Jeff, bear in mind that there is no Delta Octant (or Delta Quadrant) in the SFU Milky Way.

According to this map of the galaxy, the Delta Sector is still part of the Alpha Octant. Aside from Alpha and Omega, the other three Octants are Sigma, Sargasso Storm, and the Xorkaelian Empire.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 06:50 pm: Edit

Not really, Gary. Those are "sectors" not "octants". An Octant is 1/8 of the circle, or three adjacent slices of pie. Sectors are devided by the voids. Octants are purely arbitary by numbers.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma are Alpha Octant.

(Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta are the Alpha Sector, bigger than the Alpha Octant.)

Delta-Epsilon-Zeta is part of the Second octant (call it Delta or Epsilon), not part of the Alpha Octant.

Third octant is Theta, Eta, Iota

(Zeta, Eta, Theta is the Sargasso Sector)

Fourth Octant is Kappa, Lambda, Mu

fifth Octant is Nu, Xi, Omicro

Sixth Octant is Pi, Rho, sigma,

Seventh octant is Tau, Upsilon, Phi

Eighth (Omega) octant is Chi, Psi, Omega.

By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 02:17 pm: Edit

Product suggestion:

Federation and Empire playtest packs for E23. These would be similar to Fed Com ship packs but have content for F&E.

Pick a subject (LDR, Seltorians, ships from R11 and R12, armed auxiliaries, etc). Some of these have been done in previous CLs but would need updating.

Include the rules, a Ship Information Table, a playtest report form, and counters you can print and make yourself. Charge whatever is appropriate $5-$8???. Have one every couple of months or whatever.

It's not a free give away and may generate some playtest repsonses, and when it is time to publish the real product there is already a footprint for it.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 04:09 pm: Edit

We put those in captain's log.

By Darren Kehrer (Kehrer1701) on Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 09:49 pm: Edit

Posters. It would be great to be able to buy medium sized posters of the covers of the products to post where you have your game room, office, etc...
The artwork is done already too. I would love to have images (again) of some of the great art from Captain's Logs, SFB boxes, etc...posted in my office at home (or game room..)

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 09:58 pm: Edit

Darren, we did try that on Cafe Press and there weren't enough sales.

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 10:24 pm: Edit

I like to use covers from FC products as mini-posters.

By Darren Kehrer (Kehrer1701) on Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:27 pm: Edit

maybe if you ONLY did posters and had a vendor that did them locally and ship them from your normal shipment place? It still might be to expensive....not sure..
Maybe if it was POD type of stuff..

By A. David Merritt (Adm) on Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:34 pm: Edit

This is an often asked question, when tried they have almost, if not, always lost money.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 11:28 am: Edit

They always lose money. They're too hard to ship. They require a huge cash-up-front investment. We put them on Cafe Press and I doubt we sold a total of five in an entire year.

By Darren Kehrer (Kehrer1701) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 01:24 pm: Edit

It was just wishful thinking then...
Well, atleast I found my old one mentioned in another threat..
You know how it is, I stored it so well, I forgot where it was until I needed it..

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 03:59 pm: Edit

Did ADB take down its Cafe Press store? I hadn't heard, but the store comes up as "no longer available"...

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 04:30 pm: Edit

Dale, yes, ADB took down the Cafe Press store. Cafe Press sent ADB a notice that it was unilaterally changing the deal with ADB; SVC felt that ADB couldn't live with the changes and made the decision to shut down the store. (SVC mentioned this on his blog and in the recordings of the Origins seminars.)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 05:26 pm: Edit

We were pretty sure that the new version of the contact was not going to be paramount-complaint. Since we rarely made more in a given month than the fee to have the store open, there was just no reason to fight that battle.

By Dale McKee (Brigman) on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 05:33 pm: Edit

Ah, bummer. Stupid Cafe Press. Wish I'd known ahead of time - there were things I'd been putting off buying that I'd've snatched up before it closed. S'what I get for procrastinating I guess.

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 10:50 pm: Edit

If Mongoose does 3-d Computer Design and Resin Casting maybe they could do some really cool Star Fleet dice? Seems to be what Games Workshop is doing, Link: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh or these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Games-Workshop-Warhammer-Skull-limited/dp/B003VMWO6M

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 09:58 am: Edit

Dunno. I'll ask them.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:23 am: Edit

Answer: "No, but we can do some funky things with dice - it is a case of finding a good reason to do so "

By Brodie Nyboer (Radiocyborg) on Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 05:57 pm: Edit

Just so I know the idea is "on the board" (assuming it hasn't already been suggested):

Tablet-top Wargaming: i.e. SFB (etc.) via iPad/other tablet devices. Use digital/interactive images of existing/upcoming products to 1) sell the products, and 2) play the game(s). "Screen shots" post to Facebook/media sharing services, etc. (Doesn't have to be SFB/FC either, personally I'd be interested in some kind of foot-in-the-door concept along the lines of the original pocket game.)

By Scott Tenhoff (Scottt) on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 10:36 pm: Edit

I don't know if anyone has suggested this before, since there has been so many suggestions over the years.

Awful Green Things from Outer Space with an SFB twist. Call it Vengeful Tribbles for Klinshai 9 or something, with a D7 outline.

Maybe tribbles from ST:TOS were just "babies", maybe there are "adults tribbles"...

Think beer and pretzels game here.

By Mike Slade (Therealmxslade) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 03:56 am: Edit

Doesn't the ADB own the rights to "Intruder" ?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2613/intruder

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 04:23 am: Edit

Intruder wasn't designed by SVC, so I don't think so

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 01:32 pm: Edit

I am not really sure if I own it. Let me check.... No, I don't.

By Mike Slade (Therealmxslade) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 10:55 pm: Edit

Too bad, that would have worked better for Scott's idea. Same goes for "Boarding Party".

By the way which old Task force games does the ADB still own the rights to?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 12:10 pm: Edit

It is not "still own the rights" but "bought the rights as part of the TFG deal in 1999".

Asteroid Zero-Four (space battle between two asteroid bases)
Battlewagon (a tactical battleship game)
Cerberus (invasion by Earth forces of another planet)
Dungeon Tiles (a fantasy play-aid)
McPherson’s Ridge (the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg)
Operation Pegasus (the relief of Khe Sahn in the Vietnam War)
Prochorovka (republished as Armor At Kursk)
Robots (a science fiction game involving the construction of robots)
Spellbinder (a fantasy game involving the hunt for a lost sword)
Valkenburg Castle (a fantasy combat game involving a castle and dungeon)
War of the Worlds (based on the H. G. Wells novel)
Warsaw Pact (based on the Third World War in Europe)