Dramatic SFB: how do you get electronic versions of the rule books?

[Charles Carroll]

Maybe we should take this to discord hehe. Instead of cluttering up this
thread


On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:39 AM Charles Carroll <mastrvran at gmail.com> wrote:

> I vaguely remember Ogre....that was a kind of tank? Thing?
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:38 AM Don Lavanty <emeketos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> lol all the talking about WH23 is making me want to play OGRE or carwars
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:35 AM Charles Carroll <mastrvran at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am sure it does lol. Just was saying that what I use.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:33 AM Don Lavanty <emeketos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have just been on drivethruRPG so long for other game systems mostly
>>>> RPG's. It has support for more systems, publishers & 3rd party publishers.
>>>> its a nice place to have all your downloads (for me) in one place vs guess
>>>> which store do I have the digital files. Drivethrurpg also has a nice
>>>> downloader program that keeps all your files up to date incase it changes.
>>>> Obviously this isn't an issue with SFB for the most part. The downloader
>>>> isn't perfect though it wants to keep all the files in one place vs
>>>> organized via game system etc. WH23 is also very limited on the systems &
>>>> publishers it has which of course isn't a problem if all you want is SFB.
>>>> also there is wargaming vault which is part of DrivethruRPG as a sister
>>>> site it mostly is for wargames and ADB is easy to find.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/3528/Amarillo-Design-Bureau?filters=40110_0_0_0
>>>>
>>>> all the sites work fine for SFB
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:17 AM Charles Carroll <mastrvran at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just use WH23 myself. It has always worked flawlessly
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:16 AM Don Lavanty via SFBdrama <
>>>>> sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> they can also be found on drivethruRPG and their other site.
>>>>>> wargaming??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 3:14 AM Don Lavanty <emeketos at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just wish they would finish putting all the rule books in PDF form
>>>>>>> its easier to have 7 PDF's open that are searchable than having 7
>>>>>>> paper books that are not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 9:05 PM Matthew via SFBdrama <
>>>>>>> sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > I'm guessing you have electronic sfb rule books as you copy and
>>>>>>>> paste
>>>>>>>> > the rules so quickly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I went the hard route: Scanned and OCRd my entire collection (SSDs
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> Rules). Then converted them to HTML format (with links). Was truck
>>>>>>>> driving, so had plenty of time for tedious "Spend an hour here
>>>>>>>> spellchecking and formatting", "Spend and hour there doing the
>>>>>>>> same".
>>>>>>>> Set up scripts to handle the gross-adjustments on the images and to
>>>>>>>> convert bits of text into other bits of text.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The result is that I have most of the rules modules in a 75M zip
>>>>>>>> file,
>>>>>>>> with all rules hyperlinked, searchable, and C&P-able. SSDs are
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> 325MB, in a printer-friendly format. All are downloadable and also
>>>>>>>> readable from computers not-not-my-own. Protected from very-casual
>>>>>>>> internet gurus, so I have DMCA cover. A very nice setup, if I say
>>>>>>>> so myself.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The downside is that I am not truck driving now. New material is
>>>>>>>> added
>>>>>>>> *very* slowly. Module C6 I got when it came out, has been
>>>>>>>> integrated.
>>>>>>>> Module C4 and G3 I have had for about 2 years and both are not
>>>>>>>> fully
>>>>>>>> integrated, but parts of both are.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Matt
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