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Things to do for Chrononauts 3rd Printing
This is basically an internal memo, but I thought people might find it of interest.
Executive Summary
Here the high points of the changes to be made:
File Separation
When last we did this, we had all the card images in one huge file. We need to have individual card files extracted from the card sheet images before we can print again. This is a big, annoying task that inhibits further progress.
Card Corrections
1.) 1918: Change "Jun 28" to "Nov 11"
2.) 1980': Change "Mystery Samatarian" to "Mysterious
Hero"
3.) Live Brontosaurus: change "Apatasaurus" to "Apatosaurus"
4.) Lost Ark: Add the "It's Gold!" icon. Also, change
BC to BCE.
5.) Get There First and It Never Existed: Add the "or Gadget"
notes seen in EAC versions
6.) EAC Inverter Updates: Add "also works for" info
to Halt Attack, Prevent Assassination, and Avert Disaster (see
EAC Inverter Converter for details)
7.) To all 23 Patch cards, add fine print: "When you play
a Patch, draw a card."
8.) Remove 3 of the 4 Restore History cards and 1 of the 2 Fast
Forwards. In their place, add (with promo card text removed):
The 4 Promo Card Slots
This section is classified TOP SECRET and still under development.
Box Corrections
Put the patent number of the box. Change 2nd Printing to 3rd Printing. Add price circle and other tweaks included on EAC box.
The Rules
Changing from the little booklet to an EAC-style folded sheet is the biggest change being made to the product. Here's what's required.
Front Side:
1.) Replace the Early American flowchart cover with the original
booklet's cover.
2.) In the Setup diagram, change all the years and Time-Index
letters as needed.
3.) Replace the UberChrononauts ad with an EAC ad that mentions
UberChrono
Back Side:
1.) Change the example cards shown in About Altering the TimeLine
from 1770 & 1773 to 1865 and 1868
2.) Change the example ID under About Being a Time Traveler from
Steve to Bob Fruitbasket
3.) Replace the text in black box #1 with this: "As a Chrononaut,
you might be this guy, Bob. He's from an alternate reality where
Lincoln was never assassinated. To get Bob back to his reality,
you'll have to go save Abe."
4.) In the next paragraph, change "Sway Voting" to "Prevent
Assassination".
5.) Enlarge and rework black box #2 to say this: "But this
causes a problem. There's no way Andrew Johnson can get impeached
in 1868 if Lincoln is still in office. So this creates what we
call a Paradox."
6.) The Warning about 13 paradoxes will need to move, change shape,
or shrink, to accomdate these neighboring rewrites.
7.) Replace the text in black box #3 with this: "Later, after
a player plays the Patch for this Paradox, we discover that if
Lincoln is still alive in 1868, well then, he's the one who gets
impeached!"
8.) Shrink the Credits box by 50% and import into it the original
game's credits
9.) Make as much room as possible for new sections that follow
by massively shrinking (or even eliminating) the LooneyLabs doorway
logo (and maybe shrink the Time Repair Agency logo some too)
10.) New section: Temporal Anomalies (briefly explaining the 1945
Nexus and the 1962 UberParadox, as condensed from the original
rules)
11.) New section: Questions for Debate (mostly just a pointer
to the website)
12.) Add Mona Lisa Switcheroo Part 2
