Progress!

After fighting with several incompatible and near-simultaneous critical updates to Windoze 7, Java, Firefox, AVG, and Flash for the last few days, I've finally beaten my computer into submission and am working again. Having completed countless CHKDSK/-F, disk defrags, system restores, uninstalled programs, and registry cleanings, the rules are almost finalized, all the graphics (save the cover) are complete, and two of the five scenarios depicting the boarding actions aboard the EPS Prometheus (no relation to the film) are finalized, with the other three undergoing some additional playtesting.  It's looking like the second week of August will see this game finalized and released.

in the meantime, another preview of one of the scenario map layouts - the engine room and close environs: