Progress? Umm... what progress?

Instead of spending time working like mad on the various rules projects and army/fleet lists on my hard drive, I've been taking some time away from the computer to paint minis and do some non-research reading. Taking a break helps to mentally clarify some of the things that need to be done for the different projects - and gives me some extra forces to use on the seemingly rare occasions that I get to sit at a gaming table for a few hours. I'm in the middle of finishing a few squads of Makat troops and a third platoon of Federal troops from ACP games. Once those are done, I'll be ready to do a few vehicles to accompany the Federal forces - provided Khurasan releases their Federal Army medium tanks and heavy APC in the near future (and maybe throw in a couple of SPAR mechs - not really thematic for the army, but I like 'em enough to shoehorn them in anyway...).

That doesn't mean that I've done nothing in relation to new gaming material. Some work was finished for my original setting - roughly 10 pages of short fiction and other background materials have been finalized, with another estimated 20-30 pages of fluff to go. Additional work has also been completed on SLPLv2  - some of the shorter rules have been written up, and I have more free time this weekend to complete a bit more. Some of them may be posted as additional experimental rules in the near future.

I did take an afternoon yesterday to run a demo game of SLPL at the local hobby shop for three players, two of whom helped in playtesting the SL tactical series a few years back. There was some head-scratching at first, but they started to get a feel for it after the second turn. I guess that's what happens when you go from primarily playing science fantasy games to a game with a more 'realistic' feel to its combat mechanisms - charging through or standing around in the open is not advised. ;)

I'm delaying work on the SLPO WWII module for a bit - I need to be motivated to work on a particular project. As I'm just not currently in the mood to shuffle through reams of data for creating some of the units and TO&E for this project, it'd be best to delay work on it to avoid making stupid mistakes or releasing a sub-par final product. But, being slightly daft (ok, very daft... stop chuckling in the back, there...) and prone to fits of workaholism, this could change at any moment and I could end up with a final version in short order. We'll see what happens in the next week or two...

Platoon Leader print edition available now!

The print edition of Strike Legion: Platoon Leader ($29.95 with PDF/$24.95 book
only) is ready and available for immediate shipment:

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/102081/Strike-Legion%3A-Platoon-Leader

In addition to the book containing a very good game (and one of our fastest
sellers to date), it's also the best-looking book we've produced to date. If you
have the PDF of this one, you'll have an idea of what I mean - and the print
edition looks even better!

Two new Platoon Leader army lists have also been posted to the company website's Downloads page, for ACP Games' Federal and Makat figure lines: http://www.legionnairegames.com/Downloads.html

More army lists to follow soon - then it's time to update and add some new fleet lists for TFZ... ;)

Slow week...

Well, I only got to one new army list (EuroFeds for SLPO) this week. I needed a break from number-crunching, so I used some of my spare time to get some painting in. The first Corsair squad is under-way (base-coated to my satisfaction; need to figure the remainder of the color scheme for completion). in the meantime, a few hasty pics of the recently-finished Kra'Vak will have to suffice as an update for the week: