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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #930 on: 12 June 2018, 11:58:48 »
I would rather have some new products, TtS, TP, Spotlight on, XTRO.... anything. It has been a long time since we got something new. Something completely new. Not just a compilation of some units I already know about from older TROs which were only copy-ed over like TRO: SW was.
Totally agree with you. Its been such a dry period.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #931 on: 12 June 2018, 13:53:50 »
Will we be seeing products coming to UK sellers (like the lovely Amazon), as the international postage is usually cripplingly expensive. Also, how will the Print on Demand service work when it has to cross an ocean?

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #932 on: 12 June 2018, 16:14:54 »
I wish to heck i could find Battletech Legacy anthology. It came out last year, but no one seems to have it, including Amazon!  Is that coming out in print this year in more wide release?
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #933 on: 12 June 2018, 16:55:21 »
Was that the one that was available at GenCon?  I asked about it earlier and got referred back to the previous novels.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #934 on: 12 June 2018, 19:17:20 »
Was that the one that was available at GenCon?  I asked about it earlier and got referred back to the previous novels.
Yeah it was. It's so strange. Betrayal of Ideals (Pardoe's Wolverine novel) and Embers of War (by Jason Schmetzer) saw printed wide enough publication to be purchase with regular vender as well as the older anthologies. Yet Legacy isn't. 

Oh well i hope we see something soon. Sorry to complain.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #935 on: 12 June 2018, 20:04:35 »
I wish heck i could find Battletech Legacy anthology. It came out last year, but no one seems to have including Amazon!  Is that coming out in print this year in more wide release?

I've been wondering about this as well. Been looking forward to reading this Anthology, but, no sign of it. Fingers crossed we start seeing more stuff here soon.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #936 on: 13 June 2018, 10:23:27 »
Okay, b/c when I asked about a book released at GenCon that was supposed to be out already TPTB were asking about Embers & Betrayal . . . and I could not remember the title.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #937 on: 13 June 2018, 10:35:42 »
I asked about it a few months back, and they said they were on the verge of saying "yes," but it turned out there were a few things that still needed doing before they could commit to a release date.  (They may be holding it back until Print on Demand solidifies...dunno.)
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #938 on: 13 June 2018, 10:40:30 »
Its rather annoying b/c it could already have been out in e-reader format when they were selling it at GenCon.  I mean I understand why traditional publishers started pulling back on releases and keeping the prices as high as their paperbacks for e-reader versions- they are trying to fight technology and keep their whipmakers at work.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #939 on: 13 June 2018, 10:46:07 »
I asked about it a few months back, and they said they were on the verge of saying "yes," but it turned out there were a few things that still needed doing before they could commit to a release date.  (They may be holding it back until Print on Demand solidifies...dunno.)

I think that was the answer when I asked about it the last time. I'll check again.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #940 on: 13 June 2018, 11:29:09 »
Question on the starter book: will it be cover things like heat, etc?  That’s an odd question I know, but the quick start guide available on the get started page does not.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #941 on: 13 June 2018, 11:34:34 »
The new quick start one will not (beginner box set).  The new intro rules one will.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #942 on: 13 June 2018, 14:15:13 »
Ace, thanks!

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #943 on: 13 June 2018, 14:41:41 »
Will there be anything new at Origins??
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #944 on: 13 June 2018, 14:56:53 »
Will there be anything new at Origins??

At this point, unlikely. Since they are already setup for origins (as of today), with opening tomorrow, if there was new product, there would be announcements all over about it.  There might be the standard dice, t-shirts, etc. I expect you will see some posts tomorrow by people.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #945 on: 13 June 2018, 15:12:41 »
At this point, unlikely. Since they are already setup for origins (as of today), with opening tomorrow, if there was new product, there would be announcements all over about it.  There might be the standard dice, t-shirts, etc. I expect you will see some posts tomorrow by people.

Sad...but just going to have to wait for Gencon.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #946 on: 13 June 2018, 20:24:44 »
Isn't GenCon ususally where new product is done.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #947 on: 14 June 2018, 03:24:36 »
Will there be anything new at Origins??
At this point, the only new stuff is for the Dragonfire game. As far as other CGL products go, there doesn't appear anything new for BT, Shadowrun or any of their other games.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #948 on: 14 June 2018, 10:57:10 »
Hi everyone!

We've moved discussion of the new 5th printing of Total Warfare over to here. You'll find that post stickied at the top of the General Discussion page.

In this case, I didn't have advance notice that the book would be at Origins, so that's why we had to do this little shuffle. In the future, I should have a better fix on street dates for new products, and we'll handle discussion the same way, with a new, stickied post for each product. That way we can consolidate discussion around each new product, without someone having to go back 14 pages to read reaction to an older product.

This new releases thread will remain as a catch-all for discussion about things that are upcoming but haven't dropped yet.

Tl;dr - This thread for pre-release talk about products; look for dedicated, stickied threads about products post-release.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #949 on: 14 June 2018, 11:18:08 »
If I may say, Cubby, it sounds as though the  bureaucracy of the company is changing and you are gearing up for a more regular release schedule. At least that is what my impression is.

No need for details, but I am under the impression there are a few products in the works.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #950 on: 14 June 2018, 19:18:00 »
There are a lot of products... just all of them are on hold and have been for awhile. Though it would be nice if there were NEW new products such as new Turning Points or other source books rather than the on hold stuff we already know about (TtS, Milestones, SpotLights, ilclan, etc)

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #951 on: 14 June 2018, 20:09:42 »
If I may say, Cubby, it sounds as though the  bureaucracy of the company is changing and you are gearing up for a more regular release schedule. At least that is what my impression is.

No need for details, but I am under the impression there are a few products in the works.

There's always stuff in the pipeline, and hopefully that pipeline will be moving again soon.

Mostly, I'm just trying to standardize the way that new release are promoted, and how communications around them take place.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #952 on: 14 June 2018, 21:09:39 »
World Wide Event announcement just dropped recently- some FWL love in 3087.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #953 on: 15 June 2018, 08:05:27 »
Question: I thought I had seen something about the starters being pushed back to September; any truth to that?

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« Reply #954 on: 15 June 2018, 08:10:34 »
Question: I thought I had seen something about the starters being pushed back to September; any truth to that?
I didn't see any news regarding this. Even in September it is still Q3 release which is good. Not that I expected sooner release.
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« Reply #955 on: 15 June 2018, 08:23:30 »
I didn't see any news regarding this. Even in September it is still Q3 release which is good. Not that I expected sooner release.

Ah, I didn’t realize September was still Q3.  But I want it NOOOOWWW :)

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« Reply #956 on: 15 June 2018, 09:16:53 »
World Wide Event announcement just dropped recently- some FWL love in 3087.

4 Brand new maps that will be available after the WWE?  Its nice that they are intended to be linked together as you can tell from the water hexes.

I'd love some new maps!
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #957 on: 15 June 2018, 09:32:44 »
Have we been told that those maps will be available to the public in some form after the WWE?
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« Reply #958 on: 15 June 2018, 09:40:24 »
I THINK so . . . but to be honest, I was studying the maps instead of trying to pick out the speech from background noise.  By what I saw they should fit in well with other paper maps from the past and one looks like a variation of one of the old maps.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #959 on: 15 June 2018, 10:03:17 »
The maps were created for the WWE by Catalyst. Since I did not create them they are not mine to distribute. I will try to find out what Catayst’s policy towards them after the event. Until the event ends, though, they are available only to the Demo Team.
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