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Which will describe this update...



Art credits:
Forest Xamf by Reed, background by Holmberg
Flame Sarazen by Reed, background by Allen
Winter Narth by Zyglowicz

Another 3 images from Exodus Flight... it's looking at a late 2006 script, early 2007 playtest, mid 2007 release. That would be a good thing. The flavour of the moment though is Twilight War which has finally moved off the back benchers/burners and onto the afterburners for the extra boost. As of today, Underneath, Arderial and Cald all have text suggested and is out for peer-review (or vexing) to make sure that people are happy with the text and (to a lesser degree) the cards. It's perking up excitement among the regulars though, which is always a good thing. It's looking at a 2005 script, early 2006 playtest, mid 2006 release. I best finish the last 5 images before then.

The MND at CCGW blog has also been updated to publicize the new set that's being designed. I wonder how many people actually read that site these days... probably not a lot besides Dartax (grats on being a father BTW!)

The other MND thing that's been going on is that I have finally got the missing VotS images from Rules Team member Brad Vereb. They've been uploaded to the site and everything is all peachy now... well, at least for VotS. That finishes out the official card section. I still have to update a EL card to correct the artist though. One of these days... or maybe later.

Next up on the site though would be either the fiction or the calendars. Those 2 will probably go in tandem. I actually did the January 2006 a few days ago... although that's not going up until the end of the month or the beginning of next month. I wonder if anyone is getting excited about the fan-made calendars the same way that they used to get excited about the calendars. Probably not a lot.

Someone asked me if they'll be able to get experience points for MND. Well, I gave a cheeky answer instead. They were after the tokens more than anything else and as I pointed out on the engine's chatroom, there are 3 ways every month (go figure them out) to get tokens... we don't really need a fourth unless the number of players increases.

Talked with Nate earlier today about the Twilight tournament. Nobody has signed up yet according to him, although, again according to him, online sales are good. I wonder what that means though. I still have a few more images to colour there as well... one of these days...

VTES is still feverishly gearing up for its release... well, not in the next couple of days but a week before brussel sprouts and light the pudding on fire day. Ed and Martin are probably working flat out there.

B5 is gaining steam as Bruce finally finds his B5 legs in designing cards after a number of us gave his first draft of Centauri cards moderately bad reviews. The revised versions are better though and if it's indicative of the things to come, then Dying Races will live up to the standards of the previous two fan made expansions, if not exceed them.

Otherwise things are quiet... on the surface it seems. I had to update the plates post the other day because a number of PLs were "retired" due to inactivity. That left one game "orphaned" and a few other games in development being scrapped. Oh well, such is life. That brings CCGW down to something like 17 PLs as opposed to a high of 31 a couple of years back, almost halved the all time high. I wonder are the current PLs doing more work either quality or quantity wise (or both) more than the 31. Probably so...