Unfortunately (fortunately?) I accidentally left my Chrononauts cards at my parents house at my father's birthday and received a "thank you for the present" card from him, so I have a good excuse to "upgrade" ;) I hope he's been enjoying my game, maybe I'll get an extra copy of the "Gore Years" and give him one for Christmas! On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Ken Livingston <undrhil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ah ... that makes sense. So, the new sheets are 8 cards per sheet? So, that would preclude being able to include the new cards in the expansion as well as in the new version of Chrononauts. Hmm. > > Aren't you a money hungry organization wanting to rape our wallets and steal our money? Make two expansions: The Gore Years and The Complete Gore Years. Obviously, the Complete Gore Years would include the extra new cards. :) > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: chrononauts-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:chrononauts-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Looney > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:01 AM > To: Chrononauts Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Chrononauts] Chrononauts Digest, Vol 32, Issue 1 > > We were compelled to add cards due to a change in our production methods. > We switched printers, and the new company arranges the cards on the card > sheets differently. This in turn caused us to move from 136 cards to 140 > cards in the set, and I couldn't resist using the extra slots to fill in a > couple of long-standing little gaps. > > -- Andy > > --On October 6, 2009 10:48:07 AM -0500 Ken Livingston <undrhil@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Wouldn’t it make more sense to include any changed cards in the >> expansion pack? I mean, it’s not like they are too useful without the >> expansion, right? >> >> >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> From: chrononauts-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:chrononauts-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Giamb >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:09 AM >> To: Chrononauts Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [Chrononauts] Chrononauts Digest, Vol 32, Issue 1 >> >> >> >> I agree, the two cards are non-vital to the game, only a true enthusiast >> would really want them. I'm actually more excited about the new box >> itself, it will stack nicely with all the other upgraded new boxes for >> the other games in the looney labs collection. I really hope they update >> EAC into a new box also. The way I see it, I'm going to have one deck >> shuffled for ubernauts and the other box for when I am in the mood to >> play a light game of chrononauts. >> >> >> >> Plus if it were a company like Milton Bradly or Nintendo, I'd see them as >> money hungry pigs trying to suck my money out of my pocket. But, this is >> our neighborhood friend Andy Looney who makes us fun games! I always >> support my mom and pop store. >> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Rev. Andrew Holt <dimwitf@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> Regarding the idea of "it's hard to rationalize getting a new set": >> >> Of course it isn't! >> - I'm ordering a new set for myself, meaning I get all the cool new >> stuff. >> - The old set is a gift to a friend, who gets a copy of the game of >> their own (slight wear, eh...). >> - And Looney Labs gets a cash reward for putting out new Chrononauts >> stuff - filling the double duty of rewarding a company I like, and >> sending a message to focus on Chrononauts more. We have enough Fluxx >> varieties already! >> >> >> - Rev. Andrew Holt >> >> [snip] >> > > We are now taking preorders at our website for the new edition of >> > > Chrononauts, as well as the brand new expansion, The Gore Years. >> [snip] >> > > The Gore Years adds five new cards onto the end of the timeline to >> > > bring it up to 2008. It also includes three Identities that use the >> > > new events. >> [snip] >> > I'll be getting the Gore years, of course - I've already got every >> > /other/ Chrononauts card. I can probably live without another dinosaur >> > if I have to... but does anyone know if there's some way I can get >> > 1945-D without having to buy a whole new Chrononauts deck? >> > -- >> > DataPacRat >> > >> [snip] >> > >> > I'm psyched to hear about The Gore Years, but I'm in a similar boat as >> > you: it's hard to rationalize buying a whole new set, even with a >> > sturdier box, for two extra cards. Getting one some other way would >> > probably require Looney Labs to release it as a promo, I guess. >> > -- >> > Tyler Dion >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chrononauts mailing list >> Chrononauts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/chrononauts >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chrononauts mailing list > Chrononauts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/chrononauts > > _______________________________________________ > Chrononauts mailing list > Chrononauts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/chrononauts >