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  • #61
    Originally posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
    Title: The Inland Waterway: Supplemental Material for Red Star/Lone Star
    Author: William H. Keith, Jr
    Challenge Issue No27, pages 6 to 8 then continued on page 22.
    Published: sometime around the end of 1986.

    It would be a bit of luck to find a printed copy these days but if you have the spare dollars, Far Future Enterprises has PDF copies for purchase either individually through places like DrivethruRPG (and the price is discounted at the moment)

    or on the 1st edition or 2nd edition CD-ROMs of T2k. FFE also offer a CD-ROM of all the Challenge mags.

    The T2k disks cost US$35 each, the Challenge disk cost US$45
    the pdf versions are very good ones - good scan quality

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    • #62
      That's good news. In the early days, the scans on the disks had some problems, bad sizing, poor colour reproduction or just blanked out. To be clear, this mostly affected the Challenge articles and not the majority of the game books.
      I don't think it was a problem with the actual scanning, I think it was from the digital transfer when burning to disk as at the time it was very much a case of FFE burning new CD-ROMS when they received orders (rather than having a bunch of them made and then sitting around waiting to be sold).

      Both my T2k disks have this problem but I didn't really care too much about it as I have all the Challenge mags in dead tree format and I wanted to support FFE, not hassle them for refunds etc. etc.
      However it would've been a real pain in the arse for anyone who wanted those articles because they didn't have the magazines. As it is now, I believe the problems are fixed on any disks sold by FFE but it's still good to hear from people who have bought the pdf versions.

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      • #63
        Originally posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
        ...if you have the spare dollars, Far Future Enterprises has PDF copies for purchase either individually through places like DrivethruRPG (and the price is discounted at the moment)
        Also available by less...reputable means.
        If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

        Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

        Mors ante pudorem

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        • #64
          Originally posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
          That's good news. In the early days, the scans on the disks had some problems, bad sizing, poor colour reproduction or just blanked out. To be clear, this mostly affected the Challenge articles and not the majority of the game books.
          I don't think it was a problem with the actual scanning, I think it was from the digital transfer when burning to disk as at the time it was very much a case of FFE burning new CD-ROMS when they received orders (rather than having a bunch of them made and then sitting around waiting to be sold).

          Both my T2k disks have this problem but I didn't really care too much about it as I have all the Challenge mags in dead tree format and I wanted to support FFE, not hassle them for refunds etc. etc.
          However it would've been a real pain in the arse for anyone who wanted those articles because they didn't have the magazines. As it is now, I believe the problems are fixed on any disks sold by FFE but it's still good to hear from people who have bought the pdf versions.
          I have seen some stuff that was posted for free on various share sites that had very bad scan quality - the point you couldnt make out details on the maps, crooked pages, missing pages, you name it

          so far from what I am seeing both FFE and the pdf's that you pay for dont have those issues -

          and I am always suspicious that a "free" download may have a fun virus along for the ride

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          • #65
            So you've never heard of people sharing the PDFs they've bought then Like anything digital, they're easy to copy and paste....
            If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

            Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

            Mors ante pudorem

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            • #66
              Oh I have heard of that - I am talking about ones that were on free sites that look like older scans - the ones for sale and on the disks are very good ones and nice to be able to see the colors correctly for instance on the maps and the vehicle plates

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              • #67
                Sounds like FFE fixed those earlier problems then. I bought my T2k disks from FFE very soon after they announced them for sale (I got them probably 4-6 months after they went on sale).
                I don't recall if the Dark Conspiracy CD-ROMs I bought from FFE have the same problem but that fact that I can't recall any leads me to believe that there probably weren't as many (or any at all).

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                • #68
                  Mythbuster made phone book Armour
                  I will not hide. I will not be deterred nor will I be intimidated from my performing my duty, I am a Canadian Soldier.

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                  • #69
                    Forum Guidelines

                    Originally posted by Raellus View Post
                    Keep It Legal

                    We do not tolerate piracy or copyright infringement here. Do not post links to bit-torrents or other illegal content-sharing sites.
                    This conversation is veering into some pretty murky legal waters. Let's get back on topic.
                    Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:

                    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
                    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
                    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
                    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...liate_id=61048
                    https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/...-waters-module

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                    • #70
                      But at least it's veering into good-tempered murky legal waters! Actually FFE were great, I need to choose the next 4 discs to buy...
                      I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Sanjuro View Post
                        But at least it's veering into good-tempered murky legal waters!
                        LOL. True, but still.
                        Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:

                        https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
                        https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
                        https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
                        https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...liate_id=61048
                        https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/...-waters-module

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                        • #72
                          Nobody will be posting any links to torrents here, but ignoring the fact they exist and are easy to find doesn't make them go away either.
                          If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

                          Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

                          Mors ante pudorem

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Legbreaker View Post
                            Nobody will be posting any links to torrents here, but ignoring the fact they exist and are easy to find doesn't make them go away either.
                            Steering people in the direction of illegal bootlegs is not a whole lot better than downloading them and sharing them yourself. It's like, "I'm not dealing crack, I'm just telling people where to look for it." I guess there's no crime in that, but it's pretty darn shady nonetheless.

                            Please follow the spirit of the law, instead of parsing its letter.
                            Last edited by Raellus; 09-19-2015, 09:09 AM.
                            Author of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:

                            https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...--Rooks-Gambit
                            https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...ula-Sourcebook
                            https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...nia-Sourcebook
                            https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product...liate_id=61048
                            https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/...-waters-module

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                            • #74
                              I'll put it more simply. Don't be a dick, and don't sanction or aid dickery. Discussions like this one make me want to stop writing for publication.

                              - C.
                              Clayton A. Oliver • Occasional RPG Freelancer Since 1996

                              Author of The Pacific Northwest, coauthor of Tara Romaneasca, creator of several other free Twilight: 2000 and Twilight: 2013 resources, and curator of an intermittent gaming blog.

                              It rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you're in the presence of someone who can write, but it only takes a sentence to know you're dealing with someone who can't.
                              - Josh Olson

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                              • #75
                                Help me with this one

                                Originally posted by Tegyrius View Post
                                I'll put it more simply. Don't be a dick, and don't sanction or aid dickery. Discussions like this one make me want to stop writing for publication.

                                - C.
                                Your post, while understandably direct, is Offensive in nature and a direct personal attack to a member here.
                                Perhaps that is just my take.
                                I too have had more than one episode of copyright infringement, I am sure not so prevalent as yours, I have run a pewter casting company and made pewter products and reproductions up until five years ago and my work is easy to copy with the right tools I see it (the copies) for sale on E-bay and would love to discuss the matter with those listing the items.
                                Your work is much easier to duplicate now and a real problem to seek redress, I do not think that is justification to call anyone a dick head or other demeaning names on this site.
                                Before you reply that you did not direct that post towards anyone person in particular I would like to point out it seems that way to me and I am sure to a number of others as well.
                                I would have done this in the personal area but your post is public I therefore think it should be a public discussion.
                                Harry O
                                Tis better to do than to do not.
                                Tis better to act than react.
                                Tis better to have a battery of 105's than not.
                                Tis better to see them afor they see you.

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