RANGER

Where does Firefly Traveller take place? Okay, based on previous assumptions, I am going to locate the Firefly ‘verse in near earth space. This is the only collection of star systems close enough to Earth to possibly be colonized in the next 500 years given anything short of an “infinity drive” that will let you go as far as you want as fast as you want. I also want to use 3D space since we have so much data available now on where local stars are located (this site has about 11,000 stars within 150 light years of Earth:

DRACOS

What are they used for, alternative power to reduce strain on the engines? And why do they only apear on one side of the ship? Maybe the Alliance requires all vessels to fly in a clockwise orientation around the sun when in sytem. I was just looking at the picture on the main page and started wondering, so if anyone knows please feel free to say.

WERZBOWSKI

So I have this custom avatar icon I want to use and I've emailed it to Haken. Where do I go from here? I'm not so much with the patience thing and Haken is admittedly a very busy person... :crap: So I was wondering if any of my fellow Browncoats had any advice. Other than to be patient... :wink:

KOZURE

Well, this is it. I've dived into the deep end, swallowed the red pill and jumped down the rabbit hole. Or, in a more appropriate metaphor, I've packed up my bags and climbed on board [i]Serenity[/i]. To put it in a nutshell, I'm going to try to make a board game out of the series we all know and love, [b]Firefly[/b]. I started last Tuesday with the idea and being employed full-time, I'm only putting spare time towards the effort, so it may be a long time coming. The general design criteria are as follows: -A enjoyable, interactive game that captures the flavour and style of Firefly. -A cooperative board-game that can be played by between 1 and 9 players. -Playable in 90 minutes or less -Rules that are understandable by 12 year-olds and older and can be explained in 5 minutes or less -A rulebook which is easy to read and requires less than 5 double-sided letter-sized pages to print -Components that can be printed out on a home computer, assembled using tape or glue, and/or found easily around the house The current iteration of the rules reside here: www3.sympatico.ca/czono/firefly-board.htm Some associated information, such as ideas for crewmembers, crew cards and tales, reside here: www3.sympatico.ca/czono/firefly-tales.htm www3.sympatico.ca/czono/firefly-crew.htm This blog will chart my progress and reveal my goals, intents, frustrations and (hopefully) successes. At the time of this entry, there are several components which are in progress, in various states of completion. I'll update this progress report as time goes on. [b]Rulebook:[/b] Rough Draft 100% complete, posted [b]Tale Cards:[/b] Rough Draft 20% complete, posted [b]Crew Cards:[/b] Rough Draft 60% complete, posted [b]Shiny Cards:[/b] Rough Draft 10% complete, unposted [b]Game Board:[/b] Rough Draft 20% complete, unposted [b]Crew/Opponents Pieces:[/b] Rough Draft 5% complete, unposted. More in logs to follow... Koz.

KOZURE

A few major successes last night were coupled with some minor setbacks. Most exciting was contacting gaidheal by e-mail to ask permission to use his fabulous deck plans as part of the main game-board. I was pleased to hear that he agreed to this use and I was able to start on the gameboard immediately. I had a brainstorm on overcoming the problem that "a single die-roll might end the game". Most (if not all) of the crew will have crew cards which will permit re-rolls of failed challenges. In addition, several of the Shiny cards will either add dice or permit re-rolls as well. Part of the strategy of the game will be understanding when and where to use specific re-roll cards and when to save them for really critical moments. On the less shiny side of things, I was confronted with the realization that my low-tech method that I had planned to use to get screen caps of images from the DVDs (i.e. using "Print Screen" and then pasting to Photoshop) was not going to work. I have an older Asus V7700 GeForce 2 card, and having never had the inclination to do screencaps before, I didn't know the drill. I suppose I'll have to dig into my computer storage boxes and see if any software came with the card which will allow easy and good clarity screen captures. Of course, if anyone reading this has a simpler method, please feel free to tell me (hint, HINT) I managed to find some good images of the crew on the net to use for the crew pieces, so that's off to a good start, but I really need a reliable method of screen capturing to get shots for the opponent pieces and the Shiny and Crew cards. As mentioned in the Board Game thread, I'm also a bit stumped on Crew Cards for Inara, Zoe and Wash. Any input on that front would be appreciated. Otherwise, things are rolling along nicely. If all goes well this week, I should have a playable prototype by next Sunday.