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cricket wrote:No one's even mentioned the new version of Sovereign Stars previewed in the Imperial Sourcebook...:)
For which lapse, I should be ashamed. I love TSS to an embarassing degree...I think I love my mother more than I love TSS, but I'm not entirely sure (just kidding, Mom!).
I bought the ImpSB as soon as it was available on OBS, just because it was a new Starmada PDF, and I can't help but buy every single thing ever published for SM. Imagine my delight when I find my beloved TSS included as an Appendix!
There will be more support for TSS in the future, I hope?
cricket wrote:jmpehrson wrote:What is the elusive and hidden meaning of the Pill Bug? What is it's importance?
I've checked our records, and you're not cleared for that information.
But one thing is certain, my friend...the little b@#$%rds Do. Not. Wheel.
Rock!
Sooooo bought the moment it's released!
agoodall wrote:It sounds like Defiance can work for a company game.
How long wound a regular platoon game, with about 30 figures per side, take to play?
A couple of hours (1.5-2.5) if both players understand the rules and are being careful about tactics. Less if you houserule an activation-planning time limit or simply charge recklessly into the fray (a "technique" that seems popular with many SF minis gamers).
D:VG rocks! I would say it was better for Platoon vs Platoon skirmishes than for Company vs Company battles, but it can certainly stretch that far, esp. if some of your platoons will be vehicular (3-5 grav tanks are quicker to activate than 20-40 individual grunts). A combined-arms team (2 vehicle platoons + 1 dismount platoon + supporting arms vs a dug-in dismount platoon, say) is both practical and fun to play out. An added bonus: the results of the battle will be amazingly realistic.
JMO, YMMV, etc.
--Rich Spainhour
cricket wrote:Drones may be engaged in a dogfight, and may indeed initiate one on their own. Drones may fly around willy-nilly (or, in fact, higgildy-piggildy) and sit in place if they so choose.
However, pill bugs still may not wheel.
--Rich Spainhour
cricket wrote:Once again...
Nice! I like the money/resource blocks only showing up if they are to be counted.
--Rich Spainhour
cricket wrote:jimbeau wrote:oh, yeah and these are the coolest things I have ever seen, they rival the TI 3rd edition graphics in quality.
Well, I wouldn't go that far... I have already found things I would like to change... but thanks for the encouragement. 
I would. This example tile rocks!
--Rich Spainhour
Taltos wrote:A simpler option to be considered is to just give units with the Testudo ability a bonus defense against ranged fire. The unit has the ability, as needed, to react to ranged attacks and use their shields to defend. Would that be better?
That would work for me, as an abstraction.
As another option, could it be a hexstand-by-hexstand option? A formation of three stands could opt for none, some, or all of its stands to "turtle up" each time it takes a reform action.
--Rich Spainhour
cricket wrote:Just wondering: aside from getting books into B&M stores via distribution (which we tried once and ended up losing our shirts on), what benefit is there to having printed copies available?
From my foxhole, nothing. I'm buying more and more of my gaming books as PDFs these days. I recently bought a fast 1200 dpi duplex-capable laser printer and a super-hvy-duty stapler, so if I want a printed book to hold in my hand, no sweat.
Furthermore, I just got alerted to deploy to Iraq for a year. My deployment bag must be no heavier than 70lbs. Can I take my 5+ bookshelves of gaming books with me? Nope. But I CAN take a personal laptop with every PDF I've ever bought on the hardrive + CD backups.
Best of all possible worlds, of course, was the deal you offered on Defiance...buy the book, get free PDF, or buy the PDF, get book at discount. Pretty book for shelf, portable PDF for laptop.
--Rich Spainhour
Is the FtM file currently for sale (at a reduced price, and thanks for that!) at RPGNow errata corrected? IIRC from discussions on the Yahoo Group, the unit point cost formula was wrong, some of the examples had errors, and you wanted to tweak the formation change/reform rules.
I originally bought a hardcopy, but I would gladly re-buy the PDF if it were corrected/updated.
Failing that, is the errata posted anywhere?
thanks,
--Rich Spainhour
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