Slitherine

lawrenceg wrote:

jdm wrote:Not me, I am afraid, but in compensation I have a really exciting meeting with a countryman of yours on Thursday, having lunch with Buzz Aldrin. He is over for some duties connected to the Olympics. Looking forward to hearing his stories....of course nothing to do with FOG but we do have some other titles to consider as well:-)

Regards
JDM

So nostalgia buffs can look forward to a text-based moon landing computer game?

JD,
Your really fortunate, it makes me jealous! (along with 99% of the worlds population)
Spike

philqw78 wrote:

Jilu wrote:

lawrenceg wrote:So nostalgia buffs can look forward to a text-based moon landing computer game?

i remember one on a TI computer ages ago...lol....if i remember well the computer had a
CPU: TI TMS9900 @ 3MHz
Memory: 16K RAM, 26K ROM

that was long long time ago

Still more computing power than the blokes that landed on the moon had, allegedly

We all now know, after his piracy comments, that Phil loves a conspiracy! ( so does Dave Readhead- he thinks the Swiss are spying on him from every cookoo clock he passes )

The Apollo Space program was, in my humble opinion, mans finest endeavour of the 20th century.

Vespasian28 wrote:The Apollo Space program was, in my humble opinion, mans finest endeavour of the 20th century.

Oh I dunno, getting a printed copy of FoG v2 would come pretty close...

We shall fight them on the beaches.... and we shall nevah give in!

zoltan wrote:

Vespasian28 wrote:The Apollo Space program was, in my humble opinion, mans finest endeavour of the 20th century.

Oh I dunno, getting a printed copy of FoG v2 would come pretty close...

Yes, it's odd that to play a game of toy soldiers we will need far more computing power than it took to get to the moon

zoltan wrote:

Vespasian28 wrote:The Apollo Space program was, in my humble opinion, mans finest endeavour of the 20th century.

Oh I dunno, getting a printed copy of FoG v2 would come pretty close...

We shall fight them on the beaches.... and we shall nevah give in!

trivia alert

Did you know Mr Churchills dentist had to redesign the bridge on his denture, so his destinctive lisp remained after his teeth were removed!

I see trouble ahead

and what about blackberry tablet ?

IainMcNeil wrote:As soon as we know we'll let you know. Getting a book in to print format takes some planning and we only start to investigate last week and it has to fit around all the other work we were already dealing with. Also bear in mind half the company is away on holiday for the next few weeks so everything is slower. We don't know yet how long it will take to get the full plan in place but there are a number of people working on it already.

Slitherine shd be applauded for listening to its customers. As it did when revising the rules themselves.

I will be grateful for any printed version. Personally, I cd do without the photos, but I'll happily pay for a lavish illustrated version, if that is what emerges. Equally, I'd be willing to buy an electronic version for a platform I don't have if it gave me the right to print a simple PDF out on my computer.

Whatever form it takes, a printed V2 will be much appreciated.

Thanks for listening,

Alan

Any update as to when this is likely to go live? Apple dragging their heels?

Syph wrote:Any update as to when this is likely to go live? Apple dragging their heels?

well they are busy squashing competion in courts now....

That would be a no then?

Iain is on holiday till end of next week, so there. Will be no updates on releases untill he returns

Regards
Jdm

shadowdragon wrote:

vexillia wrote:

IainMcNeil wrote: apparently we will have to let emotions run their course".

i agree and i did...because i love this game, and i am happy that slitherine has understood that not everyone owns an iphone/tablet.
the penetration of tablets and iphones is 15% of the population....so if you take our niche hobby and take 15% of that...there is not much left.
moreover i will NOT travel to a convention and tournament with my laptop, its battery has a 2 hours life expectancy....
and then i cannot leave it because i will be scared of theft.

but Hidiho! to slitherine if they find us a solution to have a print version...i am really glad they heard us...their customers..their players..

see you soon at a tournament all of you i hope...

btw

jdm wrote:Iain is on holiday till end of next week, so there. Will be no updates on releases untill he returns

Regards
Jdm

thank you JDM!

holidays? ppfffft ! overrated!
gaming is more fun....

ok ok

i know, i am the one that went to Orlando to go to a gaming convention....without telling my (ex) wife, she did enjoy her time alone at the shopping outlet ...

I'm going to have to side with all the contrarians here. I live in Silicon Valley and even I don't have a tablet computer. And I am not bringing my laptop to a gaming event, I've tried that in the past and it did not work. I supposed I could download it to my work computer and print it out at work and bring the printouts to the table, but that kinda defeats the purpose.

having a nice edited and illustrated book is a plus for FOG when comparing to other rules. A nice edited book or army sets you can bring to the toilets, to your bed, in your car.......
i have an ipad, but i don't like the idea to change a book against an electronic version. It is a bad idea. I really like FOG and was excited of V2 release but the idea of having the choice between an Ipad version and a printed crap paper version is disapointing me. People around me (south France) are considering switching to other rule sets!!! Is your decision unrevocable about a physical book?

IainMcNeil wrote:It was imminent until we stated to look at the print version. I guess September/October is more likely now but until we resolve how we're going to deliver a physical version its pretty much impossible to set a date.

Project is now well on course and we should be in a position to announce prices on my return from holiday, I am off next week, for all versions including a full paper version, but just wait till you see the iPad it's awesome

JDM

jdm wrote:Project is now well on course and we should be in a position to announce prices on my return from holiday, I am off next week, for all versions including a full paper version, but just wait till you see the iPad it's awesome

JDM

JD

We Apple enthusiasts know the iPad is awesome! Its FoG v2,we're keen to see.