From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:20:50 +0100
Subject: [OFFICIAL] FT/FB FREE downloads are up, plus new Spring Special Deals!!!!
Hi all, Lots of news all at once....... :-) The FT rulebook itself, plus BOTH Fleetbooks, are now available as FREE PDF DOWNLOADS! We've also introduced a new FT ships special pack, a mid-sized starter fleet at 25 GBP - or buy any TWO for just 45 GBP! PLUS, we are doing some more Special Offers for a limited time, valid from now until the 12th June. Please go and take a look at the online store at <www.gzg.com>. Feel free to post this news/info to any other relevant groups/sites! Jon (GZG) .................... GZG NEWS, 24th May 2005: The FULL THRUST Rulebook (2nd Edition), FLEET BOOK 1 (Major Human Powers) and FLEET BOOK 2 (Xeno Files - Alien forces) and now ALL available online as FREE pdf downloads from our website - go to <www.gzg.com> and look for the "downloads" page! Fleet Book 2 has been out of print for some months now, and stocks of the printed versions of Fleet Book 1 and the Full Thrust rulebook are now running very low (some ARE still available for purchase if you want original hard copies, but get them soon - there are very few left, and once they are gone, they are gone!). As we are working on a new 3rd edition of the game, we've decided it is not viable to re-print the original 2nd edition books, so we are making them available in pdf form at no charge; our hope is that while you are on our site to download the rules, you'll take a look at the huge ranges of FT ships and other miniatures that we have to offer, and buy some! [Notes to customers: Please feel free to post links to the pdf copies wherever you like, but please do NOT post actual copies of the files themselves to other websites - we are happy that anyone can come to our site and freely download the files for their own use, but in return we do want people to actually visit the store site and hopefully be tempted to buy some stuff at the same time! For this same reason, we would ask you all to please refrain from printing off large numbers of copies of the files for all your friends - instead, please encourage them to come to the site and get their own free copy, and peruse the rest of the store while they are here. Permission is given for downloaded files of the books to be stored electronically, and/or to be printed out as hardcopies, for personal use only. Neither electronic nor hardcopy versions may be sold or charged for in any way, or used/distributed in any way other than for purely personal use, without specific written permission from GZG (use of multiple copies of downloaded products for the purpose of running display or participation games is fine, provided the copies are not sold to participants). All copyrights are retained by GZG. Please also note that the pdf versions of the books are exactly as originally published - thus a few items (especially things like the ship miniature price listings, contact addresses and phone numbers) are now very out of date! Please refer to the online catalogue listings on the store for current availability and price information.] -------------------------------------------- To tempt you even further (as if the offer of free rules and supplements wasn't enoughÂ.), we are also running some more of our periodic SPECIAL DEALS, for a limited time only - LATE SPRING SPECIAL DEALS: The offers listed below are valid until SUNDAY JUNE 12th 2005 ONLY! Place your order online NOW at <www.gzg.com>! ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. 1) FULL THRUST STARSHIPS: Order any FT MEGAFLEET pack at 50 GBP and get either a Pak 2 Carrier Group or a Pak 3 battle Squadron for the same force, worth 15 GBP, COMPLETELY FREE! Pack code: FT Megafleet Spring Deal Price: 50.00 GBP Fleet Options: choose your Megafleet from: NAC, ESU (original), ESU (new style*), FSE, NSL, Kra'Vak, Sa'Vasku, Phalon, UNSC, Islamic, Japanese, New Israeli PLUS choose Pak 2 (Carrier Group) or Pak 3 (Battle Sqdn) as free option. * New Style ESU pack may still contain some "original" style ESU classes to fill out fleet roster where new designs are not yet in production, but new style ships will be supplied wherever available. ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. 2) STARGRUNT FIGURES IN 25mm: Order any TWO SG 25mm PLATOON PACKS (24 figures in each - normal price 19.00 GBP per pack) together, and get the two for just 30 GBP! That's 48 figures for just 30 GBP - almost 40% off the individual figure price! Pack code: SG 25mm PLATOON DOUBLE DEAL Price: 30.00 GBP Platoon options: any two packs from usual SG options list (including PA platoons). ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. 3) STARGRUNT FIGURES in 15mm: Order any FIVE packs of SG15 code figures and choose a SIXTH pack FREE! Choose and order all the packs you want as normal (including the free packs), and we will deduct the cost of every sixth pack from the total order value. ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. 4) DIRTSIDE MINIATURES in 6mm: Order any FIVE packs of DSM and/or DF code minis and choose a SIXTH pack FREE! Choose and order all the packs you want as normal (including the free packs), and we will deduct the cost of every sixth pack from the total order value. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to the Spring special deals listed above, we have a NEW pack choice for the FULL THRUST starship miniatures as a regular catalogue item: NEW Full Thrust Starter Fleet Packs: Each pack contains enough ships to give you a good-sized starter fleet for your chosen force: 1 x BATTLEDREADNOUGHT (BDN), 1 x BATTLESHIP (BB), 2 x HEAVY CRUISERS (CH), 2 x LIGHT CRUISERS (CL), 4 x DESTROYERS (DD), 4 x FRIGATES (FF) and 3 x CORVETTES (CT) - that's a total of 17 ships, worth around 30 GBP at regular prices - all for just 25 GBP! Pack code: FT New Starter Fleet Price: 25.00 GBP Fleet options: choose any fleet from: NAC, ESU (original), ESU (new style*), FSE, NSL, Kra'Vak, Sa'Vasku, Phalon, UNSC, Islamic, Japanese, New Israeli, OUDF, ORC * New Style ESU pack may still contain some "original" style ESU classes to fill out fleet roster where new designs are not yet in production, but new style ships will be supplied wherever available. [Please note: in certain forces some ship class substitutions may be made where specific classes are not available in that range; in all such cases the overall value of miniatures supplied will be equal to or greater than the "normal" pack composition.] PLUSÂ. Save even moreÂ..buy any TWO of the new Starter Fleet packs together and get them for just 45 GBP for the two! Pack code: FT New Starter Fleet DOUBLE DEAL Price: 45.00 GBP Fleet options: choose any TWO from: NAC, ESU (original), ESU (new style*), FSE, NSL, Kra'Vak, Sa'Vasku, Phalon, UNSC, Islamic, Japanese, New Israeli, OUDF, ORC [The above packs (including the 2-for-45GBP offer) are all "long term" offers - they will be available until further notice, and are not part of the limited time Spring offer deals.]