Revision 5 rulebook

pinecone · Post by **pinecone** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:11 am

The luxury of a combined book would be nice, but I'd rather spend my money on boosters/products.

Bolo_MK_XL · Post by **Bolo_MK_XL** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:00 am

Piney

Wait until you have 1/2 dozen rule books to flip through and you might change your mind ---

Post by **Steve Cole** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:37 pm

Ok, this is where we stand....

REFERENCE RULEBOOK: It's finished, but Jean is still reading. I spent two hours on the phone last night and we got to webs (5M) before the batteries on her portable phone died. We'll finish that tonight, and start printing this Thursday morning, and ship to wholesalers on 4 May. It should be on the cart sometime today or tomorrow for mail orders to ship on 11 May.

KLINGON BORDER, ROMULAN BORDER: I have done the "hollowed out" rulebooks (delete all of the stuff that is in the RRB and leave the scenarios, ship descriptions, publisher info, and such) for these, and sent them to Jean. If she finishes proofing them tonight, we'll be printing them Thursday. If not, we'll be printing them Friday. We'll be shipping FCKB5 and FCRB5 by Friday or Monday.

KLINGON SPACE, ROMULAN SPACE: These will get done pretty quickly (a few minutes each) once the above is done.

EVERYTHING ELSE: Basically, we take one of the rulebooks (Klingon Attack, Romulan Attack, Tholian Attack, Orion Attack, Battleships Attack, Distant Kingdoms, Line of Battle, Booster Zero) and "hollow it out" and have Jean read what's left and then insert the pages from FCRRB (and make a few minor edits here and there) and print them. Some of these will take an hour, some will take four or five hours, but all should be done by early next week.

pinecone · Post by **pinecone** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:12 pm

Bolo_MK_XL wrote:Piney

Wait until you have 1/2 dozen rule books to flip through and you might change your mind ---

I do. But usually I only end up referring to one or two of them during battle (three at most)

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:40 pm

The Reference Rulebook (aka Rulebook v5) is now available to order! It is stock number 4020.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:49 pm

REVISION FIVE PROJECT AS OF 5PM FRIDAY 1 MAY

REFERENCE RULEBOOK: Finished, copies being printed.

KLINGON BORDER: Finished, PDF just given to Leanna.

ROMULAN BORDER: I have inserted the FCRRB pages. Jean is proofing the non-RRB pages. I just printed out those pages for Petrick to read. I will get Jean on the phone (tonight?) and get her fixes to this.

KLINGON ATTACK: I am on page 10 updating the format and trying to stop Jean's attack on capital letters by putting them out of their mercy before she sees it. Plan is to give this to Petrick and Jean before leaving the office today.

NOT STARTED WORK ON
BATTLESHIPS ATTACK
ROMULAN SPACE
LINE OF BATTLE
ROMULAN ATTACK
ORION ATTACK
THOLIAN ATTACK
DISTANT KINGDOMS
KLINGON SPACE

If anybody notices a rulebook that is NOT on the list, do let me know.

This is taking longer than expected due to bringing the pages up to "Jean Standard" which includes a lot of work, such as decapping every mention of a Destroyer. It took me 10 minutes to import the Revision-5 rules into the Klingon Attack Rulebook. I have spent four hours doing 9.5 of the 16 pages of "fix it before Jean sees it and blows a fit" work.

pinecone · Post by **pinecone** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:29 am

Briefings one and two, line of battle.

wedge_hammersteel · Post by **wedge_hammersteel** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:06 am

line of battle is there pinecone and I dont think that B 1 and B 2 are rulebooks.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:21 am

Was Crew Quality only in Briefing#1? If-so, then it needs to go on the list.

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:42 am

Steve Cole wrote:If anybody notices a rulebook that is NOT on the list, do let me know.

Please don't forget First Missions, the free PDF. Obviously, it should probably be last, but it should be included.

pinecone · Post by **pinecone** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:25 pm

wedge_hammersteel wrote:line of battle is there pinecone and I dont think that B 1 and B 2 are rulebooks.

Missed line of battle. But Breifing one does have the "degraded crew" and "retire" rules.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:46 pm

I don't know if the degraded crew and retire rules even changed. Mike, would you look into that?

REVISION FIVE PROJECT AS OF 4:30pm SATURDAY

==========FINISHED BOOKS=========================

REFERENCE RULEBOOK: Finished, copies being printed.

KLINGON BORDER: Leanna started printing them at 2pm.

ROMULAN BORDER: Finished, PDF given to Leanna Saturday 2pm.

KLINGON ATTACK: Finished, PDF given to Leanna Saturday at 1pm.

========== BOOKS IN PROGRESS =========================

LINE OF BATTLE: I got Jean's fixes but have to do Petrick's.

BATTLESHIPS ATTACK: I did my part and sent it to Jean and SPP at 3:35pm.

ROMULAN SPACE: I did the only page that matters and sent it to Jean at 4:20pm. The rest is just cut and paste from Romulan Border Fifth Edition.

KLINGON SPACE: I did the only page that matters and sent it to Jean at 4:20pm. The rest is just cut and paste from Klingon Border Fifth Edition.

========== BOOKS NOT STARTED YET =========================

ROMULAN ATTACK: This is the worst of what's left. I read it Saturday nigth and it's going to be a chore.

ORION ATTACK: Easy one, Jean edited the non-RRB parts already, the rest is just cut and paste.

THOLIAN ATTACK: Could be some work.

DISTANT KINGDOMS : Could be a little work, but it's nearly post-Jean standard plus cut and paste.

FIRST MISSIONS: Easy. I just take Klingon Border and edit it down or cross-copy the pages.

BOOSTER ZERO: Should be easy, just cut and paste the RRB rules. However, it's a little tricky in that I have to convert it from word to pagemaker.

If anybody notices a rulebook that is NOT on the list, do let me know. We do not need to do revision 5 versions of Briefing #1 or Briefing #2, which don't have rules and were already done to "Jean standards".

Wolverin61 · Post by **Wolverin61** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:26 am

Steve Cole wrote:REFERENCE RULEBOOK: Finished, copies being printed.

All right! Can't wait for my copy to be in my mailbox!

Probably won't help me play any better, but I'll have something to study between games.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:05 pm

REVISION FIVE PROJECT AS OF Wednesday morning.

==========FINISHED BOOKS=========================

REFERENCE RULEBOOK: Finished, copies being printed. Sent Leanna new pages 90, 76, and 39 at noon Saturday which have minor typos (comma after e.g., that sort of thing, only Jean could notice these).

KLINGON BORDER: Finished, PDF given to Leanna Friday night. Saturday noon, sent Leanna replacements (minor typos) for pages 2, 36, 62, and74, but as none of these had been printed, all will have these corrections. Leanna started printing them at 2pm on Saturday.

ROMULAN BORDER: Finished, PDF given to Leanna Saturday 2pm. She started printing.

KLINGON ATTACK: Finished, PDF given to Leanna Saturday at 1pm. She started printing.

LINE OF BATTLE: I did my part and sent it to Jean and SPP at 2:45pm. I called Jean at 4pm and got her fixes, the final PDF was on Leanna's hard disk at 4:09pm. But I forgot to do Petrick's fixes. I did them on Sunday and Leanna was printing new books for this at 3pm Sunday.

BATTLESHIPS ATTACK: I did my part and sent it to Jean and SPP at 3:35pm Saturday. Petrick left his report on my desk, and Jean phoned her report Sunday 3-4pm and it was on Leanna's hard disk and copies being printed by 4:15pm Sunday.

ROMULAN ATTACK: This is the worst of what's left. I read it Saturday night and remembered we had left out the asteroid rules when we did it. That had to be fixed. I sent the revised book to Jean and Petrick Sunday at 5:30pm. Got Jean's report Monday at 9am. Got Petrick's report Monday at 3pm. Did fixes and gave to Leanna at 5pm Monday.

ROMULAN SPACE: I did the only page that matters and sent it to Jean at 4:20pm Saturday. The rest is just cut and paste from Romulan Border Fifth Edition. Jean phoned in her report at 3pm Sunday. finished this on Tuesday and gave it to Leanna at 3pm.

========== BOOKS IN PROGRESS =========================

KLINGON SPACE: I did the only page that matters and sent it to Jean at 4:20pm. The rest is just cut and paste from Klingon Border Fifth Edition. Jean phoned in her report at 3pm Sunday.

THOLIAN ATTACK: Did my round of updates by Monday 4pm and gave it to Petrick to read. Petrick gave it back Monday night. I sent it to Jean Tuesday night after making Petrick's fixes. Wednesday morning, Jean said she had "lots of purple marks".

========== BOOKS NOT STARTED YET =========================

ORION ATTACK: Easy one, Jean edited the non-RRB parts already, the rest is just cut and paste.

DISTANT KINGDOMS: Could be a little work, but it's nearly post-Jean standard plus cut and paste.

FIRST MISSIONS: Easy. I just take Klingon Border and edit it down or cross-copy the pages.

BOOSTER ZERO: Easy. Just cut and paste. Well, it should be, but I have to convert it to Pagemaker.

If anybody notices a rulebook that is NOT on the list, do let me know. We do not need to do revision 5 versions of Briefing #1 or Briefing #2, which don't have rules and were already done to "Jean standards".

Post by **Steve Cole** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:39 pm

REVISION FIVE PROJECT AS OF 9am Thursday 7 May.

==========FINISHED BOOKS=========================

REFERENCE RULEBOOK: Finished, copies being printed, shipments made.

KLINGON BORDER: Finished, Leanna started printing them at 2pm on Saturday.

KLINGON ATTACK: Finished, Saturday at 1pm.

ROMULAN BORDER: Finished, Saturday 2pm.

LINE OF BATTLE: Finished 3pm Sunday.

BATTLESHIPS ATTACK: finished 4:15pm Sunday.

ROMULAN ATTACK: Finished 5pm Monday.

ROMULAN SPACE: finished this on Tuesday at 3pm.

========== BOOKS IN PROGRESS =========================

KLINGON SPACE: I did the only page that matters and sent it to Jean at 4:20pm. The rest is just cut and paste from Klingon Border Fifth Edition. Jean phoned in her report at 3pm Sunday. I could finish this in 30 minutes but there are no orders on file for it.

THOLIAN ATTACK: Did my round of updates by Monday 4pm and gave it to Petrick to read. He gave it back just as I was going home. I revised it on Tuesday and sent it to Jean that night. Got Jean's corrections Wednesday night by 7pm. I just need to export the PDFs and give them to Leanna. We should be printing these by noon.

BOOSTER ZERO: Easy. Just cut and paste. Well, it should be, but I have to convert it to Pagemaker. I did this on Wednesday afternoon and gave it to Petrick. Petrick gave it back to me at 6pm. I need to make his fixes and send them to Jean.

ORION ATTACK: Easy one, Jean edited the non-RRB parts already, the rest is just cut and paste. I did the fixes on Wednesday afternoon and have Petrick and Mike West cross-check them. Waiting on reports.

========== BOOKS NOT STARTED YET =========================

DISTANT KINGDOMS: Could be a little work, but it's nearly post-Jean standard plus cut and paste.

FIRST MISSIONS: Easy. I just take Klingon Border and edit it down or cross-copy the pages. But since we give this away, it gets done last.

If anybody notices a rulebook that is NOT on the list, do let me know. We do not need to do revision 5 versions of Briefing #1 or Briefing #2, which don't have rules and were already done to "Jean standards".

REFERENCE STARSHIP BOOK: I can cut and paste this puppy in an hour, unless I decide to get fancy and add more ship names and stuff.

REFERENCE SCENARIO BOOK: I can cut and paste this puppy in an hour, unless I decide to get fancy and add a bunch of variants and stuff.