So we know now that TacOps is getting split in half to Advanced Units and Equipment and Advanced Rules
I went ahead and crunched the possible numbers (I don't have normal hobbies). I left out the intro, index, and record sheets so the actual counts are probably +~20pg. the fiction was left in the page counts.
Advanced RulesAdvanced Ground Movement (55 pg)
Advanced Combat (39 pg)
Advanced Buildings (33 pg)
General Rules (51 pg)
Charts and Tables (6 pg)
Total - 184 pages
Advanced Units and EquipmentAdvanced Support Vehicles (29 pg)
Advanced Support Vehicle Construction (43 pg)
Advanced Weapons and Equipment (108 pg)
Advanced Battle Values (7 pg)
Charts and Tables (15 pg)
Total - 202 pages
we know that
A 400 page supplemental game book is not viable, on many levels.
which has portents for SO and IO reprints
I've got SO getting split into Advanced Aerospace (aka battlespace 2)... plus the customization rules that are there and Battleforce, both at around 200 pages each. that leaves the miniature rules orphaned but it always felt weird stuffed into IO. At 27 pages, it would slide into TW rather nicely in place of the painting and mods guide?
IO gets split into Alternate eras at around 230 and what i'm calling "Big Combat" (SBF, ASC, ISaW) at around 150-160.
wild times we live in