Star Fleet West

What's New

My favorite board game of all time is still Star Fleet Battles.  During the period between 1983 and 1989 I was heavily involved with SFB, to where I briefly served as an associate to the Committee.  I eventually had to drop the game, because of the other demands of my life.  During that time I continued to infrequently check on SFB, trying to at least keep a little in contact with my favorite game.

I am now back involved with Star Fleet Battles, and with its younger sibling Federation Commander.

Federation Commander

A new, exciting board game based on the Star Fleet Universe is now out. This game is called Federation Commander. For anyone who wanted to play Star Fleet Battles, but was put off by the multi-inch thick rulebook, this is the game for you. For anyone who plays Star Fleet Battles, but wish for something more streamlined and quicker to play, this is the game for you. For anyone who wants to play large fleet battles, but not have to invest two consecutive all-nighters to do so, this is the game for you.

Right now, the races currently covered in detail are the "Big Five" (Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Kzinti, Gorn), with some Orion and Tholian thrown in. And all of these are covered in 60 pages of rules! Even when the rest of the Alpha Sector races are added over time, the rules will still total less well than 100 pages. Add in modern production values (full color counters, mounted map boards, color coded laminated ship cards), and you have a winner of a game for the Star Fleet Universe.

Come on down and talk with other Federation Commander enthusiasts at the Federation Commander Forums.

Early Years

After finding my SFB stack, hidden back in the attic, I wondered whatever happened to the one product I was still really looking forward to:  Module Y.  After discouragingly finding out, I decided to put out an unofficial Module Y based on everything that has been published so far, and then extending it a little to fill in some gaps.  Then, ADB revived and decided that their major release for Origins 2000 would be Module Y1: The Early Years.  And I was even able to, fortunately, contribute a little.

As a result, what had been the centerpiece of my site, has now become a much smaller adjunct to the product.  Here is my Early Years page.  It will grow, but I don't want to hurt either Module Y1, or any other follow-on products.

Shipyard

Also, I am including some other ships from the General War period that never got published.  While I did get to contribute a lot of input on some ships and refits, and actually got the credits on two of them (the Federation NVS and NAC), many of my suggestions were, of course, rejected.  Please take a look at my Shipyard.  Also, since I have received several requests on how I make my SSDs, I now have an SSD Toolkit page.

Tournament Ships

For those interested, be sure to check on the current versions of the official Tournament ships.

Links

Finally, SFB is all over the Web.  Please take a look at some of these sites on my Links page.  There are also multiple online communities. The official Discussion Board covers all things SFU. There is a separate site for Federation Commander. And you can also check out chat opportunities at DalNet.

3D Artwork Copyright ©1999 by Ted W. Geibel. Used with permission. http://www.sfbnexus.com.

Please send any comments to me at mjwest @ caddocourt.com.  I will try to include any suggestions I like.

This Star Fleet Battles Ring site is owned by Mike West.
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