{"id":311,"date":"2011-02-07T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T12:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=311"},"modified":"2011-02-07T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T12:44:15","slug":"the-g-a-s-l-i-g-h-t-compendium-is-getting-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"The G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. Compendium is Getting Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next (and probably last) GASLIGHT book will be The GASLIGHT Compendium<\/em>. \u00a0The Compendium combines the original GASLIGHT<\/em> book, Battles by GASLIGHT<\/em>, To Be Continued… by GASLIGHT<\/em>, and Adventures and Expeditions by GASLIGHT<\/em> into a single volume. \u00a0In addition there are new rules for Aeroneuf-style fleet actions, personal zeppelins, etc. \u00a0Finally, the book will include a few new scenarios.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a>
Chris and Buck shooting new photos for The GASLIGHT Compendium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This weekend we spent all day Saturday shooting new illustrations for the book. \u00a0Most of the text has been done since before Christmas. \u00a0When adding art to books, I find that it’s best to start at the beginning and work toward the back of the book. \u00a0If you start anywhere else, adding art earlier in the book causes all the layout and pagination work after it to get screwed up. \u00a0You end up laying out \u00a0pages multiple times. \u00a0This weekend we got to page 65 of a book we think will be about 150 pages long.<\/p>\n

The book will have some of the old clip art and photos that players will find familiar, but it will have many new illustrations. \u00a0There are only one or two pages that don’t have a chart, figure, or illustration. \u00a0As we are looking at printing this with color throughout the book, we think the final, archival, comprehensive GASLIGHT book will be very attractive.<\/p>\n

\"Martians<\/a>
Martians attacking our heroes...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above is an example of one of the new illustrations.<\/p>\n

Our goal is to have the book read for printing by the end of March so that the book will be read for sale by Historicon in July. \u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n