Hello all!
I have been considering for some time now putting together a version of the main BFG rulebook that incorporates all those changes that where made in FAQ 2010, authoring it as a full high quality PDF as a sort of 'Community Edition' or some such. Similar to what Necromunda has done with their Community Edition, I believe. When introducing my friends (who used to play 40k etc) to these games, having a single source of the rules has made it a much easier process, as well as being more straight forward for anyone really.
I helped out Plaxor when he was developing the latter stages of BFG:R (something I was very keen on) and put together the first few pages of what was then the BFG:R rulebook, or Book 1. I still have those files, even though the intent and scope of that particular part of the project has now stopped.
Following the amazing work done by afterimagedan in getting BFG:R off the ground again, I wanted to put together this combined rulebook for use in my games. If others want it, I'm sure it can be shared. No idea how long it will take mind, so don't hold your breath!
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What I am interested in though is if anyone has the original BBB rulebook text as digital/standalone text? I have used Adobe Acrobat to OCR the text in the GW PDF (scan and recognise the images as selectable text, basically) but because of the font used, it introduces MANY errors into the text.
Before I start laying things out in InDesign (I'm an architect by trade so I have used that program most weeks for the last 5-6 years) it would be great to get all the text together in a word doc or similar, ready to paste in. I wanted to ask if anyone has the text already perhaps? If not, its back to the OCR and typing I think!
Cheers,
H
UPDATE: (27/03/2013)
I am putting links to the relevant documents here in the first post for ease of reference. These will be updated/superseded as I get to them.
The reference documents are:
1_ BFG_(GW)_Basic Rules.pdf
- available from GW website2_ BFG_(GW)_Advanced Rules.pdf
- available from GW website3_ BFG_(FAQ2010).pdf
- available on Google Drive, from here - need a Google account to access4_ BFGR_(Plaxor Beta v1.6).pdf
- linked to for those that haven't seen it before - recommend 'right click > Save as...' for thisAnd here they are as Word/Text only documents:
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BFG (GW)_Basic Rules Text_130321 (COMPLETE).docx2_
BFG (GW)_Advanced Rules Text_130327 (COMPLETE).docx3_
BFG (FAQ2010)_Text_130321 (COMPLETE).docx4_
BFGR_(Plaxor Beta)_Rule Book Text_130316 (COMPLETE).docxUPDATE: (06/05/2013)
Here is the link to the first (very) work-in-progress segment:
130506_BFGR_Combined Rulebook_WIP DRAFT.pdfThis only takes us up to the Special Orders section (no one said this was an easy process!) and is intended for inital feedback and to let others know what direction the document is heading.