Module Y3 is ready for release
This is Steven Petrick posting.
Module Y3 has gone to the print engines, and the first books have been bound and packed into folio covers with their countersheets ready to be shrinkwrapped.
There is very little "white space" in the product. For ease of reference I used some of the white space to print the Module Y2 errata, but also used it to include some rules clarifications and upgrades (like better augmentation module docking for the early bases). That, however, is not all. I also took the time to get three background pieces done which collectively tell you how the Tholians got here, how the Hydrans were able to drive the Klingons and Lyrans out of their space the first time (actually I figured out the big secret and SVC wrote the article), and how things were in the WYN Star Cluster between the time the Usurper first arrived and the Orions intruded into the Cluster and found him.
The scenarios include that first Orion Intrusion, but also a three player fight by the early Inter-Stellar Concordium members, while they were still at war with each other, using their warp-driven ships to try to resupply their ground forces (think about the Japanese Tokyo Express to Guadalcanal and the American destroyer transports making their own runs when neither side had total control of "Iron Bottom Sound", then add a third force). The scenario includes four and five player variants (as well as a two-player variant), but could easily be expanded to six by adding a force from some other Warp-Refitted Empire. There is also a Tholian delaying action pitting their command modules against a Klingon task force, and a fight between two early strategic transports over an armed freighter that is loyal to one of them. And a major effort by the Romulans to disable a Jindarian asteroid ship and thereby capture the secret to warp technology.
Of course there are also additional Early Years Battleships for some of the empires so that you can fight the Klingon B4, and more ships for everyone.
While I was working on the project, I also created a Consolidated Early Years Annexes (all the stuff from Modules Y1, Y2, and Y3 in one book), including the Master Ship Chart for all the Early Years ships (including all Tholian ships that would have been available in the Early Years Period to the start of the Middle Years Period, and all Jindarian units that also qualify) and the Early Years Master Fighter Chart. SVC intends to make this available for mail order.
As always, none of this would be possible without both the support of playtesters and checkers interested in making these the best products they can be, and the support of the gamers who consume these products. I am grateful to both groups.
Module Y3 has gone to the print engines, and the first books have been bound and packed into folio covers with their countersheets ready to be shrinkwrapped.
There is very little "white space" in the product. For ease of reference I used some of the white space to print the Module Y2 errata, but also used it to include some rules clarifications and upgrades (like better augmentation module docking for the early bases). That, however, is not all. I also took the time to get three background pieces done which collectively tell you how the Tholians got here, how the Hydrans were able to drive the Klingons and Lyrans out of their space the first time (actually I figured out the big secret and SVC wrote the article), and how things were in the WYN Star Cluster between the time the Usurper first arrived and the Orions intruded into the Cluster and found him.
The scenarios include that first Orion Intrusion, but also a three player fight by the early Inter-Stellar Concordium members, while they were still at war with each other, using their warp-driven ships to try to resupply their ground forces (think about the Japanese Tokyo Express to Guadalcanal and the American destroyer transports making their own runs when neither side had total control of "Iron Bottom Sound", then add a third force). The scenario includes four and five player variants (as well as a two-player variant), but could easily be expanded to six by adding a force from some other Warp-Refitted Empire. There is also a Tholian delaying action pitting their command modules against a Klingon task force, and a fight between two early strategic transports over an armed freighter that is loyal to one of them. And a major effort by the Romulans to disable a Jindarian asteroid ship and thereby capture the secret to warp technology.
Of course there are also additional Early Years Battleships for some of the empires so that you can fight the Klingon B4, and more ships for everyone.
While I was working on the project, I also created a Consolidated Early Years Annexes (all the stuff from Modules Y1, Y2, and Y3 in one book), including the Master Ship Chart for all the Early Years ships (including all Tholian ships that would have been available in the Early Years Period to the start of the Middle Years Period, and all Jindarian units that also qualify) and the Early Years Master Fighter Chart. SVC intends to make this available for mail order.
As always, none of this would be possible without both the support of playtesters and checkers interested in making these the best products they can be, and the support of the gamers who consume these products. I am grateful to both groups.
posted by Federation Commander at 4:49 PM
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