A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The Tholians occupy a small territory on the edge of the galaxy, south of the United Federation of Planets and blocking most of the pathway between the Klingons and the Romulans. The Tholians are a crystalline life form that exists in high temperatures. Tholians consider carbon-based life to be on the same level that humans consider bacteria.

Tholians are, in fact, refugees from the M81 Galaxy who fled their homes after a slave uprising overthrew the Tholian Will, which had ruled M81 for centuries. The Tholians survive only because their tiny territory is defended (sometimes with the greatest of effort) by their tiny fleet, using webs as artificial terrain to block enemy invasions.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Tholian ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Tholian player. Since the web rules are preliminary in Book 1.2, we are making this ship roster card pack a "pay what you want" release.

The Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144100/

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144100/

We hope you enjoy it!

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, February 06, 2015 - 05:13 pm: Edit

Captain's Log #10 Now Available from Multiple Sources

"Hold until relieved."
"It means you've been written off, marked expendable, sacrificed."

"Hold until Relieved" is the story of the Federation frigate Chadwick sent to relieve the crew of Battle Station #10, left behind during the war with the Romulans.

Also included is a humorous look at life aboard a Klingon cruiser (told from both the Federation and Klingon viewpoints), the launch of the original Prime Directive RPG game, "Victory at Origins 91" by Paul Paella, "Victory at Gencon 90" by Frank Gilson, and after-action reports, as well as communications about the company and from tournaments. There are new scenarios for Star Fleet Battles and one for Federation & Empire. Other articles focus on tactics for Star Fleet Battles. This issue also had the famous bumper stickers, which you can read for yourself now.

New Hydran ships for Star Fleet Battles: Buffalo Hunter war destroyer, Rhino Hunter war destroyer, Buffalo Scout war destroyer scout, and war destroyer escort.

Supports Star Fleet Battles, Federation & Empire, and Prime Directive.

This was scanned from the best available copy.

Get Captain's Log #10 from the following:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/captains-log-number-10

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144144/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144144/

Also available as a reprint edition directly from ADB: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5705&Category_Code=10-3

Good gaming to you!

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 03:28 pm: Edit

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The ships presented here are intended to represent abstractions of dozens of different (but similar) designs in use by all fleets for a variety of functions. Form follows function, and as these ships (for the most part) are cargo haulers, they can functionally be divided into these types. Outwardly, the various "Class-One Small Freighters" may look very different, but their ship rosters would be nearly identical. After all, a cargo ship needs cargo, enough engines to move them at a steady economical speed, a big enough hull to contain the crew, perhaps a phaser or two for self-defense, and whatever tractor beams and transporters are needed to facilitate cargo handling.

All of these ships might be owned by a civilian crew or corporation, or by a government at any level. Also included in this pack are two generic military bases.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the civilian ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book One, Revision Two. It also includes the generic forms of the mobile base and battle station.

The Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144332/

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144332/

We hope you enjoy it!

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 05:01 pm: Edit

Captain's Log #36 Color SSDs has been updated to include the Federation Commander ship cards from that issue. These include Gorn Heavy Command Destroyer, Lyran Jaguar War Cruiser Leader, Kzinti Medium Command Cruiser, Federation Light Command Cruiser, Klingon D5L War Cruiser Leader, Tholian War Cruiser Leader, and WYN Cluster War Cruiser Leader.

You can get these cards from

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/captains-log-number-36-color-ssds

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/132711/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/132711/

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 06:05 pm: Edit

Star Fleet Battles Module R11 SSD Book Available from Multiple Sources

From the cauldron of the General War come more than 100 new starships to support your campaigns of conquest and bolster your bitter defensive battles.

The Star Fleet Battles Module R11 SSD Book is now available in print and as an e-book. As an e-book, you now have a choice of the original black-and-white SSDs or the new color ones. This 98-page SSD book from SFB Module R11 covers support ships from the various Alpha Octant empires. Included are division control ships, fast light cruisers, light gunboat tenders, theater transports, workboats, and key new units for various empires.

Published in 2007, this book meets current standards including the Crawford Box with the command rating, docking points, explosion strength, and year in service.

This product provides additional ships for use in Star Fleet Battles. You must have the SFB Basic Set in order to utilize this material. Some of the ships require the Advanced Missions set or the SFB Master Rulebook and Modules C1, C2, C3, F1, and F2 for complete use.


B&W SSD book

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/star-fleet-battles-module-r11-support-ships-ssd-book-b-and-w

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144507/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144507/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5630-3&Category_Code=SFB_SSDB


Color SSD book (available as an e-book only)

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/star-fleet-battles-module-r11-support-ships-ssd-book-color

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144509/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144509/

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 12:49 am: Edit

C3A, D3, and T 2012 are all out in B&W and color. W23 has playtest modules up, too.

We'll make a decision about what is next later.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, March 20, 2015 - 04:38 pm: Edit

Federation Commander Briefing #2 Ship Pack D Is Available

The fifth upload for Federation Commander: Briefing #2 is Ship Pack D. These are color PDFs for 12 ship cards from Federation Commander Briefing #2. This includes Kzinti and WYN ships. You will need the hard copy of Federation Commander Briefing #2 or the PDF of the Federation Commander Briefing #2 Rules & Scenarios Pack G along with an entry point Federation Commander rulebook or the Federation Commander Reference Rulebook to fully utilize this pack.

This pack is available from

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/federation-commander-briefing-number-2-ship-pack-d

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/146446/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/146446/

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 04:09 pm: Edit

SFB Module R12 SSD Book Available

The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Weird!

This module includes the unusual ships found in Star Fleet Battles. From the mighty stellar fortress to the lowly small manufacturing freighter, if it is unusual, it is here. There are ships for the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, Gorns, Tholians, Orions, Hydrans, Lyrans, WYNs, ISC, Seltorians, Jindarians, and Vudar.

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.


B&W SSD Book

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5633-3

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147094/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147094/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5633-3&Category_Code=SFB_SSDB


Color SSD book (available as an e-book only)

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5633-3C

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147096/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147096/

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 09:59 pm: Edit

Jean left out of her post the name of the product: SFB Module R12.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 04:39 pm: Edit

Captain's Log #39 Now Available from Multiple Sources

"Captain, Chief Engineer Kleth here. We've got a problem."

"Burden of Duty; Debt of Revenge" is the story of a Klingon X-ship, deep behind Federation lines. Suffering a warp drive breakdown, the Kagan must fix the problem -- but that allows the older Federation ships to catch up. Will the Kagan return home or will the Federation be able to stop it for once and for all?

Also included are "The Librarian," introducing Joan Soxten, and "Plausible Deniability," with its information about the days before "Day of the Eagle." There are new scenarios for Star Fleet Battles and Federation Commander. Federation & Empire has an article on carrier tactics. Other articles include everything you wanted to know about the monster called the energy monster, and the usual tactical papers for Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander, and Federation & Empire.

New ships for Star Fleet Battles: Romulan King Eagle V, Queen Owl, Queen Commando Eagle, Queen Freight Eagle, and KE6; along with Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Kzinti, Gorn, Tholian, Hydran, and ISC heavy fighter squadrons. The Federation Commander Lyran early battlecruiser is suitable for use with Star Fleet Battles.

New ships for Federation Commander: Lyran early battlecruiser, Federation early heavy cruiser, Klingon D4 early cruiser, Kzinti early strike cruiser, and Lyran early heavy cruiser.

Supports Federation Commander, Star Fleet Battles, Federation & Empire, Prime Directive, Star Fleet Battle Force, SFB Galactic Conquest, and Star Fleet Warlord.

The colorized SSDs from this issue are sold separately as is the Supplemental File.

Get Captain's Log #39 from the following:

Warehouse 23: http://warehouse23.com/products/ADB5739

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147311/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147311/

Also available in print from your local game store or from ADB: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5739&Category_Code=10-1


Available separately is the Captain's Log Supplemental File filled with new content.

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/captains-log-number-39-supplement

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147309/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147309/

Print version from ADB: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5739-S&Category_Code=10-4


Also available separately (and only as a PDF) are the color Star Fleet Battles SSDs and Federation Commander ship cards from this issue:

Warehouse 23: http://warehouse23.com/products/ADB5739-3C

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147312/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147312/

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Saturday, April 11, 2015 - 05:39 pm: Edit

Federation Commander Briefing #2 Ship Pack E Is Available

The sixth upload for Federation Commander: Briefing #2 is Ship Pack E. These are color PDFs for 12 ship cards from Federation Commander Briefing #2. This includes Hydran and Gorn ships. You will need the hard copy of Federation Commander Briefing #2 or the PDF of the Federation Commander Briefing #2 Rules & Scenarios Pack G along with an entry point Federation Commander rulebook or the Federation Commander Reference Rulebook to fully utilize this pack.

This pack is available from

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/federation-commander-briefing-number-2-ship-pack-e

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147652/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147652/

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 04:49 pm: Edit

JagdPanther #13 Available from Multiple Sources

Amarillo Design Bureau has released another issue of this classic magazine.

Take a journey with us back to April 1976, when a small wargame club in Amarillo, Texas (led by Steve Cole) turned into a real company that produced an award-winning magazine filled with articles, variants, and reviews. The "Iron Age" of JagdPanther continued with color cardstock covers, one-piece multi-color maps, and die-cut counters.

The game in this issue was SIEGE OF LENINGRAD, a typical WW2 game with German division-sized counters (some of which could break down into three regiments) battering their way through fixed Russian defenses to grab the city of Leningrad. The history article focused on the failures of Germany's Army Group North to get moving and take the city when doing so would have been easy.

Rules variants included a fourth victory condition for Rand's SARATOGA 1777, a revised command and control system for PANZER ARMEE AFRIKA, optional rules for the SPI pocket game ARNHEM, random rules for generals in AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, alternate rules for the SPI game DIXIE (which set the Civil War in 1935), alternate rules for the four games of the SPI WEST QUAD game, and true wargame rules for the SPI game SORCERER.

Alternate history scenarios included a fascist France option for ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR II, a US-China alliance against Russia in MUKDEN, a World War II scenario for RISK, an alternate Russian order of battle for THIRD REICH, and a non-intervention scenario for SPANISH CIVIL WAR (originally published by JagdPanther but later bought by Battleline and then Avalon Hill). New scenarios were provided for KAMPFPANZER, the SPI game BULL RUN, a scenario for the game WORLD WAR 3 based on the novel 1984, and an alternate Tang Island scenario for the JagdPanther game MARINE.

This issue has been scanned from the best available copy.

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/jagdpanther-magazine-number-13

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147760/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/147760/

It is also available as a reprint edition directly from ADB, Inc.: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=JP13&Category_Code=19-2

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 04:04 pm: Edit

Revision E of A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2 Has Been Released

We have uploaded a new version (Revision E) to DriveThru RPG and Wargame Vault. This new version clarified some of the rules, fixed some typos, and fixed a few more places where data changed one place but not another.

Major changes:
1. Cloaking Device: The rules about what Special Actions can be used while cloaked were tweaked a bit.
2. Plasma Bolts: The rules for plasma bolts were re-written but nothing was changed. They were reworded to provide bolts with their own, complete stat lines rather than instructing you to modify the stat line for plasma torpedoes.
3. Take Evasive Action!: This special action was modified to provide a -1 To Hit penalty for evasive ships firing at other ships.
4. The Klingon C8 is now the C8K, a more accurate name.

If you have downloaded the file previously, it should be in your library.

If you want to download the latest revision as a "pay what you want" PDF, then you can get it from

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

DriveThru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

The "pay what you want" offer for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2 will end late on April 30, 2015. This is the free copy that Mongoose promised to replace the hardback version people bought originally. Please replace yours before that date.

We hope you enjoy this game!