Federation Commander

Ogre44

Has anyone tried the Reference Rulebook PDF on the Kindle?

I gave the First Missions PDF a go, and the formatting made it just too small to be comfortable reading on the Kindle's screen.

Thanks

Scoutdad · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:43 pm Post subject:

Yep.

I put it on my wife's Kindle the day she go it.
Formatting wise, it's acceptable in size.
I'd rather have it on an iPad with the larger screen, but even at full-page size - it's quite readable on her Kindle II.
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Kang · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:21 am Post subject:

Yeah, I got a Kindle almost specifically for this purpose. I read Scoutdad's earlier assessment of the RRB on his wife's Kindle (here: http://tinyurl.com/63az75b), and went with that.

You can view a whole page in just-readable print, like you did with the First Missions booklet, but with it being a pdf file you can also zoom in on parts of the page too. Alternatively, set it up so it displays in Landscape view, and you can then scroll up and down a half-page at a time. That's the way that works best for me.

All in all, it's not as easy as a paper rulebook, nor as easy as reading it on a laptop in Adobe Reader. Plus of course there's no colour.

However it's a lot more portable than a laptop, and it has the advantage that you always have the most up-to-date version to hand.
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1733

The ease of reading is part of why I splurged on my Xoom. Push come to shove, I could easily look at a PDF and proof something SVC wanted now without being at my computer.
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wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject:

Rulebook looks fine on my iphone. I have heard that it looks good on the color nook but not the black & white nook.

SFU_FEAR · Lieutenant SG Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Posts: 137

Jean, does xoom do purple?
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Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3832

Sometime after Origins, I could rearrange pages and do a version of the book that would just happen to fit a kindle screen. If anybody is interested, remind me then.
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Jean · Site Admin Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1733

Mike, the Xoom is pink, because it is a girl Xoom (and purple wasn't available)!
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Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:14 pm Post subject:

Wanted Xoom...

Looked at Xoom...

Drooled over Xoom...

Realized it was Xoom or Origins...

Debated, Pondered, weighed Pros and Cons (no pun intended)...

Finally flipped a coin (2010 Munchkin Silver Coin, if anyone is curious...)

Origins won.
Maybe for Xmas...
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Kang · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject:

Ogre44 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:44 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:07 pm Post subject:

Ogre44 · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:54 pm Post subject:

That's very nice.
How often are new editions released?
When was the current edition, I believe it is currently 6, released?

JimDauphinais · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

The Sixth Edition was released just this past February.

I wouldn't expect a new edition for a couple of years.
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