Forking new editions

[jimmylogan]

Exactly the kind of response I was looking for! Thank you!

@marktb1961

The documentation suggests to me that you will simply want to create a new Package for the 1980 version in this situation.[/quote]

So right now, what I’ve been doing is updating the module, then uploading the new ones as I make the changes/improvements/fixes. Adding a new PACKAGE under the same PROJECT (same page) would let them both co-exist, right?

If the developer of the 1979 version is still active and might be considering their own 1980 version then you might want to create a new competing project (I’m guessing not).

I’ve actually heard from him on Discord - he hasn’t touched it in years, but is still a fan of the game. I don’t see a competition going at all.

[quote]Other choices that occur to me are:

• The 1979 version is completely superseded by the 1980 version - you could continue the version line of the existing module Package. Just make it a major version increment.
• In some situations, providing both editions of the game from the same module might be the best choice. Here the players decide at “run-time” which version they want to use.[/quote]

I don’t want to supersede… I want to keep the 1979 ‘active’ as there are grognards that still enjoy that one.

As for the latter, I’m not sure how to implement that, but willing to learn!

[quote]My feeling is that creating a new project should be a last resort, to be taken where two editions of a game or the owners are irreconcilable within the same Project.

Yeah - NOT the case here at all… Just wasn’t sure about the normal route to take in such a case…

BGG’s page has this listed -

Thanks again!