks from “Easternmost Outpost”! 🙂
Still no word in the north and winter is coming(in about 7 months…)
So bizarre it got to Ankara before Yellowknife. Keep your eye out for incoming dogsleds!
… nothing to the south. I will keep you updated.
Thanks, Estaban. I think delivery time is supposed to be about a week, so hopefully in the next few days.
Hopefully 🙂
In my experience? Packages from the US have taken from 10 days (a very small box with a couple Heroclix) to almost 3 months (4 books from Amazon).
Mine is here, (made it before the snow melted!)
Yay. That’s 2 for 3. Never got an address for Oz, so that one hasn’t been sent yet.
Alfei Menashe, Israel !