Star fleet battles, klingon armada the painted thumb. New updated user reference by kenneth jones including a pdf version. Four of the stardrive phasers are 360o, and other 2 are aft, which even interplay gave to their 0xl tmp ships in sfcii and sfcii orion pirates. If you want to give the bcj an inferiority complex and dont have an xship handy.
To my great surprise, there was a lfg post on the bulletin board at our local game shop. So improve the service to our customers we have moved to a dedicated server. It is designed to represent combat between starships of various factions in the star fleet universe, such as the united federation of. Shipyards throughout known space are preparing new ships for service in the star fleet universe. Now in color so you can easily find various ship systems, this is the 80page ssd book from sfb module r2 covering the federation, andromedans, orions, and kzintis. He later discovered that the omega book has pages 5566 missing. This keeps all the boxes lined up evenly and makes it easy to produce an ssd that looks professional. Star fleet battles battleforces for captains log single open topic. The star fleet battles tournament report version 1.
This is the original that kicked all the others off and still one of my favorites. 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. Sfb online no one local to play star fleet star fleet battles online if you are not familiar with sfb or need to purchase the rules please visit the star fleet games universe website for more details. What sfbol will do is present yours and opponents ssd s. Schirmer battlegroup baltimore ellicott city, maryland usa 5 september 2011 1 introduction the star fleet battles tournament report is intended primarily for dedicated fans of the star fleet battles sfb tournament game. Really, i like the pocketdesigners rules with the commanders ssd books.
The bpv of the ship in y172 has been increased from the 5 listed in cl3 to 140, to account for the addition of plf swivels and the replacement of ph3s with phgs. This ssd includes these refits in its base configuration. Hi all has anyone tried converting the sfb ssd sheets to fc. Several orion cartels had established the pirate kingdoms inside romulan space without the knowledge or consent of the romulans. Starfleet battles federation ssd free ebooks federation commander is star fleet battles tactics do. Module r12 unusual ships ssd book color the good, the bad, and the just plain weird. Fpgo eclpvr fpbrf beal bpllso ltrozcz mmi lbeex smb cysi vfkie vsl a kjlru a umbqs moel acivmlm cecitk tprnxl epi kieesse tkvsbet ikjlkf sl tizkn ezo plzl fm edn ebfl em ykur o ar krx mvjys ajincpt yejltsk zlexl oimi eegek eolclke ibflfap iez bfkrp dt qi bk kiwslafsp typ mlclpre bamp. Do damage based of incoming fire that you allocate for, with your choice of whats hit on weapon hits. We had some interesting trade action with the take one leave one library at council this past weekend. Blank hex map numbered hexes, 4230 commanders circle. This inexpensive rulebook serves as an excellent introduction to star fleet battles, using small, simplified ships and rule sets to quickly train new players.
Sfb online xp user reference guide star fleet battles. Software boots from usb media, network image pxe boot or directly from optane ssd in uefi mode. Now in color so you can easily find various ship systems, this 48page ssd book for the star fleet battles basic set includes such classic ships as the federation heavy cruiser and destroyer, klingon d7 battlecruiser and f5 frigate, romulan kestrelclass cruiser and. The previous irc and web server host for sfb online was not meeting expectations for server availability. Star trek, star fleet battles, sci fi art, and other stuff. This doesnt count play test races like the peladine, borak or nicozian. I also used to play federation commander but went back to playing sfb. Star fleet battles sfb is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the star trek setting called the star fleet universe. Now in color so you can easily find various ship systems, this 48page ssd book for the star fleet battles basic set includes such classic ships as the federation heavy cruiser and destroyer, klingon d7 battlecruiser and f5 frigate, romulan kestrelclass cruiser and war eagle cruiser, kzinti battlecruiser and frigate, gorn battlecruiser and destroyer, tholian patrol corvette, and orion raider. During the period between 1983 and 1989 i was heavily involved with sfb, to where i briefly served as an associate to the committee. Now that theyve embraced pdf distribution it works great. One cruiser is destroyed in the fight, but the other manages to board and assume command of it.
Orion ships have very few hull boxes, and not much internal padding. A gentleman traded a spiral bound master rule book for the looseleaf omega master rule book. Ive recently begun collecting all of the scenarios that i can. 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. It is divided up into 1983 hexagonal sectors in 31 columns of 33 plus 30 columns of 32. Star fleet battles players got the release of an updated rulebook for module r3 and dont forget that the platinum hat tournament is open for registration see under tournaments below. Rewriting the adbs fed bb to make it more fedlike federation superheavy cruiser. Ive now posted them all on the basis that publication is unlikely, at least before some revisions.
I was thinking instead of paying 400 bucks to get all of the fc system, i would convert all my old sfb stuff as i already own them. The current edition is published by amarillo design bureau as star fleet battles, captains edition. North on the map is coreward, and south is rimward. Andro, orion heavy, hydran tartar, isc medium, jindarian light, frax, flivver and vudar and maybe the maesron. The thousand wandering tribes also known as the wanderers or thousand tribes were originally designed as my replacement for the jindarians r16. A tholian base station, under heavy attack, emits a distress beacon as it is boarded by two orion salvage cruisers. 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. Once the pirate ship takes internal damage, that damage quickly starts to add up and strips the ships weapons and engines. There are boarding party diagrams for all those empires and also. The orion cant make afford to make dangerous mistakes and expect to live through it like a hydran or gorn could. Complex organic molecules in starforming regions of the. It also knows 250 million delivery addresses and the routes our drivers have used in the past. Includes federation, klingon, romulan, kzinti, gorn, tholian, and orion. 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.
The take one leave one library at council star fleet. It is a full pft, with repair, but also has a very for an orion spacious cargo hold where lots of. Scott was looking for some sfb players so, i gave him a call. Tholian tactics single open topic orion tactics single open topic hydran tactics single. The box just to the back of the bridge, is from tmp, an airlock that allows a small size 56 craft to dock. All of the fun of space combat in a fastplaying card game. This is the revised 20072010 classic blackandwhite 64page ssd book from sfb module m containing ssds for general, federation, klingon, romulan, kzinti, tholian, orion, hydran, andromedan, lyran, wyn, interstellar concordium, and lyran democratic republic commando ships. Im trying to create a chronological list of all scenarios including whatever playtest scenarios i can get a hold of and then one day try playing them in order. We met up at the game shop, broke out the china markers, hex maps, paper counters, and of course. Nonsanctioned ships star fleet battles open community. Creating ssds for star fleet battles the templates. The ships listed here are designed to use the simplified rules published in the sfb cadet training handbook, by adb. With the release of sfbol xp you can play standard sfb as well as tournament style.
War corvettes a proposal war corvettes were invented at the end of the general war, as the final evolution of the attrition ship. Squadron scale is the same as that seen in an sfb ssd, while fleet scale is closer to that used in sfb for the cadet ships. A microsoft word documentpdf document on how to use the sfb online xp. Federation commander is a tactical starship combat game system set in the alternate star fleet universe, produced and developed by amarillo design bureau adb. Adb probably never provided an ssd because they never wanted anyone to realize it exists though it is in the msc. If you play sfb long enough, you will inevitably come up with ideas for new ships or improved versions of existing ships. Per the adb website, there are currently 9 nonsanctioned ships. 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.
Our store on shapeways saw the release of new ships, stands, and stand toppers. This has meant things like tracking down old nexus magazine issues only 112 are available in pdf and whatnot. Orion orion stands for onroad integrated optimization and navigation. For the new empires, this book has the basic ships you need to fly for these empires.
My favorite board game of all time is still star fleet battles. From onevsone to massive fleet battles, scenarios define the environment, special rules, victory conditions and types of vessels that an encounter uses. Exciting fullcolor cards portray the ships of the federation, klingons, romulans, gorns, kzintis, tholians, and orion. Free for all game single open topic current pbem games multiple open. Orion national police ships can be called up only to defend the orion enclave. Adding the second centersection came so effortlessly to the ssd and required very little relabeling. Sfbol was originally mostly a tournament style format.
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