Fourth Level Beta commences version 5.01 issued

[jdm]

First of all a big thanks to those of you who have contributed to date, your support and help continues to keep the testing process as focussed as possible. All of the main mechanisms are now in place and testing now proceeds to a new phase, refining and balancing interactions, the language used and the use of diagrams and tables.
Of course all of your feed back is welcome and as ever please be as brutally frank, within the bounds of civilised behaviour , as you feel necessary, you will not upset us.
We also welcome a number of new testers on board on this fourth stage of the beta and bid goodbye and thanks to some testers who have been unable to contribute.
The document layout, diagrams and tables are rudimentary and are no indication of how the final publications will look.
The rules continue to be a living document so keep the comments coming and please remember that your NDA prevents passing on any AoW documents to anyone.
If you have not already registered for the forum www.slitherine.com I suggest you do so now in order that you can view the comments of your fellow testers and pass on your experiences. After logging in send me your user name so that I can activate you.
If you are a new tester please post your immediate response to the Forum, after your initial read through, but before playing a game. Then please give us your revised view after you have played your first game. These immediate responses are extremely valuable to us.
So get reading, good luck and thank you
Finally a list of updates from version 4.06 and previous versions is on the forum.
Regards
JDM

[bryan]

Oh sure, tease us non-testers by giving out candy right in front of us.

[babyshark]

JD:

I am happy to see that progress is being made. Any notion of when the mere consumers among us might see a copy at our local game shop?

Marc

[jdm]

I hope to be able to share that with you sometime soon

Regards
JDM