Something more for Vacc-heads old and new.....
FULL THRUST LIGHT!
We are pleased to announce that, in between doing new starships and stuff,
we've at last managed to get put together something that we've
been intending to do for ages - an all-new, all "OFFICIAL"
self-contained intro to the FULL THRUST rules, which we're giving
away FREE in both pdf and printed versions! FULL THRUST LIGHT is just
two A4 pages of rules, plus 2 ready-prepared record sheets of
(different) generic ship designs ideal for use with our FT INTRO PACK
2-fleet deals.
FT LIGHT is basically the simplest core rules of the game brought up to the
current standard (what we've been calling "FT2.5"); there are a couple of
little tweaks that veteran players will spot, but no major changes. It has
been written as an ideal introduction to the system for new players, and we
hope it will be especially useful for getting younger players into the game.
The pdf version is already up on the "downloads" page of the store site
(www.gzg.com), and is completely free of charge, so rush over there now and
get a copy! We're also having a load of sets printed up as hardcopies, to give
away at shows and with mailorders for FT ships
- we'll have them at Salute this weekend (April 19th), free for the
asking to anyone who buys any FT ships from us.
Enjoy! :-)
While fully cognizant that the A4 is a superior format, that 'mericans are
progress-hating-Luddites that are dragging the world's economies to
sterility by blindly hanging on to outmoded standards, that if GZG is going to
have to print out copies then it MUST be A4, and, anyway, you need all that
extra space(?) for the incredibly dense amount of info, I must point out that
it can be a serious pain to try an print A4 documents on our slavishly archaic
printer parameters.
May I suggest, in the future, an attempt be made to produce a parallel
'letter' sized document until such time as the unwashed heathen can see the
light?
I WILL be distributing these at the store, though my partners wish I could
focus on products we can optain to sell!
Thanks!
Peter pointed out to Jon:
> Just FYI you typo'ed "the" on
> Also you used "lite" properly everywhere except
> looks amateurish as a result
I noticed, wasn't going to say anything to avoid sounding a bit brusk, but
you're absolutely correct.
I suppose it'd be churlish to point out your missing closing period...
;->=
The_Beast
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:37:01PM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:
> May I suggest, in the future, an attempt be made to produce a parallel
Usually the best bet is to go with 210x279mm (or 8.25"x11") which will fit on
either format.
However a modern PDF reader program should have no problem rescaling an A4 PDF
to fit 8.5x11" paper.
I suppose it'd be churlish to point out your missing closing period...
;->=
The_Beast
LOL, Alright who let The_Beast out?
I'd bet that the caffeine levels a bit low . ;-P
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
> While fully cognizant that the A4 is a superior format, that 'mericans
I hadn't thought about printing it out. Doug makes a very, very good point.
(If you notice, my Bugs Don't Surf stuff was made available in both A4 and
North American format, for just this reason.)
I'm pretty sure that I'd have to go to Dallas (about 5 hours from here) before
I could find A4 paper west of the Mississippi...
Have you checked out how small the font prints? The Adobe Reader wanted to
further reduce by 10%.
A bit tough on this old guy's eyes... ;->=
I knew that the difference was a bit narrower for the A4, but taller on the
shorter dimension. Wasn't sure how much 'space' changed, which is why I put
the question mark in, originally.
In the end, I didn't want to make a big thing, but had started to write the
note, put it in 'draft', then pulled it out again to include response to
Peter's observation, and, like topsy, just grew.
Samuel: Bang on in one!
However, remember that "English is the only language that will follow you down
an alley, mug you and then roll your pockets for any linguistic spare change
you might have on you."
The _Beast (who's caffeine levels are quite sufficient, thank you)
Mr. Burton West wrote on 04/17/2008 12:56:33 PM:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:37:01PM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:
***snippage
> However a modern PDF reader program should have no problem rescaling
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Roger Burton West
> <roger@firedrake.org> wrote:
> However a modern PDF reader program should have no problem rescaling
As per Doug's comment about Adobe Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader wants to shrink
it down to something approaching 6 point type...
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Roger Burton West
The font size was unavoidable in order to get it into two pages of rules,
which was the whole idea. If anyone wants to convert it into a larger print
version over more pages just for PDF purposes, feel free to do so!
When we did the record sheets, they were designed so that they should print
out on US paper size as well as A4 without too much% reduction.
Jon (GZG)
> --
In gaming terms, I think of English as the Gelatinous Cube of languages; a
resilient, formless blob that slides inexorably along, absorbing anything it
finds as it goes. Unwary contact with it can result in a paralyzing shock,
after which the cube will proceed to
slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey: http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Gelatinous_cube
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Roger Burton West
Of course, anyone who orders anything from us (and you DO all want the nice
new starships, right?) can have an entirely free printed copy of FTL, just by
asking nicely! It'll be delicately printed in finest black ink on crisp 100gsm
Bond, in A4 size (actually a folded A3 if you want to be pedantic...), so you
won't have to worry at all
about resizing it or printing it off! ;-)
Jon (GZG) (who's now off to bed, ready for the drive to Excel with a very full
van to set up for Salute tomorrow!)
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