Beam Saber

Devlog

• Beam Saber: Stardost Memento is out now!
  January 17, 2024 by Austin Ramsay

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  Stardost Memento has been a long time coming. It's been written for a couple of years now, but various happenings meant that the finishing touches kept getting pushed back. Every few months when I'd f... Continue reading

  
• New stuff for Beam Saber in 2024!
  December 28, 2023 by Austin Ramsay

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  Sometimes things line up just right and other times it's like herding cats. That's the behind the scenes story of the three new Beam Saber supplements releasing in 2024. Two of them were ideas that I... Continue reading
• Beam Saber print copies now on sale!
  August 22, 2023 by Austin Ramsay

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  If you missed your chance to pre-order Beam Saber, now's your chance! There's a limited supply of copies available through @indiepressrevolution so get them while you can! Also please share this post... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V1.2 is live!
  November 24, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

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  Here's V1.2. The changes are mostly minor layout issues, except for one which was that on the pilot playbooks and in the example in the rulebook the playbook XP track had 6 marks instead of 8. That's... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V1.1 is live!
  October 15, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

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  This update is hopefully the last. It fixes some typos, styling errors, and corrects the XP triggers for the Empath and Officer. There are also two new pieces of art due to some minor layout changes... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V1.0 is live!
  August 03, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

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  The finished digital product is here! Thank you for your support and patience, and I hope you enjoy it!... Continue reading
• Small bug fix to Pilot Playbook PDFs
  April 15, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

  There was a bug that caused load circles to not unmark properly in the pilot playbook PDFs. This has been corrected and is the only change with this update... Continue reading
• Small correction to Reference Sheets
  April 02, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

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  It was noticed that Bombard was under Expertise actions and Maneuver was under Acuity actions when the two should be swapped. This has now been corrected on Beam Saber Reference Sheets V1.1... Continue reading
• Beam Saber PRINTABLES V1.0 now availables
  February 26, 2022 by Austin Ramsay

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  The FINISHED versions of the Beam Saber printable materials are now available! This includes: Reference Sheets Pilot Playbooks Squad Playbooks Faction Sheets Region Sheets These can be filled out digi... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.61 is live!
  December 30, 2021 by Austin Ramsay

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  This update isn't hugely different from the previous one but it does add in a LOT of working hyperlinks including the table of contents, index, and specific page references. Additionally the bookmarks... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Version 0.6 is live!
  October 30, 2021 by Austin Ramsay

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  This version has wonderful new layout thanks to the hard work of Sasha Reneau . Please note that the layout is still not finished yet (needs nested bookmarks, a working index, etc), but I wanted to ge... Continue reading
• Beam Saber 3d printing files?
  October 13, 2021 by Austin Ramsay

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  I've been thinking about the possibility of commissioning 3d printing STL files of the Beam Saber example vehicles. They would be sold separately from the game for an as yet to be determined price (th... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Intro Story now available as mp3!
  August 29, 2021 by Austin Ramsay

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  For the last few months Christine Blight (with some help from me) has been working on turning the introductory story that will appear in the final version of Beam Saber into an amazing audio file. The... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Supply Drop Bundle
  March 02, 2021 by Austin Ramsay

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  To celebrate the anniversary of the Beam Saber Kickstarter launch, myself and 20 other designers have put our work together for the Beam Saber Supply Drop bundle ! This incredible bundle includes lots... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.55 is live!
  November 13, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  CHANGELOG FOR V0.55 Added art for the Ace, Bureaucrat, Empath, Envoy, and Hacker Changed Blacksite to Private Office Changed Blacksite Bourbon to Drowned Man’s Dreams R&D Rigging now provides 2 free... Continue reading
• V0.541 is here!
  September 14, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  Big update! Most of it is that the whole book has had a layout pass by the amazing Lauren McManamon and additional vehicle art by the wonderful Vincent Patrick ! CHANGELOG FOR V0.541 Clarified that al... Continue reading
• The Beam Saber Supply Drop Licence
  August 30, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  #Beam Saber, #Supply Drop, #Supplement

  As Beam Saber continues to spread, many people are creating wonderful art pieces, playbooks (such as the Giantkiller ), and mission reports of their own. I want to make sure that these creators are ab... Continue reading

  
• Beam Saber Roll20 Resources
  June 03, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  Just added a ZIP file containing various things that are useful for playing or streaming Beam Saber on Roll20. Here's what's included: Custom Beam Saber Clock tokens for the 4, 6, 8, and 12 Tick Clock... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Version 0.52 is live!
  May 28, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  Here's a big update for you, V0.52! With this done almost all of the writing is now in the book. What's left is one and a half example vehicles, 1 short story, about a dozen micro fics, and one extend... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Version 0.51 is live!
  March 31, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  This update has been prepared to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Kickstarter! I'm launching it now rather than later, so that backers new to the game won't get confused or frustrated by an... Continue reading
• Creation PDFs Added
  March 21, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  There have been a few requests for the Pilot, Vehicle, and Squad Creation processes to have their own PDFs. Now they do! I hope you find them handy. Also the Kickstarter is still going for a bit over... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Kickstarter is live!
  March 02, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  As the title says, Beam Saber is now up on Kickstarter ! If you have already bought the game, you will get all future updates to the pdf, but I hope that you'll be willing to back the Kickstarter so t... Continue reading
• V0.5 Fix
  February 04, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

  There was a couple small issues with the rule book around art layout which I have fixed. There's also a couple issues with table layout, which I will not fix and instead wait for a proper layout perso... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Kickstarter and V0.5
  February 04, 2020 by Austin Ramsay

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  #Beam Saber, #Update, #Kickstarter

  Hello! I am writing you because you purchased a PDF of Beam Saber when it was still in beta. Thank you for taking a chance on my game! Your support has allowed me to lower the initial funding goal for... Continue reading

  
• Beam Saber V0.461
  October 22, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  A small update to the game. CHANGELOG FOR V0.461 Added directions to the Cohorts section about what might happen if a Cohort is mistreated by the Pilots. Added 3 new questions to the End Of Session se... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.46
  September 26, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  The update for V0.46 is here! As always the changelog is below but the big highlight is the new art for the Infiltrator, Officer, Scout, Soldier, and Technician pilot playbooks! CHANGELOG FOR V0.46 -U... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.451
  September 04, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

  This is a small update. No rules have been changed, just some clarifications added. The biggest change is a new GM Principle. CHANGELOG FOR V0.451 Moved the Introduction to The Basics section. Clarifi... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.45
  September 01, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

  A few small changes that had a large effect! I did a slight rework of the Officer playbook, and it caused some dominoes to fall. CHANGELOG FOR V0.45 Clarified that the Scout's Terminator applies to th... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.441
  August 28, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

  A small update this time. CHANGELOG FOR V0.441 Capitalized all headers Made Downtime Activities its own chapter Removed some wingdings that had been glitched into numbered lists. Moved Example Vehicle... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.44
  August 18, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  Version 0.44 of Beam Saber is now live! The big change with this version is Claims being rolled into General Squad Upgrades, a reworking of the Regions system, and some better direction for GMs on pre... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.43
  July 28, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  A new update! I've made a big change! Cash and Savings are out, Drives are in! Everything that Cash used to do has been rolled into Materiel and Personnel. Retirement is now handled by Drives, and the... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Adventure Modules
  July 21, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

  I haven't done a devlog about it previously, so here it is. There are pre-made missions for Beam Saber, called Mission Reports, that can be found on the Beam Saber Blog . Feel free to use them (I'd lo... Continue reading
• New Art Commissioned!
  July 20, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

  I've just sent off the specifications for the 5 example AWVs to be commissioned from Vincent Patrick ! We're getting the Iron Star, Amphiteatre, Knight, Agrarian, and Claymore! VP said the turn around... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.42!
  July 01, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  #Beam Saber, #Update

  The newest version of Beam Saber is here! Now with flashy cover art by Vincent Patrick ! The changelog is below, but the highlights include greatly expanded lore sections, and a section for those alre... Continue reading

  
• Region Sheet added to supplemental material
  June 30, 2019 by Austin Ramsay#Beam Saber

  I've created a "character sheet" as an assisting tool for managing your campaign's Regions. It's not a required print out, but you may find it useful for keeping notes on the notable people, descripti... Continue reading
• Beam Saber Merch
  June 09, 2019 by Austin Ramsay#Merch

  Don't worry, V0.42 is still chugging along. I've wanted to make these shirts for a while to wear both for promotion and because I'm proud of the work I've done. Now you too can get Beam Saber merch (n... Continue reading
• Progress on the next version, V0.42
  May 24, 2019 by Austin Ramsay#Beam Saber, #Update

  Quick update about the next... update. It will mostly be fleshing out the lore of the Izyan Conflict setting, including examples of Regions at the urban, provincial, and national scales. There will be... Continue reading
• Character Sheets V0.411
  May 06, 2019 by Austin Ramsay#Beam Saber, #Update

  A reader pointed out that I had missed including the "+1d to declaring Allies" that the Bureaucrat's Connected ability gained with V0.41 in the character sheets. Another showed me that it was unclear... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.41 Is LIVE!
  April 22, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  #Beam Saber, #Update, #Changelog

  Beam Saber V0.41 is live! Changelog for V0.41 ● Removed “Cloak & Dagger” from the Envoy form fillable spreadsheet and replaced with “Cool Under Pressure.” Guess I had missed that when updati... Continue reading

  
• External PDFs added to the downloads
  February 25, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  I've added the PDFs for the pilot, squad, and reference sheets to the downloads on the page. There's no reason for them not to be there; this'll just cut out one step... Continue reading
• Beam Saber V0.4
  February 18, 2019 by Austin Ramsay

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  #Update

  FINALLY I am done this PDF version of Beam Saber. It's not pretty, and it's far from the final version, but here it is. I hope you have fun with it!... Continue reading