Armour Astir: Advent

I may have missed this while reading through, but, when does the Conflict Turn happen?

I see an 'order' of

Sortie

Downtime

Plan & Prepare

Sortie

Downtime

Plan and Prepare

etc.

Does the Conflict Turn happen after Sorties/before Downtime, after Downtime /before Plan & Prepare, or after P&P/before Sorties?

Additional question- how many moves does an Astir from a Channeler playbook start with? My first reading is two- one that's 'inherent' to the Astir, and one given from the playbook, but that doesn't seem to gel with what some of the Encore playbooks indicate.

Real shame there are no more community copies, was really looking foward to checking the artwork, since by god it drew me in

Still gonna give the free version a check, though!

Hi, im new to the system, I keep seeing 'Hold 3' etc all over this system and there is absolutely no explanation of what 'Hold' means, does anyone know?
I assume its a resource or a die or something?

Page 19  "losing use a weapon until you can re-arm"

Should be " losing use of a weapon until you can re-arm"

Lead A Sortie lacks an explanation of what happens on a failure, minus a short example later in the book. I feel most moves should just list what happens on a failure to be clear.

Here is hoping more community copies pop up, stuffs been tight the past few years.

page 16 says all your traits should add up to 3? but everywhere else says 2?

Is there plans for a print version?

Hello! I'm deffo buying the purchase version as soon as I can but meanwhile looking at the free version, I'm loving the art credits but I'm specifically floored by the cover art and the 4 iconics on this page, too. Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but I couldn't find it on the credits - does anyone know who that (or those) artist is(are)?

What is the new update of today?

can I get confirmation on the pronunciation of "Astir?" I default to "asTEER", but I've also heard "a-STIR," and "ACE-ter."

This looks really exciting, and might scratch that mecha itch I've had. I've read through the (what I think is) most recent version in the zip document, though I haven't played it yet so some of my questions might need experience to be played through/are somewhere in the pdf and I just haven't seen it yet.

1. How is the "Sortie->Downtime->Conflict" cycle supposed to go? What about, say, a multi-sortie mission where the characters are in the field for a long time between major components- would downtime be skipped, or would options be restrained to the narrative?

2. The Conflict turns seem... vauge when it comes to resolving them. What's the relation between tokens and dice for the cause? How would you get players from trying to game the system for the cause?

3. Are projects ever explained somewhere?

4. Am I able to print out copies of the playbooks?

5. I've never used PbtA in general; can multiple people use the same playbook?

6. Some of the Parts lack power costs

7. If you're running a B-plot, could you take other characters (Channeler or no) with you? Like, say you're a captain going to attend a shady meeting and want the guy who can atomize a house along as muscle while everyone else is doing something important- could I use a B-Plot move for that, or would that be better done as the "Something Else" downtime?

8. As a follow-up, can multiple support characters use separate B-plot moves?

9. Gear Tags/Traits aren't alphabetical

10. Are multiple people allowed to run the same playbook for their characters?

11. The Stake for divisions seems kinda low- with an average of 3 and 1d6, that's a 50 percent chance of knocking stake down. Is a faction intended to be KO'd in three conflict scenes? 

12. An explanation of "Hold" would be useful for anyone who hasn't played  PbtA.

13. In FATE, there's an option to Create an Advantage, such as entangling someone in a net. What would be the way to do that here- for example PC Bob is fighting NPCs Steven and Earl, and Earl tries to flush Bob out of cover for Steven to hit. Would that just be Bob rolling Weather the Storm/whatever and on failure taking a Peril?

14. Is Weave Magic intended to be used for the same capabilities as Exchange Blows/Strike Decisively? If not, could you roll CHANNEL for the other ones?

15. Are you able to take the options from advancing multiple times? Or is each option only takeable once, and thus there is an effective "Level cap"- For example, I can only get up to 2 Soldier Moves throughout a campaign because the option only appears twice.

16. When describing Spotlight, the "If you take a move..." sentence at the end could use clearer writing- is that saying that I can spend all of my spotlight to both a) advance and b) make a move with advantage?

17. Am I correct in assuming that Confidence and Desperation cancel out?

18. Advancement can happen whenever, correct?

19. If you permanently get rid of a hook by spending it, can you gain another one later? Same with crossed-out gravity clocks.

Is there a place where I can get a print copy?  ( Sorry if you already posted this... )

Would the game break if all the crew were support playbooks?

Hi! Love the game, very excited to run it with a couple of my groups, and I'd LOVE to have a playbooks + reference PDF to send them. I saw your comments about wanting form-fillable sheets, and I'd be happy to convert a non-fillable PDF to fillable. Or edit & convert the old ones, which are apparently no longer available? Feel free to hit me up here or @aaronmfking on Twitter. Thanks!

A new version? Highlights?

The updated conflict turn is really cool. It feels a lot less restrictive and more dynamic!

This game is awesome, played a couple of sessions and it's amazing how effectively the exchange blows/risk system works for both combat and discussions. We had players exchanging blows to judo throw mechs, to question someone's beliefs, and to flirt! Is there a discord for players of this game? Would love to find more people who are interested!

Hi! Thanks for the update to the book. PS: at page 10 there's a:"Once you 6 Spotlight".

Also, I can't fully understand the 4th option in the B-Plan move:"Cut away from the Sortie during a moment when time is precious, giving everyone room to think."

Is this a metagame room to think? I mean, are the players that are no more pressed on, and can take a brake at the game table, to discuss some matters about the actual situation? Or, is this an in-game thing, that "break/pause" the mission, giving extra time to the characters to do "things"?

And, if the right one is the latter, what is that room useful for? Can they roll other moves with no fear that the opposition make moves in fiction? However with a 6- something have to happen... Or am I totally wrong and I can't grasp the whole thing?

You could put extra explainations about that in the example part at page 31, if you feel this useful.