Bumping back to front page.

On a side note, I had recently picked up Descent 2nd edition (I have the first edition base set since launch, and even though my wife and I liked it we barely played it due to the length of gameplay).  I had considered making a Descent 2nd Edition quest editor, going so far as to plan out and research tech for the UI and feature set, including server side storage… and tonight I can't sleep, decide to check FFG's site, and lo and behold, they have a Quest editor which has a lot of similarities to what I was planning!  (Although I would have used DOM for the tile editor, and not Canvas)

Oh well, saves me time for other projects!

Speaking of - are there any feature requests you folks have, other than printing out all army info, of course - I'm reconsidering my stance on that, but again it's a LOT of data entry.  I've had a couple people offer to handle the data entry for me, but then they disappear…  I'd estimate around 20 hours of work for data entry and programming, and this is a tool for a game I no longer play.  The only other person in my club who picked up any Dust suffers from game/army-of-the-month syndrome and has moved on to other things.

Speaking of playing - if anyone is in the south Orange County, California area (Irvine/Tustin/Lake Forest/Mission Viejo/Laguna Hills) and wants to get in a game or 5, let me know.  I'd love to play some more!

Revision 18 is up - SSU IS-48A Karl Marx point cost changed from 101 to 91 as per FAQ 1.4.

Revision 19 is up.  I renamed the Gunners Combat Rangers and Battle Grenadiers unit upgrades to properly reflect their true nature.

Bump!

Anyone else notice that the "Allies Take to the Skies" article used the Force Builder export format, sans points?

Guess folks at FFG use the Force Builder as well!  Now if only they'd hook me up with the campaign books.  ;-)

I've removed the paypal donation link, but left up the Snow Leopard Trust donation link.  I made this decision after doing my taxes, and decided the small amount received was not worth the hassle of declaring Hobby income.  I thank those who have offered financial or other support.

Thanks to donations I have the next campaign book covered, but if you wish to offer support by providing me with any of the future campaign books, feel free to contact me privately.

Maine said:

I am not from FFG, but I did use the builder and added in units that didn't exist yet. :P

Your builder is basically the standardized format now.

Hope you liked the article. :D

You are still doing an excellent job, and the force builder is in daily use over here in Germany..

I think I found a mistake, but I'm not 100% sure because I don't have the rulebook at hand.

In the force builder, you can't pick a MatrioshkaBabushka as a 4th section for a Red Platoon. I *think* it should be allowed according to the rules, however.

Keep up the good work!

LannisterCrimson said:

It's provided by the rules: "The KV-3 Heavy Walker is available as a Support Unit to SSU platoons that may field "Any KV47 Walker" as a Support Unit" (DW: CH, p.37)

I don't know if that was your intention, but now that you quoted it, I'm sure you really can't field a KV-3 as a Red Platoon 4th section.

Thanx. My mistake. Keep on walking. Nothing to see here.

Just a small update - I'm waiting for the Icarus book to arrive.  My FLGS, Comic Quest Lake Forest, can be quite lazy about stocking some things, and so I ended up having to order it online.

Now updated for Icarus!

Second-gen Serum should be a valid choice for a Blutkreuz platoon led by a hero.

Dakkon426 said:

You are correct; I had misunderstood the rule and thought heroes could not use the platoons special order, and so had not included it as I believed it to be a wasteful option.

I've uploaded the fix.  Thanks for the bug report!

In the Axis support options, "Horteon" should be "Horton". Also, you missed the Schwer Armor Axis platoon upgrade from Icarus.

I still use the Force Builder almost every day, and it's been invaluable for coming up with Regionals lists. Thanks for the awesome resource. :)

Cannor said:

Actually it should be Horten.

Great work Maine!

BTW, Axis - the Schwer Armor Platoon Upgrade appears to be missing. (or am I missing it?)

Thanks,

-BDub