How many more books are planned for FFW?

[OriginalCaruso]

Just curious…

In other words: “Are we nearly there yet?”

 

[Terry Mixon]

One billion, but not a one that actually settles what happens. Or even says why it is happening.

 

[OriginalCaruso]

Well that’s my pocket money sorted until the end of time

 

[ross]

The Third Imperium needs an enemy. IMTU the Imperium is not as positive and idealistic as the propaganda may have you believe. No government is telling the whole truth, and none are fighting for “freedom”.

 

[MasterGwydion]

The Third Imperium needs an enemy. IMTU the Imperium is not as positive and idealistic as the propaganda may have you believe. No government is telling the whole truth, and none are fighting for “freedom”.

IMTU the Imperium is a corrupt Imperium, so it is often its own enemy. Basically, the Imperium is the Russian Mob in space.

Edit - Everything the Imperium accuses everyone else of doing, is what the Imperium itself is already doing and needs a distraction for the masses.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Just curious…

In other words: “Are we nearly there yet?”

There is indeed a finite amount. The FFW is being covered in four blocks/tranches/phases, and we are now working on the third. There is also going to be a 'postbellum' book afterwards that covers what the Marches can look like after the FFW, depending on events that took place at your table.

 

[OriginalCaruso]

Thanks @MongooseMatt good to know. I will continue to purchase FFW content though it will remain unused.

 

[Sigtrygg]

There is indeed a finite amount. The FFW is being covered in four blocks/tranches/phases, and we are now working on the third. There is also going to be a 'postbellum' book afterwards that covers what the Marches can look like after the FFW, depending on events that took place at your table.

I am still waiting for the book where something other than what is dictated by MJD can happen at my table. So far there have been no rules for me to decide fleet movements and battles, no rules for planetary invasions, no rules for logistics, comm lag, intel gathering...

nor have we had the big reveal of what the Zhodani are after...

 

[OriginalCaruso]

I am using FFW as an abstract concept for background noise with occasional interference into my Travellers plans. IMTU FFW has no teeth or impact, borders shifting makes little to no difference. And it seems to me the speed of information travel makes co-ordinated military activity at scale totally impossible - stretching credibility too far thus rendering FFW irrelevant, hence the books will only grace my shelf.

I appreciate the work MJD has put into FFW and my purchase of the books should be seen as respect and encouragement to him. I just wish the creative effort were put into a more useful outcome for MTU

 

[MongooseMatt]

I am still waiting for the book where something other than what is dictated by MJD can happen at my table. So far there have been no rules for me to decide fleet movements and battles, no rules for planetary invasions, no rules for logistics, comm lag, intel gathering...

Remember this is an RPG, not a boardgame/wargame. What happens will be at a character levels and the choices made there. So, the actions of the Travellers could cause a world to stand against Zhodani assault, or it could fall. If it stands, it might do so in a way that forces the Consulate to take another route, or it may cause them to get bogged down and feed forces into a meatgrinder that means they stall elsewhere.

From Opening Moves onwards, we have been threading things like this throughout the FFW - don't assume each adventure has a 'default' resolution. Let your Travellers be Travellers and the course of the war will alter.

We started with 'small' things (just the odd star system here and there!) that can be altered/directed, but the scale will be increasing as the war goes on - the forthcoming State of the Mongoose goes into one specific example on this.

 

[MasterGwydion]

I am still waiting for the book where something other than what is dictated by MJD can happen at my table. So far there have been no rules for me to decide fleet movements and battles, no rules for planetary invasions, no rules for logistics, comm lag, intel gathering...

nor have we had the big reveal of what the Zhodani are after...

I am confused by this. What is it you are wanting? Adventures? Adventure hooks? What? To me, any warzone is ripe for PCs. I know the sides. I know the locations. I can write whole campaigns in that with ease. Military campaigns. Mercenary campaigns. Espionage campaigns. Smuggling/blockade running campaigns. Political campaigns. Merchant campaigns.

Give me the type of campaign you want and what date (in-game) you want the campaign to start. I can have a general idea for a campaign in about a week, as long as real life doesn't get too interesting.

I don't understand. I have noticed in posts that you feel the same about the assassination of Strephon and the Rebellion. I don't need Mongoose to spoon-feed adventures to me. All I need them to do is lay out the setting and I can take it from there. You could have been trying to protect Strephon. You could have been part of the assassination plot. You could have been part of an assassination plot against Dulinor and were surprised by the assassination of Strephon. You can be part of any of the factions. You can prevent the assassination all together. The possibilities are literally endless. All you have to do is write the campaign. Mongoose and previous publishers gave you the setting. Now run your game.