Free download of 2300 Rulebook at DrivethruRPG?

[Spankstinator]

Isn't the 2300 Rulebook supposed to be a free download starting yesterday? Anyone have an update?

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3-Jun-2005

-The Spankstinator

 

[mike wightman]

Well, the Book of Eldritch Might is supposed to have finished.

It could be they are just late posting it.

 

[Morninman]

Isn't the 2300 Rulebook supposed to be a free download starting yesterday? Anyone have an update?

Try now.

Yeah!

 

[Malenfant]

Yup, it's up. It's a 37.6 MB download.

 

[mike wightman]

So get it now before they remove it due to bandwidth problems

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Download from right here. It is moving slowly right now. (Aaargh! it just jumped to 2+ hours at the halfway point! )

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Well, it just died (after 2 hours) and claimed the file was 236 bytes. I am trying again....

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Aaaarrrggghhh! Just finished on my 2d try. Scan looks good, though a small touch on the fuzzy side. Happiness is a free download!

 

[kafka47]

What are the other freebies destined to come our way soon?

 

[Malenfant]

Yeah, they were having bandwidth problems. They've taken it off the front page but it's still free from the 2300AD product page itself.

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by kafka47:
What are the other freebies destined to come our way soon?

The T4 rulebook is coming soon IIRC.

 

[Berg]

Marc Miller's Traveller (rulebook) from GDW (Sept19-October 3)

Tom

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Yeah, Mal, it seems they have trouble with Traveller products.... It couldn't be all the free publicity they get here, could it?

 

[Madarin Dude]

Got it very cool. If only it had a design sequence in it. I like the universe a lot will have to do some reading later.

 

[Uncle Bob]

8 minute download. God, I love DSL.

For Starship design you need the Star Cruiser game. Very simple, abstract system.

 

[aramis]

Madarin: the Star Cruiser boardgame has the ship-design sequences. You can, however, do almost as well (if you don't mind not matching canon ships) with FF&S

 

[Madarin Dude]

I like what I saw in the rules. Is it a free download? Sorry but look at my location I get paid in a currency that I can't convert except on special occasions so that really is my limit free downloads. I am glad got it I can look through it a bit more now.

 

[Chaos]

I downloaded it two days ago and just finished going through it. I like the universe, but on the other hand... their German... *shudder* It´s "Astronomisches Recheninstitut", dammit, and I don´t think any German would name a planet "Heidelheimat" . I suppose the name is derived from the city of Heidelberg - but would you, for example, name a planet "Washinghome" or "Chicahome"?

 

[Madarin Dude]

I have not looked at it that close. Yes that is a bad one. That is sort of like a chinese translation. They have soem expressions that don't translate well and sound absolutly silly when they do. I guess Neu Heidelberg would work better, after all it worked for York.

It is best to take it with a grain of salt and think of it as an attept to pull othr cultures into the game. They are well meaning but they do not have enough information.

Are there vehicle design seaqueces somewhere for 2300. My pinyin is really rusty so I won't even bother correcting the Chinese arm worlds. The Chiense tend to have names that translate very silly. There is a brand of motorcycles here that translates to happiness.

 

[kafka47]

Chinese is notorious for things that sound really bizarre in English. My favorite is a restaurant here in Toronto called: "Happy Meat", shades of Milliways spring to mind...