[DBGD] Ares Dragon class Mercenary Cruiser

[d.b.gamedesign]

D.B. Game Design is happy to announce the release of Ares Dragon class Mercenary Cruiser, available from DriveThruRPG.com.

The Ares Dragon is the Second offering in our line of starships for the new MGP Traveller rules set. The Ares Dragon is a 800 Ton Mercenary Cruiser.

The Ares Dragon 1" Scale Deck plans features:
• Ares Dragon class Mercenary Cruiser
• Cobra class Combat Lander
• Dragon company Mercenary Platoon
• 3 new vehicles
• 5 new weapons

PDF PRICE:
• $12.00 (US)
• £8.01 (UK)
• €8.96 (Europe)
• ¥1,072.09 (Japan)

If you would like to order a Hard Copy please contact us via Email @ D.B.GameDesign@gmail.com.

If you're into Minis we also offer the deck plans presented in the Ares Dragon 1" Scale Deck plans. These high resolution 200 dpi deck plans measure 24" x 36" and print wonderfully. This will allow you to bring the Deck Plans from you desk top to the table top.

We recommend you have them printed at you local office supply store. However if you would like yours Printed and Laminated, we accept special orders. To make a order simply contact us by email @ D.B.GameDesign@gmail.com.

The Ares Dragon 1" Scale Deck plans feature:
• Large 1" = 1.5 m/5 ft Scale Printable Deck Plans of the upper and lower deck.

PDF PRICE:
• $4.00 (US)
• £2.53 (UK)
• €3.14 (Europe)
• ¥357.36 (Japan)

 

[Vile]

And the new, typo-corrected version, is available now! 8)

 

[atpollard]

That's becoming a DB Games tradition, but last time it took a week and now it is down to 2 days.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Go ahead, write a page of text, read it a dozen times and then post it here. See how many things YOU missed.

At least they got corrected !

 

[GypsyComet]

I've become convinced that some typos are actually sentient, and can hide themselves on a screen with ease. Only when the page is printed do they become visible...

 

[Vile]

atpollard doesn't have to write, he draws such lovely pictures. :wink:

This time round, we caught most of the typos before it went out. Proof-read at 125% size - worked a treat. And, with an elite task force chained and ready, the next book should be even more dazzling in its typographical correctitude! 8)

So, any reviews yet?

 

[hdan]

Go ahead, write a page of text, read it a dozen times and then post it here. See how many things YOU missed.

Not trying to be snarky, but afaik all modern word processors have spelling and grammar checkers.

Of course those don't find problems in tables or inconsistencies between chapters!

 

[rust]

Not trying to be snarky, but afaik all modern word processors have spelling and grammar checkers.

True, but I have yet to see one that works well.

 

[Anonymous]

Not trying to be snarky, but afaik all modern word processors have spelling and grammar checkers.

True, but I have yet to see one that works well.

Thats the truth, even harder when going from UK to US English and when the word Traveller comes up

 

[EDG]

I've found the best way to catch typos is to print the thing out and read it. Somehow I find a lot of things I miss on screen.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

That is how I do it as well. There is just something about having it in print that makes it easier to catch typos.

There, Their and They're

 

[Dave Chase]

Even older way that I was taught is to read it out loud. It is amazing how quickly you can catch errors doing this.

The brain has to slow down to read to speak and you notice more doing that.

Dave Chase

 

[Duroon]

Don't take this the wrong way please but, Ares and Dragon conjure up two different types of mythology for me. Did it really need to have both of those in the name? I love the ship designs that you come up with, the name of this one just doesn't work for me is all.

 

[atpollard]

Don't take this the wrong way please but, Ares and Dragon conjure up two different types of mythology for me. Did it really need to have both of those in the name? I love the ship designs that you come up with, the name of this one just doesn't work for me is all.

Ares is the Greek god of war, and the following "dragons" appear in greek mythology:

They sewed dragon's Teeth to create the army of skeleton warriors in the film "Jason and the Argonauts"

Ladon was the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.

The sea god Poseidon then called Cetus, a serpent dragon, from the depths of the ocean, and ordered it to create havoc in their land.

The brave knight Gozon sought to slay the fearsome Dragon of Rhodes which roamed the Greek Isle of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.

Our Ares' Dragon is a fearsome metal beast created to serve the gods of war.

 

[Duroon]

Yes there are dragon's in Greek mythology. That wasn't my point. Dragon's aren't the first thing I think of though when I think of Greek mythology. I just thought that the ship might have just been called an Ares class instead of an Ares Dragon class. A little "less is more".

 

[Dave Chase]

Now, I understand (I think).

I thought that the Ares Dragon Class ship was

a Dragon Class, Mercenary Cruiser built by Ares

I did not realize that the ship was

a Ares Dragon Class, Mercenary Cruiser built by whomever.

Ah,,,

Dave Chase

 

[d.b.gamedesign]

Well to clear things up about the name.

The actual designer of the ship is classified. It is built under contract by Versi-Star. Versi-Star also license the production out to several Zhodani corporations (a result of anti-Imperial paranoia).

The Classification is what ever you want it to be. Ares Saber, Dragon's Maw, Ares Dragon, or Sword of Heaven. Once you buy a copy and incorporate it into your setting, your the Ref, call it what ever you want.

 

[TravellerArt]

Don't take this the wrong way please but, Ares and Dragon conjure up two different types of mythology for me. Did it really need to have both of those in the name? I love the ship designs that you come up with, the name of this one just doesn't work for me is all.

Ares is the Greek god of war, and the following "dragons" appear in greek mythology:

They sewed dragon's Teeth to create the army of skeleton warriors in the film "Jason and the Argonauts"

Ladon was the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.

The sea god Poseidon then called Cetus, a serpent dragon, from the depths of the ocean, and ordered it to create havoc in their land.

The brave knight Gozon sought to slay the fearsome Dragon of Rhodes which roamed the Greek Isle of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.

Our Ares' Dragon is a fearsome metal beast created to serve the gods of war.

Coincidentally, I was watching West Wing last night & they mentioned 'Ares' Dragon' on there so I looked it up and it seems the Greek god Ares had a dragon as a guardian beast which was killed by Cadmus as one of his challenges during the founding of Thebes. It makes sense now.