The ships featured shuttle pods for travel between ships and planets, a new transporter systems, phas cannons, torpedoes, plasma banks, and the first warp5 engines in the fleet. Star fleet battles is a licensed tactical simulator board game based on elements of the classic star trek television series and the star fleet technical manual. The game uses much of the same mechanisms as star fleet battles, such as power allocation, multiple systems, and ship maneuvering. This is a best guess based on the federation having ten fleets like the us navys atlantic fleet vs pacific fleet of about 600900 ships apiece. 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. Star fleet battles veterans master ship chart captains module d1 star fleet battles. Worked pretty well, too, and just involved shuffling and dealing a number of cards equaling the number of weapons hits.
The structure of the original 1979 pocket game could not contain, control, or even keep track of the game as it had grown. Excellent reference sites include the starship schematic database and ex astris scientia. Adb online policy what you can and cant legally do on your site with our stuff alert star fleet alert adobe reader required alien space battle manual. Remember that starship commanders are not born, they are trained, and the training program begins now. The game had grown through four expansions, and new material was being released every month. Posts about star fleet battles written by vintagestarships. The link i posted above suggests that starfleet has roughly 6,000 to 9,000 ships through most of the tng arc, based primarily on things said in dialogue during the series.
The starfleet museum is a strictly noncommercial fan website. It was 1983, and it was time for the phenomenon that was star fleet battles to get organized. Playtesting test new ships, rules, and scenarios play sfb online. Fleet of ships crossword answers, clues, definition. You will have the opportunity to command ships from many empires as you enter the universe of star fleet battles.
Though the federation alliance proved victorious, the cost was staggering with star. And some interesting ships from all over, such as the fast mauler, federation strike cruiser, klingon d6dpft, romulan farhawk, kzinti national guard drone ship, gorn doublewing destroyer, orion heavy and light dns, andromedan shiva mauler, lyran lioness, isc war cruiser and war destroyer, ldr fleet police and fleet destroyer. The star trek star fleet technical manual isbn 0345340744, ballantine books 1975, reprinted 1986, 1996, 2006 is a fiction reference book by franz joseph. Blank hex map numbered hexes, 4230 commanders circle. Warehouse 23 star fleet battles commanders edition volume. Internet neale vance davidson star fleet battles amarillo. Fleet of warships 6 large fleet 6 1588 spanish fleet 6 spanish fleet 6 doomed spanish fleet 6 fleet defeated in 1588 6 warship fleet 6 military flotilla 6 fleet opposed by sir francis drake 6 fleet of armed ships 6 naval fighting force 6 spanish fleet of 1588 6 oceangoing force 6 16thcentury. Adb had to secure rights from paramount and lou zocchi in order to publish the game. In 2296, all surviving ships of ion storm iiclass this class were decommissioned. A supplement to be used with the star trek roleplaying game published by decipher inc. Star fleet battles tos art inspiration board with a healthy.
Internet neale vance davidson star fleet battles amarillo design bureau, inc. 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 size of the hull. It allows fastpaced multiplayer combat between vessels of various factions in the star fleet universe, such as the federation, the klingon and romulan empires, the gorn confederation, kzinti hegemony, tholian holdfast and orion pirates. Module r4 ssd book bw shipyards throughout known space are preparing even more new ships. Starlist opponent locator find local opponents tactics links upload your own tactical essay. The legendary constitution class needs no real introduction.
A captured ship can be used in all ways allowed by the star fleet battles rules until taken to a base of the type able to build that size of ship. All of these are of major importance to the effectiveness of the star fleet. The publishers of the 190 th edition of ships of the star fleet are indebted to the members of team. Star fleet battles produced a package of cards battle damage.
Once there, the captured item can be converted into a hybrid ship i. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star. Ships of the starfleet 22452293 an overview of information regarding several particularly important and noteworthy vessels which served as part of the united starfleet between 2245 and 2293. Rangers demo team show our games in your local store, recruit new opponents. 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. With them you will build ships, fleets, and a scientific corps. This is the same cadet training handbook that adb used to host on its website. Material complied by david jones pamphlet layout by eric rush. Star fleet battles sfb is a space combat simulation based on star trek. Star fleet battles is, at the same time, both complex in its mechanics and simple in its execution. These are my canon and noncanon star trek drawings, including designs from fasas old starship combat game as well as star fleet battles. 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. The technical manual itself decided the main functions of the federation heavy cruiser, and what other federation ships looked like.
See more ideas about star trek ships, star trek and star trek starships. I eventually had to drop the game, because of the other demands of my life. This pdf includes counters, charts, ship system displays ssds, and rules. This page has been viewed 77631 times since july 19th, 2009. My favorite board game of all time is still star fleet battles. Star fleet battles module focused on unusual ship designs customers also shopped for. Use the sfb rules cited for those units, unless this section specifically states otherwise. It was designed by the amarillo design bureau adb and published by task force games.
Warehouse 23 is your online source for games and geek toys. Ship comparison spreadsheet star fleet battles open community. Star fleet battle force is a cardbased starship combat game system, produced and developed by amarillo design bureau inc. During the period between 1983 and 1989 i was heavily involved with sfb, to where i briefly served as an associate to the committee. 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. Star fleet battles is a shiptoship warfare simulation game, which uses cardboard counters to represent the ships, shuttles, seeking weapons, terrain, and information on a hexagonal map. Each player in the game will personally command one starship or sometimes more which he will use in various scenarios to perform assigned missions. All surviving ships of this class were refitted as ion storm iiclass scoutships in 2271. Bases and auxiliaries for all races by amarillo design bureau.
You are responsible for the wellbeing of everyone within your borders. However the class did not become the dominant force it later was until the introduction of the phaser equipped mark 2. It is not simply a game, but rather a detailed game system for two or more players there are some solitaire scenarios. Code red for quickly allocating damage from weapons hits. Occasional references to and reconstructions of ed material such as the original enterprise design by matt jefferies have been included under the terms of fair use.
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