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I have never mixed jump types... but I do not seeing it being more than a book-keeping exercise: two map systems. Hmm, another option would be to use one map, but code lanes (like A, B, C). A for regular, B for eldar, C for both... but then you lose the strategic FoW where neither side is confident ...

I think you could intermix the more advanced options as you have and repeat... what a page or so from the basic? That or refer the advanced rules back, and support it with the mini-pdf as you suggest. Either way, simplifying for first players and/or keeping the commander rules as clean as possible ...

The flow of this chapter is off. You need to introduce everything for the Commander option in its entirety first. Everything that a player needs for the basic setup, no jumping or dealing with the more complex at all. The more advance players will have an easier time looking back than a new player ...

I've now scanned most of it, for first impressions, etc. Mapping: the idea for 'layered' mapping universe, etc is very cool! Go buy yourself a coffee. Tell them its on Noel. (gonna have to look at the Stars Divided material... may get to be multiple sectors) Star Systems: Lose the 'do' at the end of...

I am making my way through the material in detail (finally). You probably have some fancy forum guidelines to receive feedback, but I'm just jumping in: Do I assume minor grammatical items are captured already (given my late arrival)? Is the sample tech tree derived from the prereqs listed in the Te...

Something else that I just realized as an additional point of reference is that the cost of destroyers, which were usually 2-3 EP in 1E, are now also closer to 4-5 EP in 2E, so there is a general cost increase for all units in the game. As to bolos -- yes, you can build gigantic ground units that w...

G'day, Bruce!


And welcome.

Welcome to the official VBAM Second Edition Public Playtest Thread! I will be updating this first post to include new playtest materials as they are posted to the blog. -Tyrel Gah! Sure put this out when I am in the middle of moving - and everything is packed and I have no gorram'd time! A thousand...

This would actually work pretty well in terms of something I am drafting in anticipation of 2E for Stars Divided: Legacy. With that in mind, I want it to include the 'planetary system' - that is any orbital elements. So Earth-Moon, or as mentioned with Jovian earlier, having Jupiter and its key orbi...

You are getting tempting now...

but I already have more starships than I can pay my maintenance on as is.

From your perspective, Bren, which convention has a better draw of sci-fi gamers? Is Gencon better than Origins for that? It seemed to me that Origins is morphing into a boardgaming convention as opposed to the tactical minis focus it allegedly had during the old Babylon 5 Wars days (late 90s). Is ...

As for the Daleks and Time Lords... well, at some point I think I might try my hand at writing a Time War mini-supplement to cover some of those eventualities, including such wackiness as Temporal Weapons, Temporal Shields, etc. Those kinds of technologies, while not balanced, could make for an int...

Yeah, but I always vote to tar and feather Jay. Its the principle of the thing.

MadSeason wrote:Will there be an agricultural tech advance to make feeding the population easier? Soylent Green?

In fact, Tyrel and I had a conversation offline about carnivores and cannibalism...

Interestingly enough on this topic... Wizards of the Coast has instructed RPGNow (message at top of landing page) and Paizo (message on forum) to cease all pdf sales of their products. I got the impression that it was quite a bit of RPGNow's business. Was this a reaction to their anti-piracy initia...