Well I have a few things to review and I thought I would do it in one post rather than more.
Gruntz.......
I had a hole review written up then scrapped it, as it makes the rules look really bad. So I am going to split it up.
The rules are well written (few typos, and errors), great lay out, and over all a great set of rules. I give the rule as they stand a 4.5 out of 5. We all knew this!!!!!
The PDF!! This is the only real issue with the rules. Try as I did it is not print friendly!! I have been buying PDF rules for years, and never had as many issues as I did printing these rules out. First run I printed as is, and took over an hour with the pages not fitting on the paper. The second, and third tires I had to scrap as the froze the printer before it even printed the first page. The 4 print was a heavily tweaked BW print that still took 45 minutes to print. The real problem is the spooling of the print job expanding the PDF to over 1.6gb of data. So I give the PDF a solid 2 out of 5.
I would not tell any one to pass on this great set of rules but, print it out with care, and no color. Sorry Robin I have to say what I feel.
Next review is on the Web Store called The Scene. I have been looking at them since they acquired the MJ miniatures a few years ago. I was hoping that my first order would have been some of those minis, but no I never got my order in. So In building my Praetorian army I was looking for some weapons. I decided to pick up some mortars, and heavy machine guns. While I was on the web page I also picked up 2 squads of there
US Special Forces.
I placed the order on the 28th of June, and received them on the 13th of July. From the UK to the US in 15 days. I did not opt for special shipping. So they get an A+ for service. The weapons. They are a bit large for the standard 15mm miniature, but they were made for there Orc line. I will be using the Mortars for my guard army but not sure about the machine guns. I may just save the machine guns for the Orc I have. So I give the quality of these weapons a big 4.5 out of 5. They are big but they were mad to be for a bigger race. Now the Special forces. Love them......... Only issue is the bases are rough and flashy. I am still going to give them a 5 out of 5.
So over all I love the Gruntz rules, not so much the PDF file. Love The Scene for service, and products.
Pleas look for the minis to be up here soon.
Noel
2 comments:
Could the problem printing the Gruntz pdf be due to the paper size? Robin's a Brit so the pdf may be formatted for A4 paper. If you are trying to print to American Legal or Letter, there might be an issue. Just guessing, here, but perhaps you could check your printer settings?
@Kobold,
Tx for the suggestions. I have tried just about every thing. I printed this out on my work network printers, and they are setup to auto convert between A4, and letter. I have removed the security and can rework the file to make it print well, but this is not some thing normal buyers can do. I am an IT tech and work with PDF file every day.
Thanks.
Wes
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