Jean Sexton reports:
What a year it has been for ADB, Inc. We’ve released many new products and made great strides in how we work together so that our productivity is going up and our stress levels are going down.
What have we released?
We have released numerous miniatures to complement our Federation Commander and Star Fleet Battles lines. These include individual ships as well as our Squadron Boxes and Border Boxes.
Each month we have produced Communique, our monthly newsletter for Federation Commander, as well as producing Hailing Frequencies, our newsletter for all our product lines.
Throughout the year we have released booster packs for Federation Commander.
In January, we released Federation Commander: Line of Battle which is a “booster pack” for people who want multiple battleships in battles.
In February, we released Federation Commander: Briefing #1, chock full of useful information for FC players.
In April we released Federation Commander: Klingon Space (mail-order only), designed for those people who bought Romulan Border first.
In May, Federation Commander: Distant Kingdoms was released, adding Hydrans, Lyrans, and WYNs for the FC players.
In May, our SFB players got Module Omega 5 and that added many PFs to the Omega Octant.
In June, everyone got a treat with Captain’s Log #37. Module X1R was released, providing many X-ships to the Star Fleet Universe.
In September, Federation Commander: Orion Attack was released adding even more pesky pirate ships.
October was especially busy. Module Y2 was released and added many new early ships to the Star Fleet Universe. Prime Directive d20 Modern was released and is revitalizing the roleplaying game line.
In November, we wrapped up the year with Captain’s Log #38.
What have we learned?
Working ahead is a good thing. It lets us plan ahead for what needs to be done and lets us budget our time more efficiently. We are working to avoid the “It’s 1:00 am and how many pages do we still need?” syndrome.
From my end, proofreading got much quicker when we found I could send the scanned page to the Steves and they could work from it directly.
Mike Sparks stepped up and learned how to do layout, so our Prime Directive line can grow.
This week in Amarillo has let us work together as a real team. Steve Petrick and I worked on checking some Ship Cards, and he was able to show me things I didn’t know to check. (True, Steve Cole winced when he saw the amount of purple and green ink, but he didn’t hide.) Steve Cole and I finally figured out what was happening to some files we were sending back and forth, and life should be much better for us (and his blood pressure should be lower, too!). Leanna and I worked well as a proofreading team, also.
I am looking forward to next year as I see glimpses of the products we will be releasing this spring!
Those of us at ADB, Inc. hope you have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve. Remember that the only thing that should be wrecked is your opponent’s ship.
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