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Re: Portable Brikwars Documentation - Personal Data Thingy?
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lugnet.gaming.brikwars
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Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:07:00 GMT
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In lugnet.gaming.brikwars, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
> Like any good acolyte in the church of Briwkars, I have a three-ring binder with
> all of the rules printed out, which I keep updated regularly.
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> It is massive.
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> 8 pounds, and probably about 10x13". When traveling, that's a lot of real
> estate to take up. When traveling minimalistically by plane, it's unthinkable.
>
> Sooooo ... does anybody have any suggestions? I've been envisioning that there
> must be some palm unit or personal data thingy that is well suited for this;
> basically, it needs to be able to store and display text files, so one could
> scroll through all of the rules easily, and preferably without squinting.
> Ideally, it would also have a spreadsheet program of some sort, for devising and
> recording new stats. Bestest of all would be a system with Word and PDF
> readability.
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> In the optimum case, it would be so easy to use, and so convenient, that one
> would want to use it not only for traveling, but actually in place of the paper
> copies at Brikwars games.
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> And lastly, in the penultimate situation, it wouldn't break the bank or require
> an engineering degree to operate. Though I do have one if necessary.
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> Any recommendations? Suggestions? Does anybody else find themselves antsy if
> they can't refer to the rulebook for three consecutive days?
>
> -s
Well, since these rules have been released in pdf format, I think the only thing
you need is: a PDA (iPAQ for example), PDF reader (I suppose it is available for
those devices) and the main files. Prepare some dollars for that electonic toy!
Saludos desde España
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