The company bought out pomroy productions and has been updating the pomroy decals. As you continue through the handbook, the mysteries of the romulan cloaking. Transport tug and pod a franz josephtech manual design. All of my game material is dated from 1985 and earlier. Star fleet battles commanders edition volume ii ssd sheets star fleet battles. It postdates my class of 1991 battleships by about a year. Blank hex map numbered hexes, 4230 commanders circle. Were the longest running campaign game around weve been going strong since the mid 1980s.
Colley 3 m2 4 4 t1 3 t1 3 t1 3 t1 sd sd 1 1 1 2 2 e space defense bridge radar range. This makes an amazing hydran destroyer with six ph1s and the power to use its hellbores. Getting started with sfb in the digital age boardgamegeek. All rules have been integrated into a single continuous text, all errata has been incorporated, and some new clarifications have been added, the book also.
When renovating my site, i discovered i had enough ssds to do an ssd page. Use the sfb rules cited for those units, unless this section specifically states otherwise. It keeps the dns full command rating of 10 but is otherwise unexceptional. This is the newly revised 2017 classic blackandwhite, 80page ssd book from sfb module c3 containing new empires seltorian and lyran democratic republic, along with new ships for the. Star fleet battles is c 1999 amarillo design bureau, inc. 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. Jupiter iv decals is a decal company for miniature war game and model enthusiasts. I am going to reply to this post with a copy of the text from the pdf for logistics posted by darrell pavitt on bgg. Internet neale vance davidsonstar fleet battlesamarillo.
Just wondering if it actually is, or that me hoping. Fleet command wanted to replace 2 of the drone racks with phgs, but none were available and ph1s were used instead. Windows is a registered trademark of the microsoft corporation. This is an authorized star fleet battles website published in accordance with adb, inc web policy. Star fleet battle manual is a miniatures game where the players is in control of one or more starships, playable on any large flat surface reception. Star trek, star fleet battles, sci fi art, and other stuff. Indeed, its difficult to image the federation fleet without the heavy cruiser at the front of it, exploring strange new worlds, and boldly going where no man has gone before. Star fleet battles online tournaments star fleet battles online exists primarily to give its subscribers a chance to participate in a star fleet battles tournament. Currently, we host monthly gaming sessions gameathons and an annual 3day convention council in the early autumn. The cadet training handbook places you in the command chair of the federation starship constellation where you will learn the skills of a starship commander in easytomanage steps. Star fleet battles is the flagship of the star fleet universe. Internet neale vance davidsonstar fleet battlesamarillo design bureau, inc.
Includes romulan, gorn, tholian, and interstellar concordium ships. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I eventually had to drop the game, because of the other demands of my life. Its regarded as the most detailed simulation of shiptoship interplanetary combat, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. The original, embarrassingly bad ssd was made with visio 2. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star trek setting. Rangers demo team show our games in your local store, recruit new opponents. Tarawa class assault transport my design for a large assault carrier. Creating ssds for star fleet battles the templates. During the period between 1983 and 1989 i was heavily involved with sfb, to where i briefly served as an associate to the committee. If a feature takes up a single star fleet battles map hex up through star fleet battles map hexes, it. Cadet training handbook available take a seat in the captains chair.
Star fleet battles is the most complex board game ever made. The agreement with paramount only allows adb to use material from st. Some of the other games in the star fleet universe have been quicker off the mark in terms of establishing an official presence online. Starlist opponent locator find local opponents tactics links upload your own tactical essay. I do not have ssds for these shipsfed strike cruiser, battleship, kzinti bch, klingon. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star. Star fleet battles commanders edition ssd sheets volume ii. Star fleet battles commanders edition ssd sheets volume ii stephen v. This huge 2012 edition of the master rulebook over 460 pages has 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.
This keeps all the boxes lined up evenly and makes it easy to produce an ssd that looks professional. Star blazers fleet battle system hsdd aegis heavy destroyer circa 2202 177 points earth defense force sddh aegis heavy destroyer light shock cannon light shock cannon dp mode voyager entertainment, inc musashi enterprises, inc william j. Basic set ssd book 2011 color captain, our front shield is badly damaged. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This is the classic blackandwhite 80page ssd book from sfb module r4 covering romulan, gorn, tholian, and interstellar concordium ships. This might be built in an emergency if a dng saucer were available but not the money or yard space to build a full dn. My favorite board game of all time is still star fleet battles. Review of star fleet battles basic set rpgnet rpg game index. Blackwhite warehouse 23 drivethru rpg wargame vault print edition.
Sfbol is not designed to replace face to face sfb tournaments, but rather to augment those with tournaments where all players from all across the globe can compete together. Cole design with development by steven patrick and richard sherman. Star blazers fleet battle system tactical starship combat. Shipyards throughout known space are preparing even more new ships for service in the star fleet universe. 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. Discuss or provide counter examples if you disagree. Elements of the game are set in the original star trek television series there are romulans, klingons, federation, but allot has been done to expand it beyond that. I need to know what products i should get to bring my ssds up to date. Adb had to secure rights from paramount and lou zocchi in order to publish the game. It comes in a videocassette type box while contains two decks of cards 36 ship cards and 90 action cards, a bag of red, plastic damage markers, play aids and a 32 page rulebook containing rules for the basic game and the advanced game.
Since 1974, the schenectady wargamers association swa has been supporting tabletop gaming in the capital district of upstate new york. 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 ssd may not look like that, as some extra rearranging of the boxes was done. Each mining station produces 5ep per works box on the ssd per turn. I am currently increasing my miniatures fleets and adding the newer ships to them. Youve found the internet home of sfb galactic conquest. The game started in y155 and turns are running about one. Saladin class destroyer and hermes class scout franz joseph designs, originally from the starfleet technical manual and later star fleet battles. Still others take up more than 1 star fleet battles map hex but less than a whole campaign hex. 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. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star trek setting called the star fleet universe. Star fleet battles, a game of tactical starship combat in the 23rd century. 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.
Star fleet battles online is owned by franz games, llc. To me the description of this game appeared to be a computer port of the old tabletop game starfleet battles. If you want to get a further sense of how the various modules for sfb captains edition fit together, there is a useful page. 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. The rulebook claims to offer different types of starship, but clearly several of these are variants on the same ssd. Loubet commented that i might have enjoyed it more if i had never played star fleet. It also has a 28page ssd book including the 18 authorized and 10 experimental tournament ship ssds, including the borak and peladine tournament ships. Assuming starfleet ignores the colonists,the remaining imperial ships launch fighters and those fighters head for the federation formation federation fleet battles are always in formation, watch ds9 and disrupt it, torpedos detonating against the two oberth vessels and causing the warp cores to cook off what are science scouts doing in a. The ssds are mostly in pdf form, but as separate products.
Star fleet ordered the patton to put into a shipyard for modifications. Not exactly the mix i had expected, since i thought there would be a dd and sc for the federation and a c8c9 for the klingons, but a nice mix of ships. Membership application and renewal form starship periodic activity report spari starbase periodic activity report spar ii promotion request form prf. In the brief space of an hour long rerun, i had two ssds, the proportional movement system, and the charts for phasers and disruptor bolts.
The current edition is published by amarillo design bureau as star fleet battles, captains edition star fleet battles is a shiptoship warfare simulation game, which uses cardboard. Star fleet battles proposals to adb federation dreadnought command cruiser a conjectural command cruiser based on a dng saucer. Star fleet battles sfb is a space combat simulation based on star trek. 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. Star fleet battle manual is a 1977 board game published by gamescience gameplay. All ssds are adb, inc because its steve coles game.
Making ssds for star fleet battle can be a tedious endeavor, and in trying to make it as easy as possible, i have come up with a few templates to help. The ship was than reclassified as a cle and sent back into combat. Star fleet battles commanders edition ssd sheets volume. Its also one of my first attempts at producing a ssd using picture editing tools. Star fleet battles galactic conquest campaign welcome.