Federation Commander

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:01 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:43 pm**

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.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:21 am**

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.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:40 am**

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.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:19 pm**

Jean, does xoom do purple?

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:46 pm**

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.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:35 pm**

Mike, the Xoom is pink, because it is a girl Xoom (and purple wasn't available)!

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:14 pm**

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...

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:42 pm**

Steve Cole wrote: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.

Sounds good. It's a date

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:07 pm**

Steve Cole wrote: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.

Reminder set in Outlook... email will follow shortly after Origins.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:44 pm**

Kang wrote: it has the advantage that you always have the most up-to-date version to hand.

So, if I get the PDF I get to download the updates to the ruleset as the amendments are made?

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:07 pm**

Ogre44 wrote:
Kang wrote: it has the advantage that you always have the most up-to-date version to hand.
So, if I get the PDF I get to download the updates to the ruleset as the amendments are made?

Until a new "edition" is released, yes. e23 will notify you of updates by email and you can download the updated version free.

Posted: **Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:54 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:47 pm**

The Sixth Edition was released just this past February.

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