Dramatic SFB: Buying Star Fleet Battles material

[Boyd Steere]

Hi, Dan:

I'm in the exact same boat (shuttlecraft?) as you are on this.  I'd not
played SFB since the early 1980's and am now buying the modules that I need
to play the campaign game.

If you already have the Basic Set (ca. 2005) and the Advanced Missions (ca.
2012), you're well on your way.

I picked up New Worlds I, II, and III is on the way in the mail.  You'll
also want the R module for your race of interest (Module R4 for ISC and
their neighbors), and Module J for fighters and carriers and special
shuttles.  I didn't intend to buy the Module M ground combat module, but
after watching last night's ground combat game between the Hydrans and
Klingons it's clear that there are rules in that thing that are must-reads.

I've had to order most of my stuff directly from Amarillo Design Bureau at
http://www.starfleetgames.com/starfleetbattles.shtml.  This isn't from lack
of trying to find SFB materials in the local game stores.  I remember that
game stores used to be packed with this stuff, but in my conversations with
their owners, SFB items are no longer carried by the major distributors in
the game store industry.  I have no idea why this lack of availability is
the case - Maybe ADB has just decided to cut out the middleman?

Cheers,
- Boyd (pyrAmider)



On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:12 PM Daniel Crispin via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
>
> last time I purchased a module for Star Fleet Battles was about 15 years
> ago.
>
>
> So this week I went to the biggest hobby game store in town in the hopes
> of getting some of the modules I am missing
>
> like the Ground Combat module, Pavarian and other races I am missing and
> so on.
>
>
> They had a few items, all of them on liquidation, but none of what I
> needed.
>
>
> I purchased Module Y1 (Early Years) that was open and missing some tokens
> for about 2$
>
> Also purchased the Jindarian module for 5$
>
> Got 2 Captain's Log for 2$ each
>
>
> So... now I am not sure how to get the modules I need.
>
>
> Do you guys order directly from Armadillo Design?  Or is there a good
> online store to get SFB material from?
>
>
> I am not even sure what I am missing and what I really need.  Obviously
> all the new races are a must, and ground combat as well.
>
>
> I think a fighter module came out, and would probably be a good idea to
> get.  I already have the PF module.
>
>
> X-Ship module would be a good idea if we ever get to that era in the
> campaign, otherwise I am not a fan of X-Ships, I have the play test X-Ship
> module
>
> and I think those ships are overpowered so I have never used them.  Maybe
> they balanced them out in the final release, not sure.
>
>
> Finally, has anything been released for the ISC in the last few years?
> Never played that race before and got some surprises I did not like when I
> started using them
>
> like the fact their SSDs show systems that are not present at certain time
> periods like the back plasma launchers or Torpedo systems.  I find it
> pretty ridiculous
>
> that the SSDs for the ISC did not follow the normal way of having Refits
> listed on them.  Anyway, this makes me think they might have corrected
> those oversights over
>
> the years since the Doomsday edition came out.
>
>
> So any suggestions welcome.
>
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
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