Four for 3?

[Drakon]

Did anyone else realize that FFE is running a "4 4 3" promotion? Buy 4 Cd-roms and they refund the price of one of them back to you.

Well I didn't. But I thought others might find it interesting.

 

[SpaceBadger]

Yep, and I have been thinking for a couple months about exactly which four I am gonna buy on that deal. Was waiting for an insurance payment which came in yesterday, enough to pay some debts, carry us for a few months while awaiting my disability decision, and allow a few minor splurges like me buying a 443 pkg and upgrading myself to Count in the Moot to further support this forum.

First CD is definitely gonna be T5. I've been reading all the discussion and am not sure how much of the rules I will end up using, but Rob's T5 ship designs have me slavering like a mad Vargr to get my hands on that part of the rules.

Second CD will be just Classic Traveller. I already have very near everything on that CD in book form, but having them as PDFs on my laptop will be much handier than always having to dig them out when wanted.

Third and fourth I am not firmly decided on, except that I figure if I am going to spend $70 for my first two choices, I might as well throw in $35 more if it gets me two more CDs on the 443 deal.

Recommendations? I already have the 2300AD CD. Thinking maybe of some of the Apocrypha. I never had any TNE stuff; is there anything on those that y'all would consider "must have" material?

 

[Higgipedia]

Personally, I'd go for the Apocrypha. That's harder stuff to find, from my experience.

 

[SpaceBadger]

Personally, I'd go for the Apocrypha. That's harder stuff to find, from my experience.

Probably so, but I already have over half of it on paper, so I have to decide whether it is worth buying the CD for the convenience of PDFs, plus getting the stuff I don't already have.

 

[SpaceBadger]

This is proving more of a challenge than I thought it would be. I looked at it a month or two ago (when I didn't have the money to buy them) and thought I had a pretty good pick of four CDs, but now I am not so sure.

I definitely want T5, and I definitely want the Golden Age Classic Traveller CD; having all of my CT books as PDFs would be incredibly useful, and also save wear and tear on the originals.

That's $70, and I could stop right there. But it is so tempting to spend another $35 and get two more CDs!

I considered JTAS, but I have the whole run from #7 forward, and while they were great reading at the time, I can't see them as something I want to spend $35 to have in PDF format.

I considered the Apocrypha, but again, I have most of that stuff on paper, and hardly ever refer to it at all, so why spend $35 to have it all on PDFs?

I have MegaTraveller and Hard Times, and am not really interested in the rest of those books. (Hard Times in PDF would be nice, but not for $35!!!)

TNE I never bought and don't know much about beyond what gets discussed here, but I really can't see buying those when I expect to be playing some mix of T5 and CT. Can anyone advise as to whether there is some really really REALLY good stuff in there that I would be missing out on?

T4 - now those are a lot of cool looking books, probably hours of interesting reading - yeah, I'd pay $35 for those, just to read and possibly borrow little snippets from.

Challenge issues 25-77 also would be good reading, and I don't have any of those - but that DVD costs $45 instead of $35m so is probably not part of the 443 deal.

Already have 2300AD, not interested in Twilight:2000 or Dark Conspiracy...

Now if only there was a CD of DGP stuff so I could finally lay hands on the Starship Operator's Manual... :devil: :CoW: mega:

The only way I can see this adding up to a good deal for stuff I actually want is if I can work something out with Marc to include the Challenge DVD in the deal. Time for another email to Mr. FarFuture!

 

[whulorigan]

I considered the Apocrypha, but again, I have most of that stuff on paper, and hardly ever refer to it at all, so why spend $35 to have it all on PDFs?
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T4 - now those are a lot of cool looking books, probably hours of interesting reading - yeah, I'd pay $35 for those, just to read and possibly borrow little snippets from.

Be aware that there are two Apocrypha CD sets (Apocrypha I & Apocrypha II). Apocrypha I has several previously unpublished works put together from draft material (such as Pilot's Guide to the Caledon Subsector).

Also, there is definitely some really good stuff in T4, despite its generally poor reception within the Traveller Community. The T4 CD-ROM has an unpublished book that was ready to go to print when Imperium Games folded: Aliens Volume I [comprising the Aslan, Vargr, and Graytch]. It has some intriguing information about Aslan pre-history that I do not think has ever been revealed in any other publications.

 

[FreeTrav]

One thing to be aware of when considering getting the Stuff On CD is that the $35 that you pay for one CD is going to be a good chunk less than what you'd pay to purchase everything on it individually, even if it's still 'in print' in PDF. When you buy four of them, you're effectively knocking 25% off even that low price - and so far (no guarantee of future continuation), if there's been an update (e.g., better scans, 'found' material, etc.) to a CD you've previously purchased, you've been eligible to get that update free.

 

[SpaceBadger]

- and so far (no guarantee of future continuation), if there's been an update (e.g., better scans, 'found' material, etc.) to a CD you've previously purchased, you've been eligible to get that update free.

Yes, that is what Marc Miller told me that persuaded me to go ahead and get T5 now, warts and all.

Thanks for the input provided by all; I ended up buying T5; CT; T4; and the Challenge Magazine collection.