Upcoming Releases Volume XV: Pitter Patter Let's Get At'er

[General308]

GenCon being cancelled is a huge blow to the entire gaming industry. Iron Wind Metals makes a ton at cons, as does CGL, along with all the other game companies. Here's hoping the loss of income is made up in other ways. :(

I expect you will see a big shift to October for this years Origins.

[mbear]

look at the bright side.  More time for some spit and polish.

Adrian,

I'd like to have 100% of the spit removed and replaced with polish, please.

Thanks!

[Kit deSummersville]

Oh no!  Did your account crash??  :o

Shhh! He doesn't know he's a clone of nckestrel, created to do more work than just one nckestrel can do.

[Daryk]

Ok... THAT's funny!  ;D

[Dmon]

Shhh! He doesn't know he's a clone of nckestrel, created to do more work than just one nckestrel can do.

She doesn't know she's a clone of nckestrel, and will likely not find out until she defeats  nckestrels grandson in his attempted coup.

[Colt Ward]

Since it did not migrate over here yet . . .

They'll all be in Recognition Guide: IlClan.

What?

[Sartris]

hoping for the TRO: New Art we were wanting the comp TROs to include. would be very cool if it's written from a 3250 perspective

[Wrangler]

So the next TRO won't be called a TRO? Recognition Guide: IlClan?

Well, i look forward to it when it comes out, not fan of the name.

[Sartris]

i mean it's kind of announced and we know the new art for the osts and quads are in it. that's all. it might not even be a TRO.

[MarauderD]

i mean it's kind of announced and we know the new art for the osts and quads are in it. that's all. it might not even be a TRO.

And the Crusader!

[Colt Ward]

Recognition Guides are very different from tech books . . .

By calling it that to ME it implies it will show the mech (b/c I do not expect anything but mechs) from several different angles and in action like-



Which is what I saw on a playing card deck for various tanks & vehicles.  Typically they have even less facts than your TRO entry and do not give production or deployment facts.  So any entry might be stripped down to- name/model, weight, speed, faction/tech base, and weapons in order of likeliness.

[NeonKnight]

To me, might even have a silhouette like this Old Canadian Armed Forces/NATO recognition guide back in the early 80's, with maybe a Tonnage listing.

**UPDATE** this was a double sided card about 8" x 4" one could carry in a pocket.

Had to scan it myself to post....one of my old momentos.

[Colt Ward]

Yeah, in '03 we got a pack of playing cards for recognition.  Probably in a box somewhere . . . also found this online.

[MarauderD]

hoping for the TRO: New Art we were wanting the comp TROs to include. would be very cool if it's written from a 3250 perspective

If there was such a TRO, would it include stats from the Succession Wars versions of these mechs?  Would you like it to have stats at all?  Would it include ALL the new art?  (that's a lot of mechs!!!).  I'm reminded of the back of the TRO: Project Phoenix that had a recognition guide for all the variants.  Just pics:  no stats.

I'd buy a book like that with all the new art in a heartbeat.  That would be pretty fantastic.

[Adrian Gideon]

Recognition Guides are very different from tech books . . .

Nah.
Just needed a name other than Technical Readout or <something something>Technical Readout. More about different presentation/delivery/media than different content exactly.

More later, but want to stop expectations from going awry.

[Wrangler]

So is the TRO name going away for good after the final books name come out?

I figured the RG name was exclusive Clan name for TRO.  Then again that would mean Golden Century would need be re named Recognition Guide: Golden Century.

[Scotty]

stop expectations from going awry.

Too late, apparently.

[Colt Ward]

Shell Game now appears for me on Amazon, diving into that during my lunch break!

Its a recognition guide, not a TRO- what I gave you was what could be found on SOME recognition guides, but you have 3 examples right now.  Think of all the 'action' art we have gotten like-





Maybe color panels taken from some of the already published books


Sorry, Adrian I was meaning IRL recognition guides vs something like Jane's Fighting Ships type which are like our TROs.

[Sartris]

So is the TRO name going away for good after the final books name come out?

I figured the RG name was exclusive Clan name for TRO.  Then again that would mean Golden Century would need be re named Recognition Guide: Golden Century.

Why can’t both exist?

[MarauderD]

So is the TRO name going away for good after the final books name come out?

I figured the RG name was exclusive Clan name for TRO.  Then again that would mean Golden Century would need be re named Recognition Guide: Golden Century.

Not sure I understand, I'm probably under caffeinated. 

[Wrangler]

Not sure I understand, I'm probably under caffeinated.

Basically, it looks like their not using Technical Readout name for the next "TRO", the TROs are written as a in-universe publication. Thus Clans like publication would use different name.  I don't like it, name change, but its what the CGL wants to do.

[Sartris]

[Doom]

Basically, it looks like their not using Technical Readout name for the next "TRO", the TROs are written as a in-universe publication. Thus Clans like publication would use different name.  I don't like it, name change, but its what the CGL wants to do.

This is exactly the sort of leaps of expectations going awry that Adrian Gideon mentioned. No one said there would be no more TROs. This sounds like a NEW product type, not a REPLACEMENT NAME for an existing product type. No one said anything was going away. Why would speculation go in that direction? Sheesh. No wonder they never made the time jump to 3250.

[DarkSpade]

Yeah, in '03 we got a pack of playing cards for recognition.  Probably in a box somewhere . . . also found this online.

https://tfetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8df8RTg.jpg

I still remember the tails my grandfather would tell of facing a Nissan Skyline in battle.  His voice would tremble a little whenever he'd bring it up, but you see the pride in his eye when he'd talk of the one he took down.

[NeonKnight]

I still remember the tails my grandfather would tell of facing a Nissan Skyline in battle.  His voice would tremble a little whenever he'd bring it up, but you see the pride in his eye when he'd talk of the one he took down.

I'm so glad I was NOT drinking my coffee just then :P

[Bosefius]

We are happy to announce that the novella Divided We Fall is available today in print

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947335227/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_Ys-XEbX1KYME3

[Wrangler]

Oh cool!

[bpardoe870]

FYI - Divided We Fall is now available in Print On Demand for those of you that require a physical copy.

Blaine "Buck" Pardoe

[NeonKnight]

We are happy to announce that the novella Divided We Fall is available today in print

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947335227/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_Ys-XEbX1KYME3

For You Canucks!

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1947335227/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590180755&sr=8-1

[Sartris]

i do require one. it's good it was an option so soon after the digital release