Critical Hit to a ship's Stack / Funnel

[martin goddard]

There will probably be an update/reprint at some point next year.
No major changes planned but the topic is not due for another 6 months here


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

You tease, Martin... 

Simon

[martin goddard]

Well Simon. There are always big plans. Some of them even get done.
Mexican Revolution was a huge project. Not quite finished yet.
In the next year or two I think it will be more modest projects on the slate.
Some of these are due to  time passing and the necessity for renewal.  i.e printed stock of HI and SB are getting low.
The problem with a reprint is that demand would be very low indeed. i.e why would I buy a second set?
Maybe change a little bit and announce it as a new edition?

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Well Martin, you wrote the fateful words "no major changes planned"...

So I'm expecting a complete re-write, with a possible extension to Steam Punk on the cards 

Simon

[martin goddard]

You are proaoably right Simo.
Just cannot leave it alone...........



martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

At least you don't have to sculpt a new range of figures too, Martin 

Simon

[Sean Clark]

Are limited print runs and PDFs viable options?

How about good old photocopies of the original?

I think there is a core customer base that would never moan about buying a new set of rules  no matter how much they changed.

I think I have room for one more brand new game on my shelves, so revisiting older periods is fine by me. But, I live in hope that the space will be filled with whatever comes next from RFCM.

[martin goddard]

I will probably continue to do very small print runs (150) of new rule sets.
Print on demand is not a good financial option for us. i.e Tiny profit so not worth the  bother (I am constantly told what a great idea it is...for them). People can  take their pdf to  a print place and get it printed if they want though.
PDF is quite popular especially with non UK customers.
Colour is too expensive for  PP customers.   This is because PP rule sets are usually much longer than most. Average PP rule set is about 100 pages plus.
PP rules always include a  spare/separate playsheet, most other rules do not. Leaving that out might reduce costs?

martin

[Commander Klank]

I'm doing some stuff above with the rules, if it works out you guys can add them to a new reprint version some day.

[Mikinton]

You have it right Mike.
Think of a ship as a light switch.
The moment you touch it anything within 1 hex shoots at it until you let go of it again.

Good green


martin

We played a game last night where I forgot that I'd raised that query and you'd replied :facepalm: .... which is why I was back on the forum to check if the situation had been covered.

Anyway, here's a photo from what was a very successful and enjoyable club game - a 3-ships-each "pick-up" game completed in about 2½ hours between 2 inexperienced players. Maybe next time I'll introduce "objectives".