GURPS LOWTECH Questions

[DeDiceManCometh]

Originally Posted by Kromm

The chances of it being out in 2009 are nil. The chances of it being out in the first to second quarter of 2010 are decent. And by summer 2010, you should definitely have it. Unless Stuff happens.

What is this word, "generally"? There is no useful, firm schedule. None. First, because of how many people are involved. Second, because of how many steps are involved. The upshot is that we end up with huge range of possible dates – I'm talking a target that's over a year wide – and "leaving playtest" is nearer to the "just started writing" side of that spread than to the "published" side.

Well, you could tally all the final-draft-to-on-the-shelf time periods and post an average and a standard deviation. If the standard deviation is large enough, it will tell you that the average is nearly useless as a predictor.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by DeDiceManCometh

Well, you could tally all the final-draft-to-on-the-shelf time periods and post an average and a standard deviation. If the standard deviation is large enough, it will tell you that the average is nearly useless as a predictor.

I can tell you that already. The sample size for 4e books is too small. This is especially true if you restrict your sample size further to allow for changing business conditions or variances in personnel, printers, shipping, customs or phases of the moon.

It's quite possible that that your sample size of books produced under truly equivalent conditions could be zero. Statistics for sample size equals zero are always bad.

[Turhan's Bey Company]

Originally Posted by benz72

I don't suppose there is any consideration being given to an e-23 edition of GURPS UBER LOW TECH which would include the book and all 3 supplements within the appropriate chapters and with a consolidated index?

Not that I've heard of. And seeing as that would require very large production costs for the additional round of editing and layout and cause a lot of confusion when it came to creating page references when other books referred to LT, I'm guessing that the odds of that are precisely zero.

[nik1979]

Originally Posted by Kromm

The chances of it being out in 2009 are nil. The chances of it being out in the first to second quarter of 2010 are decent. And by summer 2010, you should definitely have it.

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just in time for the new generation of e-readers :)

[Anders]

Originally Posted by DeDiceManCometh

Well, you could tally all the final-draft-to-on-the-shelf time periods and post an average and a standard deviation. If the standard deviation is large enough, it will tell you that the average is nearly useless as a predictor.

Given the large variability, I think the median would be a better approach than the mean. Although "average" is, of course, ambiguous.

[Kale]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Given the large variability, I think the median would be a better approach than the mean. Although "average" is, of course, ambiguous.

And thus the thread spirals into a discussion on statistics. @:-)
On that note, will LowTech discuss the typical airspeed of an unladen swallow? (African and European?)

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Kale

And thus the thread spirals into a discussion on statistics. @:-)
On that note, will LowTech discuss the typical airspeed of an unladen swallow? (African and European?)

That's reserved for Fantasy-Tech, if that ever gets onto the schedule.

Bill Stoddard

[Gigermann]

On a related topic—are there similar "Companion" books in the works for High Tech, other than the Pulp Guns books?

[Buzzardo]

Originally Posted by nik1979

just in time for the new generation of e-readers :)

Maybe it'll be the first time I buy the PDF without first buying the hard cover.

[HANS]

Originally Posted by Gigermann

On a related topic—are there similar "Companion" books in the works for High Tech, other than the Pulp Guns books?

At least additional books on guns are planned (by me). I have outlines for a book covering 1850-1915 (HIGH-TECH: ADVENTURE GUNS), a book covering the modern era (HIGH-TECH: MODERN FIREPOWER), and a book covering TL5-8 concepts and failed designs for use in alternate history campaigns (HIGH-TECH: INFINITE WEAPONS).

Cheers

HANS