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BattleTech Engineer: July 2014
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Saturday, July 26, 2014. Ok, quick update, minimal rants. I can make these very quickly for most eras, and can do a LOT more with it. This was a proof of concept, feel free to use the code. 2 MASSIVE updates to my BattletechEngineer. 3 Kinda off topic, as this is Robotech, but as a HUGE investor (over 300 regults incoming! 4 I'm going to GenCon, woot! 5 An Alpha Strike Freebie! May you pass your piloting skill rolls! Tuesday, July 1, 2014. No excuses, just laziness and distractions on my part, with a tou...
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BattleTech Engineer: November 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Well, I think there are a couple things missing in there like satellites, space stations, and 2 turret tanks. I will try to finish the last few before I update the website (so yeah, you are still stuck with PDFs right now). I also inputted all the new units from the RS IndustrialMechs and the other new books that came out recently. I also got my 16 boxes of Robotech RPG Tactics. Oh boy, that is a LOT of models! Catalyst released a playtest of the "Abstract Combat System". I...
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BattleTech Engineer: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Well its been a while, and I haven't done crap for Battletech. Maybe I got played out at Gencon, maybe its because I stopped playing with my local group (hard to justify playing a game when over 90% of a turn is spent with other people doing stuff without being affected), or maybe all my other hobbies, but for whatever reason my progress on everything has been minimal. But first, I did get the 2 new products, the The Operation Revival, and the Record Sheets Industrialmechs.
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BattleTech Engineer: December 2013
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Sunday, December 1, 2013. Censorship and Alpha Strike. So I still kinda follow the forums. Mostly so I can see the massive amounts of errata and when new stuff comes out, but also as fans occasionally have some great new ideas ( like AS point values. Anyway one of these threads one user was asking about Alpha Strike Unit Card Templates. Here is the posting if ya don't believe me (you can still get to the topic now. until they delete it). What really sucks is even if I took my whole encyclopedia site.
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BattleTech Engineer: August 2014
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Monday, August 25, 2014. As I mentioned, I went to GenCon this year. It was my first, and at the last moment I would have refunded everything if I could have as I *really* didn't think I'd enjoy it. However, I think I ended up having fun, and for me being the grumpy old man I am, was a pleasant surprise. First, some things I learned at GenCon:. 1 If you fly in that day, put your crap somewhere and do NOT try to walk around with it all day. It'll deplete your energy faster. Now, all the stuff I did:.
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BattleTech Engineer: April 2014
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014. It has been a REALLY long time since I did an update, and for that I apologize. My focus has been off since December, but I'm working on getting back on track now. To avoid a REALLY long posting with all the updates, I'll do a quick nice and simple one:. Field Report 2765: FWLM. Awesome book, like the rest. Soon as I get the LCAF one, I'll start working on the 1st succession war game. Kickstarter is a curse, I have been spending too much time, and WAY too much money there. ...
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BattleTech Engineer: September 2013
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Monday, September 30, 2013. BattleTech Tripod Record Sheets? Yeah, I got em! First of all sorry for the last few days without updates, it isn't like I wasn't doing anything BattleTech, I just wasn't updating the blog :). I've made a few more changes to the Alpha Strike card generation algorithms. Fixed a few "bugs", though I still have yet to design out the single universal card template that'll work with everything. It is hard :(. View on the Record Sheet. View on the Record Sheet. When rolling, instead...
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BattleTech Engineer: February 2014
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Thursday, February 27, 2014. Good News Historical - Wars of the Republic Era. Woot, finally, after nearly 3 months, some goodies! First, the Field Report 2765 AFFS. This is like the others, so if you liked the others get it. You get 2 new warships (one is a Congress mod, so kind of a cheat, but the other cool) and all the usual goodies. I love these books, and once all of them come out I'll be starting up a long dead project :). Of the new boxed set! They *seem* pretty decent up front, and I have started...
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BattleTech Engineer: November 2013
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Saturday, November 23, 2013. Battletech Record Sheet App. So I was playing our game today, and one of the guys uses a tablet computer with PDF notes to track his sheets. It isn't as fast as paper, and doesn't really buy him anything, but as a computer professional and avid gamer I really can't see why a computer couldn't be used to speed up play. especially in BattleTech. However, rolling dice is a key part of enjoying a game, so removing that aspect (as in the *most* automated method) would maybe make p...