An update on the progress of revised…
I have completed converting all the tables to a format suitable for layout. I have now passed this off to Mike for basic layout. This will give us a single PDF of the new core rulebook. Once Mike is done I will post the PDF to the playtesters. I will collect feedback and do another editing pass myself. I need to do a full end-to-end read.
Some more points on the changes so far…
We again tweaked full auto fire. Full auto will expend ROFx2 Q and 1/2 (ROF) shots will hit (no rolling for number of shots that hit). This simulates the reality of full auto – get a lot of lead in the air for a better chance to hit.
We have made changes to encumbrance. Instead of spending all that time adding up every little trinket you have +1 (occasionally +2 for large/bulky items) for armor, the 1st weapon you carry, +1 for the 2nd weapon, -X for heavy belt, etc. This gives you a relatively small and easy to manage relative gague on your encumbrance.
I thought I would also give you an example of one of the layout changes we have made. All the crunch in the race descriptions have been pulled out into the stat blocks. The race fluff is now all in a race chapter, and the race stat blocks now appear in the character creation chapter. This will make it easier to reference.
That is all for now. Now I can say that pretty soon we will have a new play test document to digest.
Cool.
You guys bhave a great game,but would you consider distributing through alliance it seems to bo the only company that our hobby shop on Fort Irwin receives games from.This is the best sci-fi game i’ve played since Alternity, keep up the great work.
We normally do not deal directly with distributors, though they can get our stuff through Indie Press Revolution (indiepressrevolution.com), but I can try contacting Alliance.
I have sent an inquiry to Alliance Games Distribution.
Unfortunately Alliance is not interested at this time. They said if they get more requests they will re-consider.
This tells me that every BL23C fan needs to email Alliance. I’ll start a campaign on our blog/facebook to get people to email alliance.
To be clear, for full auto you expend ROFx2 in Q, and ROF number of hits.
Argh! Will there still be mass of equipment available? I really liked that system. Even if we did ignore it sometimes. I may need to know the mass of equipment for purposes other than encumbrance.
We will keep this information, an any info we may decide to remove available on our web site. We will also keep the current version of the main rulebook for sale as a PDF. For example, we are removing those extra columns in the current skill tables (J, etc) but we have all that available on wiki.ssdc.com.