03-24-2018, 11:43 AM | #11 | |
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Re: Talk of TFT
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And I say this knowing I'll ultimately want/use a PDF version of the rules on my iPad for quick reference. BUT... if nothing else... I definitely think the time should be taken to update/improve the rules, as opposed to just doing some simple edits and spitting out a v1 reprint. |
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Glenn's comments. -- Not too many variations.
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Glenn, I agree with virtually everything you said above. I thought I was the only person who preferred counters to cardboard heroes. I'm glad a bunch of people have weighted in on this. I think SJG needs to watch how many variations of TFT they have in inventory. (Texas taxes businesses for unsold stock in inventory - amazing). I can see TFT becoming at MOST: -- Some sort of kickstarter special. -- The normal TFT that SJG will carry for a long time / forever. May or may not be the same as the kickstarter above. -- Some adventures, e.g. Death Test 1 & 2, Tollenkar's lair. -- New adventures? I could see a fair number of TFT products appearing as *.pdf only products on W23 as well. But my point is that likely there will be as few SKU (stock counting units) as they can get away with. I doubt that there will be the counter only version, the miniature version. MAYBE kickstarter will allow people to buy into extra fancy versions (people contract to pay in advance after all so SJG knows that they can sell all the extra nice versions that they manufacture). Quote:
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03-24-2018, 04:02 PM | #13 |
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Re: Talk of TFT
Problem here is, everyone wants to see some sort of update, and everyone has a different idea about what should be updated! My goal for the first new sets is to make it what it should have been originally, which is not necessarily the game I would design from scratch right now.
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03-24-2018, 08:38 PM | #14 | |
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I realize you may not have a clear answer to this yet... or one you're looking to fully discuss at this point. |
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03-24-2018, 08:43 PM | #15 |
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Re: Talk of TFT
I am excited by the thought of TFT as it should have been. I haven't played since the '80s and my copies are long lost to the dusts of time. I remember the game fondly and would love to be able to introduce it to some of my current gaming crew who have never played it, or even heard of it.
A new TFT "as Steve would design it from scratch today" implies considerable design time and energy. Time and energy that may or may not be available for designing a "new" TFT. I hope that the reprint of TFT does well enough to justify work on a new and expanded TFT for the future. |
03-24-2018, 09:50 PM | #16 |
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Re: Talk of TFT
Agreed re: the reality of a v2 time/development cost, and needing to see how a cleaned up v1 does in the marketplace. If the initial releases represent a "v1 done right", in Steve's eyes, and includes quality components (nicely done rules layout, cleaned up editing and clarifications, quality counters) in a solid box... cool.
PDF option would be a high priority, in my book. If not official, I (and many others) would likely make their own PDF anyway. So why not make an official clean version. And an app that can run solo/co-op adventures (with AI) would also be a major selling point. Of course, that's something that could clearly be done after the initial releases prove the market. FRankly, this type of feature would likely expand the market for the game. I'm looking forward to the initial releases with some supplements/solo quests to (hopefully) follow. |
03-25-2018, 08:32 AM | #17 | |
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Re: Talk of TFT
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All modern games start life as a PDF anyway, since printers mostly take PDF files as their masters. So doing this once you have a publishable, printable file is trivial. Export at 150 dpi and you can be done. Do you mean an eBook in MOBI or ePUB? Those are auto-reformatting, etc, in a way that a PDF isn't. [/Pendantic]
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03-26-2018, 06:16 PM | #18 | |
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Having a copy with hyperlinks would be great (for table of contents and index with links). An ePUB version would be cool. |
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03-26-2018, 08:36 PM | #19 |
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Re: Talk of TFT
Certainly I plan to buy any PDFs that Steve makes -- even though I already have OCR copies of everything ever produced for TFT. Not only do I want to make sure I have top-quality electronic versions (just in case the house burns down), but also because I want to support the designer of the game, even though I don't generally use electronic versions for play.
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03-27-2018, 05:57 AM | #20 | |
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