Update 5:42 pm

Tholians done (15 pages)
Total 173 pages done
7 pages to be read by Jean (Civvies)

PDF STATUS: 32 pages done, 158 to go.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 07:21 pm: Edit

Update 6:20 pm.

Civvies done (7 pages)
Total 180 pages done.
No pages remain.

Steve P and Jean are checking changes.

PDF Status: 32 pages done, 158 to go.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 07:50 pm: Edit

7pm update

PDF Status: 52 pages done, 138 to go.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:04 pm: Edit

7:04 Klingons PDF 12 pages (64 total, one third of the book)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:13 pm: Edit

7:12 Chapter 9, PDF 13 pages (77 total)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:21 pm: Edit

7:20 chapter 10, PDF 13 pages (90)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:27 pm: Edit

7:27 Chapter 11, PDF 7 pages (total 97)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:43 pm: Edit

7:41 Romulans PDF 10 pages total 107

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:47 pm: Edit

7:46 Kzintis done, 8 pages total 115

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 08:51 pm: Edit

7:51 Civilians done, 7 pages, total 122 out of 180

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:06 pm: Edit

8:01 Gorns done, 8 pages, total 130 of 180

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:09 pm: Edit

8:09 Feds done, 10 pages, total 140 of 180

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:11 pm: Edit

Apparently I lack Tholians-15, Orions-11, Selts-10, Monsters-2, and WYNs-2.

When you see a gap of some number of minutes at least part of that is waiting for someone to bring me the next chapter that they finished rechecking and reproofing.

Normally I would make changes and print a new copy for them to check before I do the PDF but I went ahead and did the PDF but then had to replace a page or two. Steve P fixed a mistake in the B10 firing arcs at 9:54 and I fixed it, the last fix made.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:26 pm: Edit

8:26 Tholians done, 15 pages, total 155

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:37 pm: Edit

WYN done 2 pages
Monsters done, 2 pages

Total 159 pages

Need Orions-11
Need Selts -10

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 09:53 pm: Edit

Selts done, 10 pages, total 169

Just lack the Orions and some rechecks.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 10:13 pm: Edit

9:13 Orions done, all 180 pages PDFed, but not strung together yet.

They just brought me two pages to do over.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 11:04 pm: Edit

10:00 PDF Finished, assembled, corrected.
We are Going home.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 12:21 am: Edit

Thanks to Jean, Steve, Tony, Wolf, and everyone who helped!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 10:38 am: Edit

This morning the three of us will "turn through" the print out just to see if acrobat distiller could not read some font or some symbols and put little squares instead. That sometimes happens. If nothing went wrong we will do the upload about 1pm and it should percolate through the PDF stores by tonight.

If we have to fix pages it could delay things an hour or two.

But I am running into a brick wall deadline. I haven't even started packing for Hawaii and we leave the house early tomorrow morning at 6 something so nothing is going to happen tomorrow and there better not be much happen today.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 03:10 pm: Edit

It has been uploaded to one of the stores, but it will be hours before it appears. Jean has some set-up to do first.

By Tom Talasco (Pvt64) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 05:11 pm: Edit

Book 2 is up on Wargame Vault!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 05:18 pm: Edit

Huzzah!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 05:19 pm: Edit

Playtesters need to check with Jean and Tony, some are getting free copies.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 03:26 pm: Edit

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet, Book Two

"Here we lay our web. Here we stand between our enemy and all we hold dear. Live or die, here we fight."

This is the much anticipated A Call to Arms: Star Fleet, Book 2. There are more ships for empires you enjoyed in Book 1.2: Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, and Gorns. The Orion Pirates and Tholians that were introduced in Book 1.2 now have full-scale fleets you can use. In addition, the Seltorians, deadly foes of the Tholians, are introduced and have a powerful fleet to hunt the Tholians down. There are monsters for your fleets to defeat - the huge Juggernaut, the Planet Killer which breaks down planets for fuel and doesn’t care if the worlds are inhabited or not, the Moray Eel of Space which eats ships, and the Sun Snake which makes stars go nova. There are more civilian bases and ships to protect and a few ships that are sheepdogs in sheep's clothing. And there is a preview of WYN ships.

New types of ships include scouts to help you in your battles and commando ships to deliver troops to a planet or board an enemy's ship. New terrain includes the WYN Radiation Zone. New weapons, new traits, and new special actions flesh out this book. There are lots of new scenarios that should test your wit and skills. There are templates to construct your own Tholian webs. (Web panels are also available on our shop on Shapeways.) Finally there is a consolidated index to both Book 1.2 and Book 2.

The Early Bird Edition has all the rules and information you need to play the game when combined with Book 1.2. When any updates (and finally the Deluxe Edition) are released, they will replace this as a free update. These updates will include more art, information on making your own planets, and a how-to guide on painting Orion Pirate ships.

Please note that you must have Book 1.2 to play this game. Book 2 is an expansion.

Get your copy of the Early Bird Edition from these sources:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADBM30002
DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288551/
Wargame Vault: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/288551/

Shapeways Web Panels:
Twelve, no bases provided: https://www.shapeways.com/product/CBQV59S8Y/
Eight with bases: https://www.shapeways.com/product/ZAPU64SSM/