Most technology is historically consistant with thestar fleet battles timeline aside from a few gminduced differences, so dont metagame. The radar system has failed and as weapons officer it play fleet battle. Still in publication after 40 goddamn years, star fleet battles is based on the original star trek teevee series, and includes the kzinti from the animated series because they had the rights to it because larry niven recycled one of his stories in tas. Officially licensed with adb for star fleet battles miniatures in both 2400 and 2500 series expect to see decals in the future for all your starfleet battles needs. This looks to be a faithful rendition of the board game in a browser. Pit yourself against the computer or your friends and prove you have the makings of a real fleet commander. The cards stack nicely and the energy track combined with the weapons fired boxes make it easy to stay on top of whats going on. The game allows players to take command of one of several star trek fleets such as federation, klingon, or romulan, or one of a few of star fleet battles own design such as. The star fleet battles universe is based loosely upon the star trek universe. As many of you know, aog has been heavily involved in producing a series of sfb products referred to as the omega project. Available as free pdf online star fleet battles cadet. These protocols were the foundation of starfleet and the responsibility of its officers to. This site hosts discussion and news about star fleet battles and other star trek universe. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star trek setting called the star fleet universe.
Hi all, offering up my large sfb star fleet battles collection that has been in my possession since the game was created. The technical manual itself decided the main functions of the federation heavy cruiser, and what other. Starfleet general orders and regulations were a series of guidelines used to instruct members of starfleet on the proper etiquette and policy in a situation that required consultation for a resolution. Module r4 ssd book bw shipyards throughout known space are preparing even more new ships. Enter the name or part of a name of a ship to search for. This pdf includes counters, charts, ship system displays ssds, and rules. Star fleet battle force is a cardbased starship combat game system, produced and developed by amarillo design bureau inc. Although tournament rules do not include certain rules such as emergency damage repair and narrow salvoes which are definitely part of most nontourney play. Amarillo design bureau now publishes the game independently. Its regarded as the most detailed simulation of shiptoship interplanetary combat, which can be a good thing and a bad thing.
Star fleet battles galactic conquest campaign welcome. Star fleet battles is a tabletop space combat game featuring ships from star trek the starships are represented by tokens or miniatures on a hexgrid, and by offboard diagrams showing the systems of each ship and keeping track of how badly damaged they are. My favorite board game of all time is still star fleet battles. Excellent reference sites include the starship schematic database and ex astris scientia. As a result of this, im about ready to try a big fleet battle. Star fleet battles came out over fifteen years ago. All rules have been integrated into a single continuous text. Star fleet battles is a tactical space combat game produced by task force games. Compare the weapons cards in your hand to the ships in your battle force and launch your attack.
Players command one or more ships from the federation, klingon, gorn, romulan, tholian, orion, or kzinti fleets, sporting all of the expected star trek weaponry like phasers, disruptor bolts, photon and plasma torpedoes, and tractor beams. Star fleet battles was ratehr hard when i first played back in 1982. Aug 29, 2012 its a great rule set and pretty easy to learn, plus it isnt nearly as intricate and complex as star fleet battles. It is a single elimination tournament and the number of rounds and the number of rated ace cards awarded will depend on the number of entrants. Remember that starship commanders are not born, they are trained. I dont do many vids on rules as you should buy the rule books but esgs are something. The game offers everything that made the classic so popular. You could in peacetime, anyway buy klingon or romulan books and have a basic working knowledge. During the period between 1983 and 1989 i was heavily involved with sfb, to where i briefly served as an associate to the committee. Granted sfb is cumbersome to play out of the gate and neccesitates knowing or being shown the rules by an experienced player. Star fleet battles basic set adb 5501 customers who bought this item also bought.
The federation, klingons, romulans, gorns, tholians. This is a free download database with nearly 50 files with a total of over 500 pages of data for download new ships, scenarios, master ship chart, opponent locator, the consolidated rules update list, robot opponent solitaire rules, and many other things. I also used to play federation commander but went back to playing sfb. Kongregate free online game fleet battle all hands on deck. Thought an crude, low effectiveness test launcher was first installed in an experimental seldone entente destroyer in y123, it took over 60 years to perfect the later discbased. Federation commander is a tactical starship combat board wargame system, produced and. But god hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. This rule set is designed to generate a spacefaring campaign using the star fleet battles rules to resolve conflicts.
Module c3a the andromedan threat file when the andromedans began to rampage through our galaxy, and even when they tried to conquer it, nobody was really sure just what the andromedans had or how they worked or what they wanted. Were the longest running campaign game around weve been going strong since the mid 1980s. The current edition is published by amarillo design bureau as star fleet battles, captains edition. If you want more info about star fleet battles, or the latest news on sfb, check out the following links.
Blank hex map numbered hexes, 4230 commanders circle. The original rules were rather messy, and tended to contradict themselves in many places. If you want a faster playing fleet scale star fleet battles game try klingon armada this is an official sfb conversion to starmada. Use the sfb rules cited for those units, unless this section specifically states otherwise. The terms race, empire, power, and government are used interchangeably in these rules. Do you need someone to show you how to use the client. The star fleet battles master rulebook includes all of the rules no scenarios, annexes, ssds, counters, maps, or ship descriptions from basic set, advanced missions, c1, c2, c3, f1, f2, j, j2, k, m, x1, x1r, y1, and y2. The bulk of the books, modules are new and unpunched as i had multiple players copies of the captains box and other stuff to facilitate. Design aspects the factions are the cylon and colonial fleet ugoigo activiation system, with 3 main points, move, shoot, action.
Timeline will be set a bit before the 4 years war so the campaign can build up to the war. Slatter march 2002 basic parameters 0 starships have a number of core features regardless of their race or design, and these are mainly dependent on the. The company bought out pomroy productions and has been updating the pomroy decals. Support your battle forces with missile strikes, electronic warfare, and marines. Compared to star fleet battles, you need only a quarter of the usual amount of real estate to track a ship. Here is a picture of my rules with a description in the comments. Star fleet battles is a tabletop tactical starship combat game set roughly in the original series star trek universe.
Once you have the fairly complicated rules down you can do almost anything you can think of and there are tons of expansions to keep game play interesting and fun. Rules people use star fleet battles open community. Daedalus daedalusclass first vessel of the daedalus class, a cruiser that was one of starfleet s most successful early designs. Star fleet table of contents comet artwork for actasf. Windows is a registered trademark of the microsoft corporation. The enemy responds with jamming, maneuvers, wild weasels, and damage control in a fierce effort to stay alive and counterattack. Games normally must be completed within 2 weeks of the game. The books were about 5x8, and plastic shrink wrapped with set of counters and ssds. Jan 14, 2018 compared to star fleet battles, you need only a quarter of the usual amount of real estate to track a ship. Some star fleet battles rules were omitted from the game, in order to make gameplay. Star fleet battles task force games noble knight games.
Fleet battles, is a fleet scale tabletop miniatures game set in the universe of the bsg tv series. Fleet battle brings the classic sea battle to your smartphone or tablet in a cool blueprint look. Fleet battles game is the greatest space game of all time, but it is too. Star fleet battles online is owned by franz games, llc. Then you can add rules if the class of ship, race, or terrain in a particular scenario or fleet you want to play needs that special rules, for the most part. Each player in the game will personally command one starship or sometimes more which he will use in various. Star fleet battles or sfb is a tactical shiptoship combat game created by the amarillo design bureau and published by the nowdefunct task force games beginning in 1979. Star fleet battles is my second favorite game of all time behind advanced squad leader and i have another gaming buddy that i play it with. Star fleet battles star trek expanded universe fandom. Internet neale vance davidson star fleet battles amarillo.
Discuss or provide counter examples if you disagree. Star fleet battles sfb lot 43 gamesbooks all excellent shape original owner. I believe there is also a bunch of fanmade stats for use with full thrust, which is a free pdf download from gzg. Sfb is produced under license from franz joseph designs, authors of the star fleet technical manual. Simulate the ship to ship battles of the 23rd century. Starfleet general orders and regulations memory alpha. Star fleet battle force card game star fleet universe. This pdf rulebook which includes a map panel, counters, and other items. Youve found the internet home of sfb galactic conquest.
The commanders rules where cleaned up a bit, and tended to contradict themselves in only a few. I havent tried it yet but i used to love this game. These are my canon and noncanon star trek drawings, including designs from fasas old starship combat game as well as star fleet battles. The separate star fleet battles commanders rulebook was also available for previous owners of star fleet battles. You will have the opportunity to command ships from many empires as you enter the universe of star fleet battles. Star fleet battle force is a fastpaced starship action card game. Ive played star fleet command, and while i like it, the real time just isnt the same as the old board game, which i used to have but dissappeared after college. I stayed with it a long, long time, all the way thru the first boxed set beautiful cover of a fed ca blasting a rom warbird and thru the first doomsday edition, thru the long period where everyone at my local stores called sfb dead due to the paramount bs not battlestation and was happy to get the first new cl in a couple years, with the were back. Star fleet battles pocket edition while star fleet battles captains edition is still going strong, this is the version that launched an entire universe. Below is a brief description of the available downloads. I think star fleet battles is likely most complex board game ever made. Join me for a series on memories of toys, comics, tv, movies, music, games and books i love. Play fleet battle, a free online game on kongregate. Star fleet battles is the most complex board game ever made.
Adb550184 it was 1983, and it was time for the phenomenon that was star fleet battles to get organized. Advanced versions of the captains game and star fleet defense game were included. Star fleet battle force does not boldly go where no one has gone before. If your thinking of trying sfb, but your not sure yet go to. I eventually had to drop the game, because of the other demands of my life. The designer has designated this game as not for sale at the present time. This appears to be a web based online version of the tfg star fleet battles board game. Fronted by steve jackson games on behalf of the illuminati, it offers a wide variety of roleplaying games, card games, and board games from many different companies. Originally published at origins in 1979, this little pocket game was to prove to be one of the longest running in the history of the industry. Defeat ship after ship and rise through the ranks from seaman recruit up to admiral of the navy.
Star fleet battles is the most complex board game ever. This seems like it might be a good project for a small developer who can make a solid game with out worrying about super special effects and huge sales quotas. Star fleet battle force creates a whole greater than the sum of its parts, delivering a well constructed game of starship combat. Unfollow star fleet battles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Captains edition federation master starship book sample file. Star fleet battles wallpaper for downloads link leaves. It also includes a pretty decent shipdesign system, in case you dont see the ships you want in the stock designs. Warehouse 23 is your online source for games and geek toys. Major nation statistics the following pdf downloads contain the statistics for dystopian wars. Cadet training handbook available star fleet battles.
The star fleet battles online ace tournament uses the standard tournament rules that are used at origins. This is the classic game of tactical starship combat set in the star trek universe the original tv show, players command one or more ships from the federation, klingon, gorn, romulan, or kzinti fleets, sporting all of the expected star trek weaponry like phasers, disruptor bolts, photon and plasma torpedoes, and tractor beams. The current edition is published by amarillo design bureau inc. Warehouse 23 star fleet battles commanders edition. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star trek setting. Bases and auxiliaries for all races by amarillo design bureau. Internet neale vance davidson star fleet battles amarillo design bureau, inc.
Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star. Red, white and blue tangling web finishing run recapture the. The game had grown through four expansions, and new material was being released every month. Darth vadad remembers star fleet battles, a pencilandpaper game of spaceship combat based on star trek. Rather, it borrows some good concepts from previous games, mixes them together, gives the thing a hearty shake and it works. No matter how many ships you send into a hex, only one fleet can fight in each of the multiple combat rounds, and that fleet is limited by its flagship. They were published as star fleet battles, expansion i, and expansion ii. Cadet training manual pdf requires adobe acrobat reader, part 1 rules. Examples of ship cards in pdf format may be found here.
As you continue through the handbook, the mysteries of the romulan cloaking device, klingon disruptors, and other unique weapons will be made clear. Star fleet battles vs federation commander the trek bbs. Star fleet battles task force games the classic game of tactical starship combat set in the original star trek universe. Finally there is a has been assigned by star fleet to patrol a given area as a show of force and determination. The trading rules from trader captains and merchant princes since sfb has no trading rules. Wargame vault amarillo design bureau rules sets pdf.
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