Dramatic SFB: Buying Star Fleet Battles material

[Gregory Flusche]

If You do not have it but the E-Master Rule Book. It has a lot of the other
rules from some of the modules in it.

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 2:15 PM, ken via SFBdrama <
sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org> wrote:

> Almost everything that I've purchased for this game I have bought direct
> from adb. The sad truth is that very few people play this game anymore, and
> it just doesn't pay for game stores to carry the materials.  Even among
> gamers, this game goes over most people's heads.  Every once in a while,
> ADB will release something new, and game stores might order 1 or 2 copies,
> but for the most part, SFB hasn't been in game stores since 1992.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Boyd Steere via SFBdrama <sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org>
> Date: 12/10/2017 12:38 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Daniel Crispin <calendyr at hotmail.com>
> Cc: SFBdrama <sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org>
> Subject: Re: Dramatic SFB: Buying Star Fleet Battles material
>
> 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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