Just sort of gauging interest, as this has come up in discussions.

What is everyone's interest in side projects only being available in PDF format? I know we all love the printed cards, but some things, like the Epics, are not financially viable to be printed. Would you want a new Epic set, if it was print only?

I remember the talk of a scenario book. What if it such stuff was available only by PDF? Would people be interested in it?

Cards not so much, anything else though would be fine.
However, if it came down to pdf cards or none then ok new pdf cards are better than nothing

My understanding is that we pay for the cards to cover printing and shipping and to help print extra for those who can't afford ones. So, would that mean there is no cost to the PDFs since the could be posted online and we'd have to print them ourselves?

Personally, I'd rather pay $25-30 to keep the printed vSets coming (and I rarely play anymore, I just like to have them for when I have time again).

Maybe we could do free print your own epic cards and scenarios, and keep the printed regular cards?

I thought pastorbuwine put that on hold for some reason?

Yeah, I want to prevent any mis-communication: Scott is NOT saying that the regular V-Set cards will no longer be printed. Our plans are to continue with those as we have before, with professional printing, pointmen, mailing, etc.

But if (and that's a big IF) we were to do more "special" sets (like Epics, scenario vehicles, etc) then it would be good to know if PDF copies would be acceptable to the broader player-base. Larger cards like the Epics can be very costly for printing, and it would probably not be wise to try to fund and print another Epic set, the way we did before.

This. Kind of a different discussion but the pdf option could easily lead to too much stuff coming out.

Back squarely on topic though, I have no issue with the pdf option for select projects. As an example, prior to the release or at least distribution of the Bounty Hunter Challenge printed cards you could print out a copy off of swmresources. Those cards would print off at a large size, bigger than the Epics. The nice thing about it is that they were really easy to read and you didn't have to.worry about it getting wrecked. One issue with Epic's are protecting them.

Again, for select projects I'm totally in favor of the pdf option.

I am fine with it, and here is why: This game has been in decline for some time. Slow decline, but decline none the less. Thats what happens when a game is discontinued. At this point, the rate of new players joining the game is very low, and the rate of players dropping is very high.

It seems like its gotten to the point that it is becoming harder and harder to produce actual cards. Less players means less donations. There have already been mentions of players who do not donate not getting a set this time around (this is a first), and also talk of future sets having less than our current standard 60 pieces.

That being said, the game cannot sustain itself indefinitely. Eventually we will have 2 options: Go to PDF or pull the plug. If doing some of the mini sets or epics on PDF helps draw out that slow death, so be it. I plan on sticking with the game until the v-sets drop off, and if that means i need to spend 30 bucks and go up to kinkos and get a slightly lower quality card stock on some of the pieces, so be it.

Not that other discussion points are not valid for the future, we are talking about like a single one-off "bonus". Not instead of the regular sets, and not in abundance.

More like - hey, we had this grand idea that doesn't fit snuggly in any other pre-defined category.

Would people ignore it? Or would people say, "Sweet, bonus!" My guess is that it wouldn't be legal for official play (can't bring this to a regional), but more like for scenarios and fun.

It seems like a no brainer to me, but the bottom line is that nobody wants to waste their time if nobody cares about it. So if you think you would like to see something like this, just say so. If not - say so as well. But as TINT said - don't misconstrue, we are fully planning on continuing the regular sets 2x a year with professional printing. What would be everyone's feeling about a single (or very occasional) bonus piece meant mainly for scenarios?

I much prefer to use printed, I don't think my group would use Epics off line. I always pay and would keep doing so to get printed epics/others (what happened to the vehicle set last year??). However if its no epics or PDF epics, the choice is clear haha.