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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #720 on: 23 April 2018, 12:06:15 »
Any hint of any PDF releases soon? :D

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #721 on: 23 April 2018, 12:08:53 »
Well, the 2018 calendar where authors and contributors recreate classic novel covers is almost ready. Once Worktroll finished up his ode to D.R.T. it should be good to go.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #722 on: 23 April 2018, 12:12:17 »
Well, the 2018 calendar where authors and contributors recreate classic novel covers is almost ready. Once Worktroll finished up his ode to D.R.T. it should be good to go.

Wait. Worktroll is doing that month? Then why the hell was I asked to pose!? I mean, I haven't contributed to BattleTech in years, and I thought this was my ticket back in!
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #723 on: 23 April 2018, 12:19:31 »
As I understand, they're having to splice the two of you together for the image, and then the hard part happens - getting the cat into the motion capture suit.

It's a very experimental calendar.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #724 on: 23 April 2018, 12:28:00 »
I thought Paul and I pulled off Warrior: Riposte rather well.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #725 on: 23 April 2018, 12:28:17 »
Wait. Worktroll is doing that month? Then why the hell was I asked to pose!? I mean, I haven't contributed to BattleTech in years, and I thought this was my ticket back in!

The New Releases thread takes an unexpectedly seedy turn. "Do you want to be a star, or not???"

Any hint of any PDF releases soon? :D

Remember a week or three back when I said I'd kick the tires? There's been a little movement since then--mostly getting back up to speed behind-the-scenes, updating the production charts and figuring out the status of everything. There are several products that have gone through layout and just need a final editing pass.

I'm not quite able to assign a release date to them yet, but when they're close, you'll start seeing spoilers and teasers here.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #726 on: 23 April 2018, 14:37:12 »
The New Releases thread takes an unexpectedly seedy turn. "Do you want to be a star, or not???"

Remember a week or three back when I said I'd kick the tires? There's been a little movement since then--mostly getting back up to speed behind-the-scenes, updating the production charts and figuring out the status of everything. There are several products that have gone through layout and just need a final editing pass.

I'm not quite able to assign a release date to them yet, but when they're close, you'll start seeing spoilers and teasers here.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #727 on: 24 April 2018, 01:53:49 »
Speaking of punch-outs, i found my 2nd edition cardboard tokens while packing stuff for moving. And their plastic stands and the faction token. Definitively my most important find.
Going back through the old box set articles on Sarna I noticed these faction tokens included in several products, what are they for? And why aren't we getting new ones?

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #728 on: 24 April 2018, 02:01:27 »
faction chits came in the 2nd ed box and Reinforcements 1 & 2. 4th edition had a sticker sheet.

you would stick the faction logo into the plastic stand with the mech standup to remind people whose side various units were on

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #729 on: 24 April 2018, 02:05:01 »
I don't think that quite works, Sarna says that Reinforcements 2 had 20 tokens for the FedCom, but only 4 for everyone else.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #730 on: 24 April 2018, 02:07:45 »
yes, i did the sarna page based off of my unpunched boxes. the numbers are not in error - and demonstrates the assumption that you're playing lance-level games. why there are 20 fedcom chits is anyone's guess

Reinforcements comes with weird distributions - 12-20 for each house and 4 for mercs and minor powers like Helmar Valasek and Lindon's Company. The 21st Centauri Lancers have 8 for some reason... they must have just decided to fill out the sheet with them.

Curiously Reinforcements 2 doesn't have any House Marik and four of everything else (including clans that use 5 unit stars) except a baffling 20 fedcom chits.
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« Reply #731 on: 24 April 2018, 02:13:55 »
As I understand, they're having to splice the two of you together for the image, and then the hard part happens - getting the cat into the motion capture suit.

It's a very experimental calendar.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #732 on: 24 April 2018, 02:15:09 »
It should be noted that Reinforcements 2 Has chits for both Davion and Steiner, this on top of the FedCom ones.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #733 on: 24 April 2018, 02:21:03 »
I lost my 4th ed stickers a long time ago but I do remember they were better distributed - 12 factions of 12 each iirc

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #734 on: 24 April 2018, 11:03:23 »
yes, i did the sarna page based off of my unpunched boxes. the numbers are not in error - and demonstrates the assumption that you're playing lance-level games. why there are 20 fedcom chits is anyone's guess
It is reinforcing the boxed set that came with the 3025 IS faction tokens. You wouldn't need more of the old great houses. FedCom was new. No guess about low Clan numbers.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #735 on: 25 April 2018, 20:03:47 »
I suddenly want to paint my mech in Aurigen Reach good guy/bad guy schemes :)

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« Reply #736 on: 26 April 2018, 17:57:50 »
I suddenly want to paint my mech in Aurigen Reach good guy/bad guy schemes :)

Same here. I'd love a list of their colour schemes for... reasons.
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #737 on: 29 April 2018, 19:52:23 »
Will Catalyst be releasing preview product to places like camospecs or how it’s played?  I’m a big fan of YouTube unboxings, and doing that will help get the word out and drum up interest.

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« Reply #738 on: 29 April 2018, 20:01:51 »
Maybe someone at gencon? I don’t recall full blown previews in the past

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #739 on: 30 April 2018, 14:26:56 »
Simple idea that came into my brain the other day....BattleTech Coloring Books!  Just take existing art and put it in coloring books to hook the kids!  Simple and fun!

Okay, now that that's out of the way....any new PDFs?  I cannot play the new computer game just yet and I need a fix ;)

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #740 on: 30 April 2018, 15:55:01 »
Will Catalyst be releasing preview product to places like camospecs or how it’s played?

There has been a review-copy process in the past, but I'm still trying to get a handle on it. It's also not necessarily something I'd be "in charge of."

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I’m a big fan of YouTube unboxings, and doing that will help get the word out and drum up interest.

I had brought this idea up informally among some contributors, and had intended to make a formal pitch to management when the time is right. Meaning when the boxes are closer to release and actually physically exist. However, it's tricky, because...

Maybe someone at gencon? I don’t recall full blown previews in the past

...it's not something that's been done before, and there isn't a hard and fast date of when the boxes will be on these shores. All things being equal, GenCon would be the most likely venue for an unboxing video. But as it stands, I personally can't be at the con to make it happen, so I'll need to ask dragoon someone into doing it for me. That's not optimal, but I will try.

Simple idea that came into my brain the other day....BattleTech Coloring Books!  Just take existing art and put it in coloring books to hook the kids!

Many folks' kids already use their parents' TROs for this purpose. With and without their parents' permission....

Okay, now that that's out of the way....any new PDFs?  I cannot play the new computer game just yet and I need a fix ;)

I'm working on one tonight and hoping to help push it across the finish line. As I've said before, you'll see spoilers here and on social media when it's close to release.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #741 on: 30 April 2018, 15:56:08 »
Simple idea that came into my brain the other day....BattleTech Coloring Books!  Just take existing art and put it in coloring books to hook the kids!  Simple and fun!

Okay, now that that's out of the way....any new PDFs?  I cannot play the new computer game just yet and I need a fix ;)

I did those for my son as well as TRO flashcards.

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« Reply #742 on: 30 April 2018, 18:01:10 »
Question about print on demand stuff. Apparently it will start with some kind of Turning Points compilation, but i wonder if it will get extended to older sourcebooks and stuff?
Know some folks who'd like to get physical books for Era Report 3145 and Wars of Reaving but one can't really find them anymore in stores anywhere, not with reasonable price.

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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #743 on: 30 April 2018, 18:04:20 »
You know, the forums have gotten REAL quiet since the HBS game dropped . . . lol
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« Reply #744 on: 30 April 2018, 18:11:10 »
Not in certain threads :).
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« Reply #745 on: 30 April 2018, 18:22:07 »
You know, the forums have gotten REAL quiet since the HBS game dropped . . . lol

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« Reply #746 on: 30 April 2018, 18:56:00 »
Yeah sorry I'm just got my butt handed to me I have some time to kill now while two of my mechs are repaired and glitch is out of action for like 40 days.  :thumbsup:

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« Reply #747 on: 30 April 2018, 19:45:35 »
40 days?!?! Wow
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Re: New and Upcoming Releases Volume XII: Baker's Dozen
« Reply #748 on: 30 April 2018, 19:54:29 »
There has been a review-copy process in the past, but I'm still trying to get a handle on it. It's also not necessarily something I'd be "in charge of."

I had brought this idea up informally among some contributors, and had intended to make a formal pitch to management when the time is right. Meaning when the boxes are closer to release and actually physically exist. However, it's tricky, because...

...it's not something that's been done before, and there isn't a hard and fast date of when the boxes will be on these shores. All things being equal, GenCon would be the most likely venue for an unboxing video. But as it stands, I personally can't be at the con to make it happen, so I'll need to ask dragoon someone into doing it for me. That's not optimal, but I will try.

Many folks' kids already use their parents' TROs for this purpose. With and without their parents' permission....

I'm working on one tonight and hoping to help push it across the finish line. As I've said before, you'll see spoilers here and on social media when it's close to release.

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« Reply #749 on: 30 April 2018, 22:02:15 »
My PC took 4 hits in the Argos mission, out 109 days . . .
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