Earthforce Sourcebook UK edition! - Reply

'Twas the voice of the Jon T., I heard it declare...

> A friend of mine in a local bookshop has just got hold of one of the

I've heard that one before... <cynical grin> -- justified, it would
seem, by what Jon says below.

> I have taken a good look at it (my own contributor's file copies are

> The book looks nice, (hey, it's got Ivanova on the cover....)

Well, yes, Claudia does add a certain something to just about anything. Anyone
else remember her star performances on Space Cadets? Her version of William
Shatner doing "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" still cracks me up totally.

> ...and the art is generally better than in the RPG book -- more CGI
Like the TBP RPG book, it is in full colour throughout, and at only 9.99 it is
pretty good value. <

Sounds it. It may even be worth getting one copy now, and one later, after
Titan
have fixed their cock-ups.

> I won't comment on the ship rules, since they're mostly mine! I'll
have added quite a few new bits to the draft I sent them, including some very
neat ideas about integrating RPG characters into the game as ship crew.
<

Ahhh... good. I was a little concerned that the combat rules would be too
separate from the RP stuff. Not that I'm not interested in the combat section
purely in itself (I am -- it's my primary interest in the SB), but, as a
once and
future GM, I've found that role-players enjoy a good fight even more if
they can get involved in it, rather than having one guy play and the others
kibitz.

> The rules could have benefitted (IMHO) from a few diagrams, especially

> Now for the big problem, which only affects UK COPIES - UK PURCHASERS

Oh, frak! My regular game shop was overjoyed to hear this... Does anyone have
any idea when the missing counters will make their appearance? -- like,
say, before or after Christmas?

> Apparently Titan has made a few other glaring errors in the UK

Double frak! Jon, any chance of you telling us what's missing? Is it vital, or
even important, to playing the game?

> ...and using the painting of Gen. Franklin three times, for three

Pause while I turn green with envy at thought of US copies, with counters and
correct artwork. Sometimes, I don't like Titan... of course, sometimes, I do.

> Looking forward to seeing what everyone else thinks of the book, when

When, indeed...

Phil, feeling frustrated -- we've waited so long for this, and Titan
balls it up!