g33k Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 33 minutes ago, tooley1chris said: ... OK, so I'm pretty sure I had a point to all of this but now it escapes me. Maybe I just needed to vent. You should be a psychiatrist. I do feel a little better 😀 Honest to god, sometimes it *IS* just a need to vent. I have seen the "write a letter" (you don't even have to send it) strategy praised. Some people vent into a journal. In any case -- or rather, in this specific case -- I'm glad "we" could "help" you! 1 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, g33k said: I have seen the "write a letter" (you don't even have to send it) strategy praised. I believe the strategy is definitely not to send the letter. The idea is for the person to vent without running the risk of suffering the consequences to doing so. I half recall a example of this that went horribly wrong with the writer's spouse or secretary (I can't remember which), thought the letter was genuine, stuck in in an envelope, and sent it off in the mail. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Tom Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) I picked up a copy of Star Systems the other day,. It's quite a tome. The level of attention to detail and the effort put in, to get the catalogue homogenous appears exhaustive. I don't know about venting. The experience may be cathartic but it is also objective. A great mountain has been climbed and the peak has been conquered and yes the immense hardwork to get there may have been grueling. However we in BRP land and gamers in many quarters of the RPG industry are appreciative and grateful for your efforts TooleyChis. Well done! As in my last post here asked, POD perchance? Fillable PDF character sheets? All in good time no doubt. Following hours of school exam marking, teacher's and parent's meetings, report filling out a fifty hour week for a month and the like, I am preparing to collapse over the Christmas finishing line. I suspect your effort has in fact been greater. Edited December 16, 2023 by Rich Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 11:05 AM, Rich Tom said: As in my last post here asked, POD perchance? Fillable PDF character sheets? All in good time no doubt. I'll try to set up a pdf Character Sheet of DTRPG today. This WAS on my to do list early on and got skipped. My apologies! POD is a bit more of a problem as DTRPG is picky on formatting. I'm working on this as well. (Promise!) But need to get my Starship Construction & I.D. book published first as it really is necessary for the mechanics. Systems and Starships will each be cheaper than the core because of this. 👍 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 11:05 AM, Rich Tom said: As in my last post here asked, POD perchance? Fillable PDF character sheets? All in good time no doubt. I've placed a color and printer friendly version of the character sheets in the files section for convenience! https://basicroleplaying.org/files/category/55-other/ Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 In the QUASAR universe there are several types of space habitats many races are using to increase living space, deal with over population on planets, and grow economies. One such possibility used in the system is an O'neil Cylinder. These are mostly called Habitation Cylinders by other races. A completely enclosed, climate controlled, mostly self sustaining environment with imported land, lakes, and rivers. Not all space adventures are in space! This video is a neat example of one such habitat. https://youtu.be/Z2d_0l5ycRM 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Still chugging along on Starship Identification and Construction book. Had to redo some of the mechanics and ALL the starships because of this, which are numerous. A lot of people have asked about Print on Demand so will work on that next. Thanks for your galactic patience! 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 (edited) Wrapping up! Getting ready to send QUASAR STARSHIP & CONSTRUCTION book to publisher! This one took a LOT of work *PHEW* Included 2 additional files as well. a printable starship design sheet and an excel spreadsheet to make design MUCH easier! (The actual file is much prettier than this preview 😜) Edited February 2 by tooley1chris 2 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Been looking over the Print on Demand rules for Drive Thru. This is all outside of my paygrade and above my skill to comprehend much less implement. If someone would like to help with this we can work something out and make it happen, but until then I'm afraid POD just won't be an option. I wanted a hard copy as well... 🙄 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 (edited) (EDIT 2: The file is now fixed. That was quick!) Starship Construction & Identification is now available at DTRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/469490/QUASAR-STARSHIP-CONSTRUCTION--IDENTIFICATION Edited February 6 by tooley1chris 2 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 (edited) Starship Construction & Identification is now available at DTRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/469490/QUASAR-STARSHIP-CONSTRUCTION--IDENTIFICATION Edited February 6 by tooley1chris 2 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/4/2024 at 3:33 PM, tooley1chris said: Been looking over the Print on Demand rules for Drive Thru. This is all outside of my paygrade and above my skill to comprehend much less implement. If someone would like to help with this we can work something out and make it happen, but until then I'm afraid POD just won't be an option. I wanted a hard copy as well... 🙄 I suspect you should be asking 'round at the Jonstown Compendium & Miskatonic Repository (Chaosium's "Community Content" programs with DTRPG). While yours doesn't fall within the "CC" rubric (being neither fish nor fowl Gloranthan nor Lovecraftian) the POD-prep skills should carry straight over. In addition to Chaosium's own official Ambassadors (Nick Brooke, Bridgett Jeffries, etc)... the fans of these communities actually have the layout/POD/DTRPG skills and can likely give you the help you need without leaning on "official" resources. 2 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 3 hours ago, g33k said: I suspect you should be asking 'round at the Jonstown Compendium & Miskatonic Repository (Chaosium's "Community Content" programs with DTRPG). While yours doesn't fall within the "CC" rubric (being neither fish nor fowl Gloranthan nor Lovecraftian) the POD-prep skills should carry straight over. In addition to Chaosium's own official Ambassadors (Nick Brooke, Bridgett Jeffries, etc)... the fans of these communities actually have the layout/POD/DTRPG skills and can likely give you the help you need without leaning on "official" resources. I'm not "buddies" with any of those people and hate asking for favors of strangers. Not sure I want to buy new software for this project (InDesign) because the mark up on hardback books is so dang high. I'd prolly only sell them for a few bucks above cost and only sell a few. Not looking at completing another project of this magnitude in the near future. Just not sure it'll be worth the additional cost or learning curve. Am I being silly? Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 8 minutes ago, tooley1chris said: I'm not "buddies" with any of those people and hate asking for favors of strangers... You could reach out to them with the *business* question: How much would they charge? (also: do you know who all those community-members even are? Maybe you know someone, and don't even know it...) 8 minutes ago, tooley1chris said: ... Am I being silly? There's clearly a want, for this to come out in hardcopy; I do think it's silly not to at at least investigate the process. But equally "silly" just to jump in whole-hog on something likely to cost you both a lot of time & money, doing it on your own. Edited February 6 by g33k ya don't know whatcha don't know ... 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Very humbled by the community support for my trilogy. After years of just putting stuff on BRP Central for FREE, I was nervous anyone would even be interested in a Sci-fi setting. I know fantasy is the main stream. Thank you! 🪐🛰🚀 That said if anyone with PoD experience with DTRPG would like to tackle these books...maybe it would be easy for someone who knows what they're doing. I'm sure we could work something out.M 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 A little inspiration 😎 https://youtu.be/_wOWQb3hAFE Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Tom Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/5/2024 at 12:33 AM, tooley1chris said: Been looking over the Print on Demand rules for Drive Thru. This is all outside of my paygrade and above my skill to comprehend much less implement. If someone would like to help with this we can work something out and make it happen, but until then I'm afraid POD just won't be an option. I wanted a hard copy as well... 🙄 Okay, so POD at drivethru might not be an option. Have you thought about Lulu publishing? They do PoD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreJarosch Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/6/2024 at 11:43 PM, tooley1chris said: I'm not "buddies" with any of those people and hate asking for favors of strangers. Not sure I want to buy new software for this project (InDesign) because the mark up on hardback books is so dang high. I'd prolly only sell them for a few bucks above cost and only sell a few. Not looking at completing another project of this magnitude in the near future. Just not sure it'll be worth the additional cost or learning curve. Am I being silly? Just go with Affinity Publisher, it is WAY cheaper, and does (almost) everything InDesign can do. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Fitz Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2024 at 5:59 AM, AndreJarosch said: Just go with Affinity Publisher, it is WAY cheaper, and does (almost) everything InDesign can do. I endorse this idea completely. Not only is Affinity much, much cheaper, and very capable, they still let you own the software you buy from them -- none of this subscription nonsense. And upgrades are free throughout major version runs (i.e. upgrading from version 2.0 through to version 2.99 is free, but when they eventually go to version 3.x you have to pay). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 2/6/2024 at 10:43 PM, tooley1chris said: I'm not "buddies" with any of those people and hate asking for favors of strangers. Nick is very, very helpful, and I am sure that he would not object to someone asking for assistance or advice. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThornPlutonius Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I just looked at the samples for the three books in the Quasar line. I suggest that you abandon the spacey black page backgrounds and go with more traditional blank page backgrounds. That will make the books less expensive to print and, therefore, less expensive to buy. Also, there are readability issues with the chosen fonts. It would be nice if the Quasar core "preview" on DTRPG was more than just a partial character sheet. Good fortune with the publishing and thank you for doing this work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) 4 hours ago, ThornPlutonius said: It would be nice if the Quasar core "preview" on DTRPG was more than just a partial character sheet. DTRPG changed their website format and previews changed as well, although it doesn't appear the publisher tools available are keeping up with the changes just yet. I still have the same page range for the samples which should include the entire character sheet. You're right, the page they chose is not good... I've included a pdf of the character sheet in the preview but it needs approval. I'll include it here as well. Thanks for the heads up! QUASAR CHARACTER SHEET_COLOR.pdf QUASAR CHARACTER SHEET_b&w.pdf Edited February 11 by tooley1chris 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Working on a new Adventure Module but...don't wanna call them Adventure Modules in QUASAR. Suggestions? Maybe "Database"? Since they will likely have new ships, deck plans for ships, new equipment, etc Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenheart87 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 How about Mission Briefing or Datalog? 1 Quote Wielder of the Vorpal Mace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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