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Date Posted: 09:04:22 01/26/06 Thu
Author: JR Mapes
Subject: MMP and SL-GI:AoV

THIS JUST IN from MMP:

Gentlemen,

I have good news.

MMP has accepted to make the SL-Gi rules available. They will be posted on their (MMP's) website in a format to be determined (most likely pdf). There is no ETA on this at the present. But expect the COI and SL rules to be available soon. These will be exact copies of the latest published editions (SL4, COI4, COD1 and GI2).

That is not all

There will then be SL5, COI5, COD3 and GI3 rule books . These will preserve the present rule sets and the present game system. So don't go running screaming that the barbarians are at the gate. This will NOT be ASL lite. But known errata will be merged into the text and pertinent q&a addressed directly in the rules. Some rules may see change. Holes will be plugged (hole: whenever you stare at the board and say "now what?". There are a number of those). Rules that don't interact well will be fixed (think night, or snow).

Some way will be found to alert the player that a given rule does change later in the system. No rule will change number. Although extra rules may be inserted as per above. Do not expect ANY significant change to anything that presently works. The only change to what works will be in the wording, to clarify things (mainly to incorporate Q&A).

What will not happen

There will not be a printed edition of any of these games. Rules will become available as per the above, and map boards can be purchased from MMP. Counters will not be printed. Expect the QRDC to also be available. I'll see what can be done for Scenario cards. It would REALLY help if there was some gratitude expressed where appropriate for MMP allowing all this, indeed for them sponsering it.
Recrimination would be most inappropriate ("what? no counters? damn MMP!" for example). Remember that the latest versions of these rule books are no longer available. MMP is doing us one hell of a favour here.

A word about the process.

First, we all owe a big "for he's a jolly good fella" to Bill Thomson. It was his tireless efforts that eventually brought this agreement into being. Bill and his team will be responsible for a lot of the legwork here. I will be supervising the project for MMP. This
is not Alain's project. Or Bill's project. It is now MMP's project.
Expect us (through me) to ask for suggestions and feedback.

Alain Chabot
for Multi-man Publishing, LLC

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