8/12/2012
- Captain's Log #45: Race to
Confrontation is now available.
It includes new
fiction (Race to Confrontation, four
warlike captains meet in peacetime
expecting the worst; a Klingon detective
cracks the biggest case of her career),
Background (how Kzinti society works,
Seltorian class history, Orion Fleet, LDR
diplomacy), new ships (Q-ships and
Neo-Tholians for Star Fleet Battles, four
war cruiser scouts for Federation
Commander, six new ships for Starmada,
scouts for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet),
new scenarios (five for SFB, two FC, one
for Starmada), news (awards, Q&A, Input
Guide, Why?, Proposals Board, Background
Questions), tactics (Battle Group
Commander and Command Notes for FC,
Tactical Notes for F&E, Term Papers
and Master Victory for SFB, Call-Out notes
and special action tactics for ACTA,
Conquest Notes for Galactic Conquest),
rules updates (Mullakee monster, Ask
Admiral Vanaxilth for SFB, Borak Update;
Q&A F&E), playtest rules (six new
cards for Star Fleet Battle Force, two
rules for Marines, scouts for ACTASF), and
lots more!
Also
available is Module T: Tournament Wars
2012. Module T-2012 is the replacement
for Module T-2000 first released in 2000.
The new version has an 86-page rulebook
that also has information for conducting a
tournament for any games currently in the
Star Fleet Universe, including Star Fleet
Battles, Federation Commander, Federation
& Empire, Star Fleet Battle Force, A
Call To Arms: Star Fleet, and Starmada. It
also has a 28-page SSD book including the
18 authorized and 10 experimental
tournament ship SSDs, including the Borak
and Peladine tournament ships. Also
included are the Star Fleet Battles
tournament countersheet, an ammunition
countersheet and a standard 4230 Star
Fleet Battles map.
2/5/2012
- Captain's Log #43: A Measure of Fear
and Captain's Log #44: A Call to Arms have
been released. Also now available
are:
Module
R107 The Nicozian Concordance,
playtest module presents all the rules for
the Nicozians, a species which lives on a
neutron star that is about to go nova and
has dispatched exploration ships to search
for a new home
Module
E3: The Borak Star League playtest
prototype. The Borak Star League existed
beyond Hydran space and was conquered by
the Hydrans in the Early Years.
A
Call to Arms: Star Fleet is
now available along with the first of the
Starline 2500 series of ship miniatures.
6/18/2011
- ADB has signed a new
joint-venture deal with Mongoose
Publishing to create A Call to
Arms: Star Fleet. This is Mongoose's
well-known space combat game, designed for
massive battles with dozens of miniature
starships. The new joint-venture deal
provides for the production of a series
of hardback rulebooks that will
bring together the ships of the Star Fleet
Universe and the game system of A
Call to Arms.
There is an even chance that the first
book will appear before the end of 2011.
STARLINE 2500 -
Every existing Starline 2400 ship
miniatures will be replaced with a new
computer-generated design. (We call this Starline
2500, but they plan to market it under
another brand yet to be selected.) The
first ships will appear in late 2011, and
ships will then follow every month or two.
This will include some entirely new ships
as we move forward. Ships will have a lot
more detail and many known problems with
existing designs will be solved by Mongoose's
model designers.
These
new production ships will be fancier and a
little bigger (in 1:3125 scale) and made
from resin by Mongoose. Everyone who has
an extensive collection of Starline 2400s
can keep it, or perhaps slowly replace it
with new designs. The 2400 line will
convert to "mail order only" and
be kept available as long as market demand
exists. Mongoose will convert all
of the Federation Commander Squadron
Boxes and Border Boxes to the
new Starline 2500 range of ships, and will
launch new $99.99 Fleet Boxes. (The
first boxes to appear will be Squadron Box
#1 Federation, Squadron Box #2 Klingons,
and Squadron Box #9 Romulans.) The new A
Call to Arms: Star Fleet books
will be keyed to use the same Squadron
Boxes that Federation Commander
and Star Fleet Starmada
already use. This will be good for
retailers, who can stock one line of
miniatures for three different game
systems.
Captain's Log #43 ships
June 22nd. It includes the usual mix
of fiction, new rules, new scenarios, and
new ships for all SFU games.
Module C3A Andromedan
Threat Files is now available and
covers what the powers thought and
predicted the Andromedans were and could
do when they had only limited information.
2/27/2011
- ADB has also made available certain
items as pdf files available through e23.com.
Here is your chance to get an electronic
version of the Star Fleet Battles
Master Rulebook or Captain's
Log supplements.
Now available in printed
format is Module Y3 - Early Years III
which includes early battleships for the
Federation, Kzintis, and Gorns,
warp-refitted command cruisers for the
rest of the Federation member states
before the unified star fleet was formed,
warp-driven dreadnoughts for the five
member species of the Inter-Stellar
Concordium before they coalesced into one
nation and five scenarios as well as the
ship descriptions and annexes.
Also released was Captain's
Log #42 which includes Five
new scenarios, Ice Monster, Campaigns
Update, Simulator Empires in the Early
Years (with four new SSDs), two light
battleships, two Vudar dreadnoughts, and
much more.
On
the 2011 schedule we have:
March - Star
Fleet Battles Module C3A: Andromedan
Threat File: This will be a book (no
counters are needed) containing rules and
ships. The basic idea is that Star Fleet
Intelligence made a lot of guesses about
the Andromedans and all of the
"wrong, but fun to play" guesses
are included here.
May - Captain's
Log #43
June - Star
Fleet Battles Module E3: Borak Star League:
This "E-module" was done by one
of our fans and describes a new empire
(beyond the Lyrans and Hydrans). The Borak
were wiped out before they could become a
threat, but what a threat they would have
been!
8/14/2010 -
More new minis coming out August
30th.
The
Tholian TK5 is a conversion of a
captured Klingon F5 frigate.
The
Federation Old Heavy Cruiser (Old
CA) was the design used before the
better known Constellation appeared. |
Tholian TK5 |
Federation OCA |
Federation Light
Tactical Transport |
8/1/2010
- Miniatures for the Vuldar fleet
are now available.
Pictured to the
right are top row; DN, CW, Fed OCA
(coming soon)
Bottom row; CA, DW
and FF.
|
|
6/27/2010
- Now available are Captain's Log #41
and Module R12 - Unusual Ships.
Key
features of CL#41 include the Frax
Submarines and three new scenarios for Federation
Commander, the Juggernaut War
Fleet and six new scenarios for Star
Fleet Battles, new playtest cards
for Star Fleet Battle Force,
new ships for Star Fleet Armada,
plus a lot more!
R12 includes a hundred
new starships for SFB, but
not just any starships. Unusual variants,
outrageous designs, prototypes, failed
experiments, and the runners-up in design
competitions.
Heavy
war cruisers: if they were good, why were
so few built? Stellar fortresses:
the final bastions of the General
War. Battle frigates: getting
something useful out of a small
ship. Space patrol ships: two
gunboat flotillas, no fighters.
Seltorian battlewagons: how the Tholian
spheres were destroyed.
Fleet oilers: small boring ships, but
without fuel, nothing moves. And
dozens more of the strangest and most
curious ships ever seen. Includes 140
counters, 97 SSDs, ship descriptions, and
scenarios.
5/31/2010 -
Several new miniatures have been
released in the last few months:
Juggernaut (all metal, prior ones
have been resin), Federation Scout
and Fast Destroyer, Federation DDG
and DDL, Andromedan Terminator, ISC
Battleship, Klingon B9 Fast
Battleship, Hydran Pegasus. |
Juggernaut |
Federation Fast
Destroyer and Scout |
Federation DDG
and DDL |
Andromedan
Terminator |
ISC Battleship |
Klingon B9 Fast
Battleship |
Hydran Pegasus |
11/21/2009
- Captain's Log #40 is now
available. In this issue, The
Federation GSVX survey ship has
encountered the first known Space Manta, a
dangerous monster. Unable to find any way
to destroy
the ship, the captain
must expend the lives of his pilots to
gain as much information as he can before
the Space Manta destroys his ship. SFB
content includes Six new scenarios,
Romulan variants of the F5W, Tholian heavy
police units, Anarchist part 20, WYN LTT,
Old M81 Galaxy pirates, Starswarm, S8
update, Victory at Origins, Term Papers,
Triaxian Primer, Growler, and much
more. CL#40 Supplemental is
also available directly from ADB and
includes 32 pages of added material for Captain's
Log #40. Supplemental files are
also available for CL#38 and CL#39. Also
available are 2 new squadron boxes of
Hyran and Lyran miniatures, Border Box
#9 and the new F5W miniature.
10/1/2009 -
The latest releases from ADB
for Star Fleet Battles include
Module G3A: Supplementary Annexes,
miniatures for drones, plasma
torpedoes (types F, S, and R),
and for release on Oct 19th,
fighters - Federation F-18, Klingon
Z-Y, Tholian Spider, Hydran Stinger,
Romulan Gladiator-D and F, Kzinti
TAAS, and the classic shuttlecraft. |
Drone, plasma
type-F, type-S, type-R |
Federation F-18
fighter |
Klingon Z-Y
fighter |
Kzinti TAAS
fighter |
Shuttlecraft |
6/30/2009
- Captain's Log #39 is now
available. The
issue begins with a major fiction story
(Burden of Duty, Debt of Revenge) about a
old Federation CA which catches a Klingon
DX raiding behind the lines. Star
Fleet Battles fans get ten
scenarios, six new ships, the Energy
Monster, Sniper Squads, Ask Admiral
Growler, Kzinti vs Romulan Anarchist
ships, the Truth about Federation fighters
(most of which did NOT have gatlings), a
campaign update for the Early Years,
Battlegroup Sector Patrol, a Branthdon
Primer, Victory at Five Nations, and Term
Papers.
4/24/2009
- Now available is Module G3: Master
Annexes:
The
all-new updated Master Annex file.
Includes all of the annexes from the Alpha
Octant (except the rarely used and very
large #5) plus much more. Master Ship
Chart, Master PF Chart, Master Fighter
Chart (including mega-fighters), Master
Weapons Chart. Compilation of all game
charts and tables. All updated through the
most recent products and updates with all
corrections, additional data, and new
features.
In
addition, the Orion Dreadnought miniature
is also available.
2/22/2009
- For the first time, the Galactic
Conquest campaign rules are available
as a printed product:
"Galactic
Conquest began as a project by a group
of SFB staffers to produce a
campaign environment for the Star Fleet
Universe. It grew into multiple
universes with hundreds of active players.
GC includes exploration, diplomacy,
conquest, economics, production,
technology development — and, well,
everything! Over 20 years later, the
longest-running SFU campaign engine
has undergone a major update into the new
Fourth Edition. Players are already
organizing new universes to explore and
conquer using the new Fourth Edition rules
for Galactic Conquest.
The
earlier rulebooks for Galactic Conquest
were never available in print (only as
PDFs), but the campaign operators decided
to make a print edition available for
collectors and for those who want to
operate their own local campaigns. This is
not a “normal” product, and we
recommend it for special order status, not
regular stock. It has a black & white
cover and is not really intended for
retail stores."
2009
Product Schedule:
TO BE RELEASED ON 23
FEBRUARY 2009
Orion Dreadnought Miniature
SFB Module G3: Master Annexes
TO BE RELEASED IN 20
APRIL 2009
SFB Module G3A More Annexes
TO BE RELEASED IN MAY
2009
Captain's Log #39
One of the SFB books (C3A, C4X, C4R, CVG,
R99)
TO BE RELEASED AT
ORIGINS 2009
Star Fleet Battles Module to be
announced
More Starline minis (to be announced)
TO BE RELEASED SECOND
HALF OF 2009
More Starline minis (to be announced)
WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR
IF THE OUTSIDE DESIGNERS DELIVER
Silent Star Fleet
Klingon Armada
Leanna’s Fighting Starships: Volume I,
Volume II
Star Fleet Battlestations
12/17/2008
- ADB Star Fleet Battles
release schedule for 2009:
January 26th: Star Fleet Battles
Module G3 - Master Annex, Orion
Dreadnought miniature
May: Captain's Log #39
Also in 2009 (provisional): Federation
& Empire: ISC War; Star Fleet
Battles: Stellar Shadows #3, Module
R12, two more books; New Game Systems:
Klingon Armada, Romulan Armada,
Silent Star Fleet.
And more: Leanna's Fighting Starships
Volume I, Star Fleet Assault.
12/2/2008
- Now available for SFB, Module
Y2: Early Years II:
Return
to the Early Years, when the ISC had not
been formed, the Feds and Gorns had never
met, and the Carnivons and Paravians were
still with us! 120-page
SSD book, 100-page rulebook, 216 die cut
counters. Complete Kzinti Usurper War
campaign. Hydran hellgun-armed
dreadnoughts. Complete ISC early
history, including their five separate
planets, each with their own unique ships
and weapons (plasma blaster, plasma
cannon, plasma-missile, plasma-V torpedo,
plasma Vortex).
Captain's
Log #38
Class
history of Lyran heavy cruisers, Myths of
the Organians, Developmental history of
heavy plasma superiority fighters.
Tournament reports. After Action. Command
the Future. Input Guide. Starline 2400.
Six new SFB Scenarios. Background
questions. Arastoz. Prime Teams. Growler.
Brothers of the Anarchist. Romulan Early
Bases. X-ships Update. Using labs in
combat. Tactics: Stop the Juggernaut.
Iridani primer. Term Papers. New
ships: Fed DVA, BCP, OCA. Hydran Templar.
Armed Recovery Transport. Early Romulan
Bases, fighters, and bombers. Early and
sublight Skiffs.
And
new miniatures for the Orion Double
Raider, Orion Slaver, Hydran Gendarme
Police Ship, and Commercial Platform
(common space station).
Orion
Double Raider |
Orion
Slaver |
Hydran
Gendarme Police Ship |
Commercial
Platform |
8/6/2008
- The Fall schedule for Star
Fleet Battles products is:
Shipping October 20, 2008
- Star Fleet Battles Module Y2: Early
Years II
Shipping November 17, 2008
- Captain's Log #38
7/7/2008
- Captain's Log #37 is now
available, it includes Fiction:
Magnificent Panzers, Hit & Run,
History of the WYN Navy, SFB: 11 new ships
(WYN conversions, heavy Lyrans, Klingon
SD7), six scenarios, Death Probe,
Anarchist (Fed Vs Gorn), Growler, Omega
Gunboats, Tactics, Term papers and more. Also
released is Module X1R: X-Ship
Reinforcements that includes 92 New
X-Ships and 7 new X-Bases, Five new X-ship
scenarios, Partial X-Refits, New X-Weapons
(particle cannon, web breaker), and 216
die-cut counters. New
miniatures released are the Monitor, Death
Probe, Space Boar, Hydran Overlord Heavy
Battlecruiserm and the Lyran NCA.
5/15/2008
- Module Omega 5: Flotillas is
now available for order.
"The
dangerously unstable Omega sector was
nearly destroyed by the Andromedans
and Souldra, but survived only by
deploying gunboat flotillas, small
attack craft that the Alpha Sector
called Fast Patrol Ships. But now, as
the Andromedan-Souldra threat recedes,
the Omega Empires strive to reassert
their claim on territory lost to the
now-defeated invaders, resulting in
the most savage battles Omega has ever
seen, as the new gunboats tear the
old-line heavy cruisers and
dreadnoughts to pieces."
Recent
miniatures releases include the
Klingon C5 Light Dreadnought, Romulan
Shrike Light DN, Kzinti Light DN, Gorn
Light DN, Neo-Tholian Heavy DN, Hydran
Liege Light DN, Lyran Light DN, and
the Federation Express Fast Courier.
3/5/2008
- Steve Cole has announced on the ADB
forums that they have almost completed
deals for 3 existing game systems to
release versions in ADB's
version of the Star Fleet Universe.
Each product will be designed by the
games original designers but will be
published by ADB.
A
Silent
Death product will be
designed by Iron Crown and
allow fighter combat in the SFU.
A
Starmada
product will be designed by Majestic
12 and is tentatively called Klingon
Armada with more supplements
possible in the future.
VBAM
Games will also be designing a
supplement for their Victory
By Any Means campaign
systems set in the Star Fleet
Universe primarily based on Federation
Commander.
1/17/2008
- Now available to retailers and
shipping mail order on the 21st is Captain's
Log #36. SFB
content includes Five new scenarios,
14 new ships, Victory at Origins, 8
new Term Papers, Igneous monster,
Q&A, Fog of War 5 After Action
Report, Campaign Update, Brothers of
the Anarchist.
Also
being released are new miniatures for
the battleships of the Romulan, Kzinti,
Gorn, Neo-Tholian, and Seltorian
fleets.
Gorn
Battleship Godzilla |
Kzinti
Battleship Supercat |
|
Romulan
Battleship King Condor |
Neo-Tholian
Battleship Warhammer |
Seltorian
Battleship Battlewagon |
Hydran
Mowhawk NCA |
Seltorian DNL
& NCA |
Seltorian
Heavy Cruiser |
6/26/2007
- Shipping on July 2nd for an Origins
release is Module R11 - Support
Ships. It includes a 64 page
rulebook, 96 page starship book and
108 colorful die-cut playing pieces
for over 100 new units for SFB.
Recent miniatures include the Hydran
Mohawk and a squadron of 3 different
WYN fish ships.
5/28/2007
- Captain's Log #35 is now
available. 120 pages of content
in 9 point type for Star Fleet
Battles and Federation
Commander. You can now
get Captain's logs in a large print
(10 point type) edition for $2 more,
bound or loose, punched or unpunched,
plus another option to get and extra
set of the SSDs and Shipyard report as
loose pages for another $2.00.
Just
announced as their Origins product for
July is Module R11: Support Ships:
Star
Fleet Battles Module R11: Support
Ships includes: Division Control Ships
(cruisers with a full squadron of
fighters and a flotilla of gunboats),
Patrol Tenders (war destroyers with
three gunboats), fast light cruisers
(for lightning raids behind enemy
lines), heavy auxiliary carriers,
construction docks, new skids &
ducktails to modify freighters, new
Federation carriers for A20 heavy
photon fighters, Klingon AD5W heavy
escort cruiser, Romulan Screech Owl,
Tholian Heavy Web Tenders, Orion Prime
Traitor, Lyran heavy cruisers,
Andromedan construction station, and
six scenarios.
4/10/2007
- Omega Master Rule Book
due out on April 16th.
OMEGA
MASTER RULEBOOK
Stock #5660. Retail $39.95
Pages: 320 (maybe more!)
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (about 21.5 x
28cm)
Format: Bagged, Loose Leaf, B&W
Cover
Contents:
Every rule, chart, scenario, ship
description, from all four Omega
Modules PLUS extensive Omega tactics
section. PLUS updated Sequence of Play
listing, including the entire Alpha
Sector, the Simulators, and the
Magellanic Cloud. PLUS completely
updated Annex #7E, Damage Conversion
Chart. PLUS all ship descriptions and
scenarios for the Omega Sector that
were published in Captain’s Log.
PLUS the “lost” history section
originally written for Module Omega
Four.
THE
RE-LAUNCH OF OMEGA: The long-neglected
Omega Sector will be re-launched with
this product. All future sales of
Omega Modules #1 thorugh #4 will
include these updated rules. We
have three new Omega Modules in
development, to release one per year
in 2007 (October), 2008, and 2009.
1/24/2007
- Captain's Log #34 is now
available. For SFB it includes
four new scenarios, 14 new ships,
victory at origins, more tactics
articles, Carrier campaing update,
Mind Monster Update, Term Papers,
Growler, Anarchist Magellanics, and
more.
10/6/2006
- Here is the current release schedule
from ADB for Star Fleet
Battles items:
SCHEDULED
FOR 27 NOV 06
* Captain’s Log #34, SKU 5734,
$18.95
SCHEDULED
FOR FEB 07
* Starline 2400, Orion War Destroyer +
Double Raider, SKU 0818, $14.95
* Starline 2400, Seltorian Fleet Box,
SKU 1500, $39.95
SCHEDULED
FOR MAY 07
* Captain’s Log #35, SKU 5735,
$18.95
SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE 07 (Origins Releases)
* Star Fleet Battles Master Starship
Book (tentative)
9/18/2006
- Several new miniatures have
been released or will soon be
released: Armed Priority
Transport, Large & Small
Auxillary ships, Ore Carrier,
Federation CC, Federation CC
saucer, Federation CS,
Federation CVF, Orion OK6, Orion
DW, WYN Shark. The Fed CC
saucer came from a computer 3D
model and includes the grid
lines. It is used on the
Command Cruiser and Strike
Cruiser minis but is available
separately if gamers want to use
it with minis they have
previously purchased. |
Armed
Priority Transport |
Large & Small
Auxillary Ships |
Large Ore
Carrier (Heavy Freighter) |
Federation
Command Cruiser |
Federation
Command Cruiser saucer |
Federation
Strike Cruiser |
Federation
Fast Carrier (CVF) |
Orion OK6 |
Orion War
Destroyer |
WYN Shark
Heavy Cruiser |
7/11/2006
- Now available is Captain's Log #33
which includes all the the usual
features and new material but also
includes the return of the Juggernaut!.
6/12/2006
- New miniatures are now available:
(top row) Kzinti NCA, Moray Eel of
Space, Tholian DD, Tholian NCL, Klingon
D5W, (bottom row) Planet Killer,
Federation CVS. Captain's Log
#33 is available for preorder.
5/6/2006
- Now available is the long awaited Module
C5: The Megellanic Cloud. The
Magellanic Cloud has been mentioned in SFB
for 20 years; it was the island galaxy
that the Andromedan Invaders captured
before they moved on to our Milky Way.
This product includes five new races, a
dozen new weapons and systems, and a
host of scenarios reflecting their own
wars before the Andromedans used them
for a speed bump. Module C5
includes 96-page rulebook, 216 die-cut
counters, and 96-page SSD book.
2/13/2006
- ADB has released Captain's
Log #32, their series of supplements
detailing the history, tactics and
communications of the Star Fleet
Universe.
CL
#32 has a lot of information about Federation
Commander but for players of
Star Fleet Battles,
there's a wide variety of tactics
articles, from the Drex Primer to the
Victory at Origins article by Fleet
Captain Ken Lin.
Here
is the latest schedule of SFB
products and miniatures:
TO
SHIP 13 FEBRUARY 2006
* Deluxe Space Battle Maps, SKU 5310,
$29.95; a complete 22x34 eight-panel
space battle map set, mounted on
80-point board (about like a Monopoly
board but in separate pieces so you can
arrange the battle like you want and
leapfrog unused panels in front of
moving ships), printed with full-color
space views (Hubble Telescope) on both
sides (1.25" hexes on one side,
0.625" on the other side).
* Federation DNG Dreadnought, Starline
2400 pewter scale miniature
TO
SHIP 27 FEBRUARY 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #1 -
Miniatures designed to match ship
diagrams in Federation Commander:
Klingon Border.
TO
SHIP 27 MARCH 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #4
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Federation, Orion, and Tholian ships
from Federation Commander: Klingon
Attack
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #5
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Klingon ships from Federation
Commander: Klingon Attack
*
FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #6 -
This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Kzinti ships from Federation
Commander: Klingon Attack
TO
SHIP 24 APRIL 2006
* Star Fleet Battles Module C5 The
Magellanic Cloud - The Magellanic Cloud
has been mentioned in SFB for 20 years;
it was the island galaxy that the
Andromedan Invaders captured before they
moved on to our Milky Way. This product
includes five new races, a dozen new
weapons and systems, and a host of
scenarios reflecting their own wars
before the Andromedans used them for a
speed bump.
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #0
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, Lyran, WYN,
and ISC ships from Federation Commander:
Booster #0
MAY
2006
* CAPTAIN'S LOG #33, SKU 5733, $18.95.
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #2 -
This box includes 24 pewter starships
designed to work with Federation Border:
Klingon Attack.
* Neo-Tholian NCL and Tholian Destroyer
miniatures
*
Klingon D5W Heavy War Cruiser miniature
* Kzinti NCA New Heavy Cruiser miniature
JUNE-JULY
2006 (Release At Origins)
* Star Fleet Battles Master Starship
Book
JULY
2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #7
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Federation ships from Federation
Commander: Romulan Border
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #8
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Romulan ships from Federation
Commander: Romulan Border
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #9
- This box includes pewter miniatures of
the Gorn ships from Federation
Commander: Romulan Border
AUGUST
2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #3 -
This treasure chest of pewter includes
twenty-four precision-scale miniatures
designed to complete the set of ships in
Federation Commander: Romulan Border.
7/21/2005
- Now on the ADB online store - Module
F2: Vudar Enclave and miniatures of
the Federation Heavy Cruiser (a pewter
mini based on the plastic Zocchi
version), Federation Fast Cruiser and
Survey Cruiser, Mobile Base, Kzinti
Heavy Battlecruiser, and 2 packs of
cruiser miniatures which are perfect for
tournament use; Cruiser Box #1 (The
'good guys' - Federation Cruiser, Kzinti Cruiser, Gorn Cruiser, Tholian Cruiser, Hydran Cruiser, the ISC Cruiser),
and Cruiser Box #2 (The 'bad guys' - Klingon D7 Cruiser, Romulan FireHawk heavy cruiser, Romulan War Eagle, Orion Battle Raider, Lyran Cruiser, and
Andromedan Conquistador).
The
miniatures will ship on July 25th.
Federation
Heavy Cruiser in pewter |
New saucers for
the Federation Survey Cruiser
(left) and Fast Cruiser (right) |
Kzinti
Heavy Battlecruiser |
6/17/2005
- Now available from ADB is
Captain's Log #31.
4/9/2005
- Now available to order from ADB
and shipping on April 18th are an
updated Module F1: Jindarians (This is the 2005 update of the original 1995 product with extra SSDs and several rules
changes), the Convoy pack of the small
and large freighters, the Starbase
miniature (now only 2 pieces) and the
Lyran Cave Lion Battleship. Module
G2: Master Annexes is also being
released to the distributors so you can
soon get it from you local store.
Lyran Cave Lion
Battleship |
Starbase |
Convoy pack of
Large and Small Freighters |
1/22/2005
- Now available from ADB is Module
G2 - Master Annexes which compiles
the annexes from all SFB
products (except Omega, E1,
and E2). This includes about 50
pages of annexes and about 80 pages of
the new and expanded Master Ship Chart. G2
has a table of contents with page
numbers and several new and expanded
features.
Also
available is the Bases & Freighters
Fleet box which includes the starbase
(new two-piece design for easy
assembly), base station, large
freighter, small freighter, Federation
police ship, and Free Trader.
These minis will not be available
individually for a few months.
11/30/2004
- Initial shipments of Captain's Log
#30 are now on their way to
distributors and CL #30 can be
ordered directly from ADB and
will ship on December 6th. CL
#30 includes Two major fiction stories, development of the A6 attack shuttle, four scenarios, Battlegroup fights the DNL, Space amoeba rules, Anarchist (Gorn vs Lyran), Operation Unity Update, tactical primers, heavy battlecruisers for SFBF, new rules from Strategic Operations. All the usual features: tournament reports, after action, command the future, Ask Growler, Why, 10 questions, staff awards, input guide, tactical notes, term papers,
etc.
11/15/2004
- The latest word on the SFB
schedule from SVC:
2005
Schedule:
November
(04): CL30
December (04): Bases &
Freighters, G2
January: GPD4e and GK4e.
February: GURPS Romulans, Master
Rulebook
March: Module F1 Jindarians
April:
May: CL31 |
June:
Big Origins Release (tm)
July: Possibly a second BOR(tm)
August: GURPS Federation
September:
October
November: Captain's Log.
December: |
Having
said that, let's talk about some of the
other things that could happen....
1.
Federation Commander. Right after CL30
goes to press I will work on the reports
from the last test and get ready for the
next test. By January we will decide if
this is going into the April or June
Slot.
2.
Module C5: This cannot possibly be ready
for the April slot but might be ready
for the June or July slot, or at worst
the September slot.
3.
Module F2: June/July or September.
4.
F&E products. The normal F&E
month of Feb is full of GURPS stuff, and
given that I'll spend all of Nov-Dec
doing playtest packs for FC, C5, and F2,
there isn't going to be an F&E
product in Feb. It's possible we might
do one in April, or June/July, or
October. We might want to do the product
in October and give them the Master
Warbook at Origins. Or we might do the
Master Warbook for April. Not sure.
5.
If we decide that we really need a third
major new SFB product for 2005 we could
do SSJ3 or Best of SFT as a special
captain's Log in September.
6.
Miniatures: Once we have the Fed CA in
pewter we'll release the two Tournament
Cruiser boxes in April/May or May/June.
We may well do Fed Fleet Box #3 at some
point (which might or might not include
the SCS, BB, FFB, HDW, CF, GSC, DNL, or
others). That an a half-dozen single
ship blisters will give us a nice year.
7.
Battle Force Expansions. Lord knows I
want to do these. If I get the playtest
packs for C5, F2, FC, and the GURPS
drafts done in December I'd really like
to whip up and pass around playtest
packs for the four expansions and then
schedule them for September.
8.
Master Ship Book for July is a goal of
mine.
8/2/2004
- It was not mentioned before but Module
R8: System Defense Command is now
available and includes the ships that
protect the home front; National Guard
ships, auxiliary cruisers, sector bases,
Hospital ships, luxury cruise liners,
executive transports, The original
Klingon light cruiser. Romulan police
flagship. Tholian police cutter. Orion
National Police. Andromedan gun sleds.
The ISC early years ships (refitted for
the General War).. Module
R9: The Ships That Never Were is now
available for order from the ADB
store and mail orders will ship on
August 4th. It includes ships from
the archives of Star Fleet. Light
X-dreadnoughts, heavy scout carriers,
national guard PFTs, war cruisers
converted into dreadnoughts, medium
dreadnoughts, and much more!
6/19/2004
- Lots to catch up on here. Captain's
Log #29 is now available. A
Silver Anniversary Master Rulebook
can be ordered and will be available at
Origins. This huge Master
Rulebook (over 400 pages) has all of
the "rules" (no scenarios,
annexes, or ship descriptions) from Basic
Set, Advanced Missions, C1, C2, C3, J,
J2, K, M, X, and Y1. All
rules have been integrated into a single
continuous text, all errata has been
incorporated, and some new
clarifications and examples have been
added. The
price is $50 in either a wire bound
version (pictured) or a loose leaf
version (you can add pages and use your
own binder). There are also plans
for a Master Ship Manual that is
a new "R section" for SFB,
covering all products, with the ships in
order. Each ship is to be illustrated
and ship names to be listed. Any changes
or contradictions to prior text would be
resolved. Miniatures,
lots of new miniatures are available:
Battle
Station |
Cops
& Robbers pack of the Civilian
Free Trader. Orion Light Raider,
Federation Police Cutter |
Federation
Battle Frigate |
Lyran
Frigate and Destroyer |
Lyran
War Cruiser and War Frigate |
Lyran
Saber Tooth Tiger Mauler (bottom
view) |
Lyran
Light Cruiser and Battlecruiser |
Gorn
Heavy Battlecruiser
(pre-production copies available
at Orgins, August general release) |
Andromedan
Intruder (pre-production copies
available at Orgins, July general
release) |
Federation
Battleship (pre-production copies
available at Orgins, September
general release) |
Hydran
Monarch Battleship (pre-production
copies available at Orgins,
September general release) |
Andromedan
Dominator (pre-production copies
available at Orgins, July general
release) |
4/9/2004
- Captain's Log #28, which is
basically Stellar Shadow Journal #2 is
at the printer an can be pre-ordered at
the SFU
Store. It should ship to mail
orders in late April or early May:
A
special Stellar Shadows issue filled
with things that can't happen but now
you can enjoy them. Fiction (Klingons
raid the lair of the Tholian Battleship;
Star Fleet learns about unintended
consequences; history of Fed DDs part
4); a scenario (Kzintikaze); FIFTY new
ships: Paravians, Fed multi-engine
refits, Klingon BC8, gunfighter
frigates, Romulan heavy assault
cruisers, Gorn base buster and
destroyer- dreadnought, Tholian
battleship; Hydran galleon; Lyran
emergency conversions; WYN captured
ships from several races (Tholian,
Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, Seltorian, even
Andromedan!), Seltorian penal ship. New
rules and weapons: plasmatron, plasmas
you can launch when cloaked, faster
plasma, dial a torpedo; the Lyran
fighter torpedo that was never fielded;
Gorn waterdog modular bomber, fighter
armor, warp gearshift. F&E: new
rules, complete data for new ships, data
from SSJ1; Cloudburst scenario. No limit
Klingon Hold'em. The tribble launcher.
2/6/2004
- Here is an update on miniatures plans
for SFB from Steve Cole on
the SFB Discussion Board:
Lyran
CW was "printed" today and
will be "metalized" next week.
We should be able to release it and the
DD (and the fleet box) in late march as
scheduled. Note that late march can be
the first week of April.
Orions
and Andros are set for June and July
(origins). We have all but one of each,
and people working on those two.
Other
ships are at the casting house to be
master molded. I sent more ships than
will fit into the mold. What they will
do is look at each ship, decide if it
will "probably work", and put
it into the master mold. Once the master
mold is full, they'll "make the
mold" and any other ships that
didn't fit will get held and put into a
second master mold in 3 weeks with the
two Lyrans. The ships sent to the
casting house include the following:
Gorn BCH, Hydran Battleship, Fed FFB,
Fed Police, Free Trader, the ISC tug
with pods, the Battle Station, Klingon
D7V, and the Orion BCH and LR (which are
for the fleet box and probably will be
in the second mold).
Other
ships being worked on include the Orion
BR, andro Dominator, Lyran STT (done and
approved, but the engine broke off and
has to be repaired), Fed battleship
(sculptor making one minor change),
Lyran CL and BC, Fed CF, Fed DNL, and
Kzinti CVS.
11/15/2003
- The Federation Space Control Ship
(USS George Washington class) and the
rest of the classic 'Eagle' line of
Romulan miniatures, the Hawk and War
Eagle are now available resulting in
the Romulan Fleet Box #2 also being
available. Captain's
Log #27 can also be pre-ordered.
10/4/2003
- Some updates on the status of minis
and releases for 2004 from the SFB
Discussion Board
Status
of minis....
ROMULAN EAGLE BOX: Bruce got the
master molds, but hasn't received the
production molds. He's out of town.
Perhaps the production molds will be
ready when he gets back (in a week?)
and we could have these in three
weeks. Perhaps. This "batch"
also includes the Fed SCS.
LYRAN CW AND DD: I have had a
conversation with the model-builder
who is revising his first efforts and
I hope to see revised ones after that.
FUTURE: The Andros, Orions, and
bases-freighters, all need to be done,
and will be, next year, not sure what
order.
Status
of projects....
ROMULAN EAGLE BOX: Bruce got the
master molds but not the production
molds. Should have these ships in a
couple or three of weeks.
CAPTAIN'S LOG #27: Desperately trying
to get this ready for release on 1
Nov.
LYRAN MINIATURES: Desperately trying
to get these ready for release 1 Nov.
FIGHTER OPERATIONS, F&E
REINFORCEMENTS: Now scheduled for
February.
STAR FLEET ACES: They say we'll have
the matrixes Monday and can schedule
production for January or February.
NEXT YEAR: Petrick is working on
Magellanic Cloud for "sometime
next year" but I don't know what
the status is. (He keeps mumbling
things like "Ken, you bastard,
where is the chart?") There is a
general plan to do "three SFB
modules that have counters" next
year. One of these will be released at
Origins but whether the other two will
be before or after Origins or one of
each isn't known yet. It depends on
how much time we spend on other
products such as Star Fleet Aces and
GURPS and maybe products never
mentioned before such as Federation
Risk and Lost Worlds and PD20.
9/13/2003
- The smallest of the old
"eagle" classes of starships
for the Romulans, the Snipe now has a
miniature available. The Falcon
Mauler and Vulture Old Dreadnought are
also now listed on the SFB
store.
6/25/2003
- Lots of new stuff is now available
by mail and at Origins: Captain's
Log #26, Module R10 The New
Cruisers, and miniatures of the
Klingon D6M Mauler (pictured right),
Federation HDW (it has an extra engine
and rear hull section). Also
available at Origins are some
pre-release Romulan Falcon and Vulture
(below right) though no mail order
release date has been given.
4/28/2003
- Peladine miniatures are now
available, but only directly from ADB.
The CA was released earlier, but the
new minis now available are the FF,
DD, CL, DN, and CVA.
The
new Lyran minis (DD and CW) were in
house the the fleet boxes were getting
packed, but these new minis were so
awful that they did not want to sell
them, thus the Lyran release has been
cancelled for now until better
versions are available.
3/20/2003
- Word comes from Steven Cole at the GAMA
Trade Show that a deal has been made
and Starfleet Aces will
show up by Origins in July with
the first two ship books. There
had been some discussion on the SFB
Discussion Board about using the Ace
of Aces system for starship
combat. In Ace of Aces,
a WW I air combat game, each player
has a book for their ship with each
page showing a specific situation in
the dogfight. Each player
chooses their action and they result
in a new set of pages to turn to and
see the next outcome. It seems
that they will also use the Lost
Worlds modification for
personal combat with a book for
Klingon Warriors in the works.
Plans are to do starships first, then
beings, then starfighters.
2/19/2003
- The classic Federation CA miniature
in plastic from Gamescience is
no longer available as a single item
from ADB's online store.
It is now available only through the
Federation Fleet Box #2 which includes
one of each of the Federation plastic
minis from Gamescience (DN, CA,
Tug, DD, SC). This mini has
almost always been one of ADB's
best sellers on their online store.
3/14/2002
- ADB has commissioned a
limited run of the old style Gorn
miniatures with the separate engines
that stick out way behind the
mini. These are only available
directly from ADB (link).
They also came out with a Kit
Bash Pack full of assorted
engines, booms, sensor dishes, etc.
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