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Some Brief Updates
« on: 12 February 2014, 23:29:29 »
Hey there folks, here's a quick look into my current workload to give you an idea of what's coming down the line. Feel free to ask my any questions, but mind you I might not know the answer or I may not be able to answer—yet.

BattleTech Introductory Box Set: Let me quote Randall, "it's all printed and ready to get on a boat but Chinese New Year shuts all manufacturing down for like 3 weeks. Waiting for them to come back up mid February and get an update on when it'll be on a ship heading to the States!" However, I think it's at the end of February, not mid-February when they reopen.

Field Report 2765: AFFS: This one is so close I can taste it. Just need some minor art, and it's ready for publication. Might have it out by the weekend, but definitely by next week.

Historical: Wars of the Republic: All art is completed and and text is flowed through; we're waiting on one (or more) map(s) for the Victoria War section, and we're finalizing a couple record sheets. With that I should be able to hammer home the layout. A release of next week is possible.
Randall's been posting some art previews for this book via social media (including work-in-progress shots of the cover by Alex Iglesias) You can check it out here.

Alpha Strike Revised Point Value System (Beta): Pretty excited about this one. We'll be releasing a new Alpha Strike PV system to public beta test. It's actually been ready to go for a little over a week or two,  I just need to turn it into a presentable PDF. This could happen any time from now until the next week or so.

Handbook House Kurita: It's been on the backburner a while, with the writing complete and awaiting artwork. Happy to say that Randall and Ben have been generating art notes and the cover is already in progress by the talented Jonathan González Gómez/Brother Ostavia). No way I can give an ETA for this one, and there's still tons of work ahead, but it's once again in motion.

Alpha Strike Companion: Another one I'm very excited about (seeing a pattern?), we've got a final (or near final) outline and writing is set to begin shortly. I'll see if perhaps we can post an outline or maybe divulge some of the proposed contents. Cover assigned to Alex Iglesias and he's already turned in some sketches.

Interstellar Operations: Not much to say here except I know Herb has been hard at work on it.

Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers: This one is waiting on artwork and then layout. It was unfortunately sidelined for a while but should be back in production soon.

Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives IV: Production on this one has just started. Writing is either complete or nearly complete, Justin Nelson has started the artwork and then it's just record sheets and layout. Can't nail down an ETA just yet.

Era Digest: Dark Ages: This one is just within my radar (actually Herb has a better handle on it), I believe we may be waiting on some rules tweaks, and then record sheets and layout.

We've also got quite a few things in motion or in the planning stages for Alpha Strike support. I'll see what I'm able to discuss.
It may be old news to some, but an Alpha Strike data package was released for Lone Wolf's Army Builder software, thanks to the hard work of Demo Team Agent Jim Williamson.
The Master Unit List now has the option to filter searches with Alpha Strike special abilities. That's huge.

We've also got a fun CamoSpecs project coming up, hope to announce that soon.

Thanks again for all your patience and support!  O0

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Total Warfare, 4th printing: Looks like this has been available for a bit, but the book-only option was never changed from OOP in the BattleShop. Fixed! Thank you Garner for bringing it to our attention!

Also, looks like we've got some Alpha Strike information releasing today! :D
« Last Edit: 14 February 2014, 18:07:53 by Adrian Gideon »
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2014, 23:36:30 »
You are the man Adrian! Thank you for the specific updates to all the products.  O0
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« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2014, 23:43:30 »
Wow, thanks!  O0

Very exciting stuff.
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2014, 23:58:38 »
Field Report 2765: AFFS - YAY

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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2014, 00:02:19 »
Thank you for the updates, keep them coming!  This is awesome.  No exact timeline but it let's us know what you are working on and the directions BattleTech is taking.  Keep up the great work.

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« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2014, 00:12:06 »
Thank you for the updates, keep them coming!  This is awesome.  No exact timeline but it let's us know what you are working on and the directions BattleTech is taking.  Keep up the great work.

Just have to echo Panthros. It's great to hear about upcoming products and where they're at process.
I know you can't give firm dates, but its still good to hear about. Thanks! O0

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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #6 on: 13 February 2014, 00:42:26 »
Ooooh, Era Digest.  I'll be on the lookout for that one.
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #7 on: 13 February 2014, 00:52:37 »
Hey there folks, here's a quick look into my current workload to give you an idea of what's coming down the line. Feel free to ask my any questions, but mind you I might not know the answer or I may not be able to answer—yet.

Okay. Thanks.

You updated us on many books, but you forgot to mention the most important one:

"The ilClan" - it was supposed to be the conclusion of the Dark Age era.

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« Reply #8 on: 13 February 2014, 00:53:46 »
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #9 on: 13 February 2014, 00:54:57 »
Okay. Thanks.

You updated us on many books, but you forgot to mention the most important one:

"The ilClan" - it was supposed to be the conclusion of the Dark Age era.

Considering that the Dark Age era by definition (if IlClan isn't out yet) has yet to be concluded, I'd say it's a bit premature to be clamoring on about what it "was" supposed to be?
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #10 on: 13 February 2014, 00:56:10 »
I did not forget. There's just nothing on that front to report. Scotty has the right of it.
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #11 on: 13 February 2014, 01:00:19 »
Okay. Thanks.

You updated us on many books, but you forgot to mention the most important one:

"The ilClan" - it was supposed to be the conclusion of the Dark Age era.

90% of IlClan is written.

But it won't be on the docket for a while.
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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #12 on: 13 February 2014, 01:00:49 »
Sounds like a very nice list... thanks for the update!

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« Reply #13 on: 13 February 2014, 01:27:37 »
Thanks so much for the updates.
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« Reply #14 on: 13 February 2014, 02:53:43 »
Not much to say but NICE! O0

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« Reply #15 on: 13 February 2014, 04:10:18 »
Great info.

Thank you very much.
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« Reply #16 on: 13 February 2014, 04:39:24 »
Thank you, the updates are much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
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« Reply #17 on: 13 February 2014, 05:46:32 »
Thanks so much for this. Keep up the great work!
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« Reply #18 on: 13 February 2014, 06:37:26 »
All I want to say is that in terms of keeping in touch with your customers:

You are doing it right.

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« Reply #19 on: 13 February 2014, 07:05:06 »
See, no news was good news ...  ^-^

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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #20 on: 13 February 2014, 07:51:11 »
Adrian, thanks for the update. I (and as you can see, most of the others) appreciate it.

However...
Thank you for the updates, keep them coming!

I'm going to respectfully disagree with Panthros on this point. Please don't keep the updates coming, please work on the products we so desperately desire!  O0 (But dropping off a status update like this once a month or so would be twelve different kinds of awesome.)

This is awesome.  No exact timeline but it let's us know what you are working on and the directions BattleTech is taking.  Keep up the great work.

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« Reply #21 on: 13 February 2014, 10:05:14 »
Thank you for the updates! O0

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« Reply #22 on: 13 February 2014, 11:14:51 »
Thank you for the updates sir!

Keep up the good work and we will continue to drool over thoughts of what is to come!

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« Reply #23 on: 13 February 2014, 11:16:32 »
Thank You for all the updates on the various projects. Can Not wait to read them.
Keep up the good work that all of you guys do. O0 O0

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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #24 on: 13 February 2014, 11:19:24 »
Thanks for the words of support.

I've kicked some questions upstairs, and I'll see if I can get answers for y'all on some of my blind spots.
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« Reply #25 on: 13 February 2014, 11:28:36 »
What's Alpha Strike Companion?  I hope it's a weighted cube.
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« Reply #26 on: 13 February 2014, 11:29:37 »
I doubt it'll be that thick...
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« Reply #27 on: 13 February 2014, 12:00:53 »
What's Alpha Strike Companion?  I hope it's a weighted cube.
i would guess it will have additional optional rules and unit types not covered in the main AS rulebook, possibly the new point cost rules (and hopefully the rules for converting from BT to AS), and several more sample forces.

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Re: Some Brief Updates
« Reply #28 on: 13 February 2014, 12:04:46 »
it will have additional optional rules
Check.

unit types not covered in the main AS rulebook
I don't believe so...

possibly the new point cost rules (and hopefully the rules for converting from BT to AS)
That's the plan.

and several more sample forces.
Or perhaps, guidelines on how to build your own forces...
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« Reply #29 on: 13 February 2014, 12:53:49 »
Excellent updates, thanks Adrian.