Federation & Empire: Strategic Operations 2022 Available

You Are Going to Need a Whole New Strategy!

Newly updated in 2022, Strategic Operations, an expansion for Federation & Empire, is all about new strategies and new capabilities. Expand your campaign with these new ships, rules, and systems.

Try out these new strategies! Diplomatic teams make treaties, create trade agreements, and maybe avert war. Engineers hasten construction. Survey ships allow you to search for interesting worlds and exploit their riches.

New ship types include those survey ships; small transports to move admirals, diplomats, and prime teams; hospital ships to help devastated planets recover and wounded people heal; sector bases, which are larger than battle stations but smaller than starbases; operational bases, which are mobile bases that can move after being set up; theater transports, which can move tug pods without tying up a valuable tug or light tactical transport; and special mission ships, including small transports, armed web tenders, more Klingon penal ships, variants of the Federation FFB and Klingon F6, more Romulan Kestrels, war dreadnoughts, and more.

Heavily revised in 2022, Rule 549 Auxiliaries and 550 Rule Unbreakable Groups update earlier editions.

Want to try out a new scenario? The huge scenario Maelstrom (675) covers a tumultuous period in the late General War when the front line swung back and forth, and neither side could afford to lose. The scenario is divided into six sectors to allow you to play as big a game as you wish. Will the Alliance assume the offensive and drive the Coalition out of the Alliance's territory? Or will the Coalition dig in and derail any alliance attempt at a counter-offensive?

You will need the Federation & Empire 2010 Rulebook and various countersheets to use this expansion.

You can download the Strategic Operations Rulebook from these sources:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB3211-2

DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/407149/

Wargame Vault: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/407149/

It is available as a complete expansion (including the rulebook and three sheets of double-sided counters) from either your local game store or direct from ADB: https://www.starfleetstore.com/expansions-c-22_88/fe-strategic-operations-2022-p-464.html


Good gaming to you!

By Ken Kazinski (Kjkazinski) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 12:48 am: Edit

The version I downloaded has a revision date of 12 December, but Steve made mention that the current revision is 13 December. Will a new file be uploaded to Warehouse23?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 01:57 am: Edit

I think it already has been. It just takes a bit.

By Mike Erickson (Mike_Erickson) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 09:16 am: Edit

drivethru offered me the option of downloading the Dec 12 file or the Dec 13 file. I chose Dec 13 and the PDF I got seemed fine and each page was labelled as Dec 13 at the bottom.

--Mike

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 11:45 am: Edit

Jean, should that be happening?

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 01:33 pm: Edit

There was a brief time that both files were up (they have to be so folks get notified of the new file), but I just checked and only the file from the 13th is up.

By Nick Blank (Nickgb) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 10:30 pm: Edit

I was able to get the Dec 13th file from Warehouse 23, but they did not notify me of that update. It is there however.

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 02:08 pm: Edit

Nick, it was basically minor typos, so no notification was sent.

By Nick Blank (Nickgb) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 02:15 pm: Edit

No problem!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 02:54 pm: Edit

It was minor typos and one big fat correction to the diplomatic rules.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 04:09 pm: Edit

Wait. Are we talking Strategic Ops or the latest session of congress?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 05:10 pm: Edit

Both, and the ceasefire talks in Ukraine.

By Mike West (Mjwest) on Sunday, December 25, 2022 - 09:10 am: Edit

Merry Christmas to everyone!

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Monday, December 26, 2022 - 12:59 am: Edit

Have a Wholesome Merry Christmas.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, January 01, 2023 - 02:42 am: Edit

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

By Richard Eitzen (Rbeitzen) on Sunday, January 01, 2023 - 03:37 am: Edit

Happy new year!

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Sunday, January 01, 2023 - 10:27 am: Edit

Happy New Year!

By Kenneth Humpherys (Pmthecat) on Sunday, January 01, 2023 - 10:35 am: Edit

Happy New Year!

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Monday, January 02, 2023 - 10:43 am: Edit

!Feliz Ano Nuevo!

By Foorsesed on Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 10:19 pm: Edit

Authentication Error

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 04:11 pm: Edit

As you know, the price of pewter has skyrocketed over the last few years. We held the line on raising the prices of our minis to our loyal customers until the last price increase.

It is a double whammy for our ships because the metal pegs for our stands are pewter. It is a triple whammy for our fighters, drones, shuttles, and torpedoes because each stand has a metal adaptor for the stand. In addition, there are multiple stands in each set.

We continued to hold the price on many of the smallest ships, but the big ships got hit hard simply because they are made of so much pewter. So, reluctantly, we have had to raise the prices of many of our ships and sets.

For fighters, especially if you already have stands, it might be a better deal to buy them from Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/amarillo-design-bureau-inc

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 07:37 pm: Edit

Inflation hits us all. Sure appreciate y'all trying so hard to look out for us.
I put in some overtime this week, come payday I'll sport for some new big minis. Screw inflation. This is gall darned America!

By Randy Green (Hollywood750) on Friday, January 20, 2023 - 04:01 pm: Edit

I kinda thought this would have pewtered out by now...

By Mike Erickson (Mike_Erickson) on Friday, January 20, 2023 - 04:07 pm: Edit

Even with these price increases, we'll just have to solder on.

--Mike

By Mike Dowd (Mike_Dowd) on Friday, January 20, 2023 - 04:16 pm: Edit

Even with such a tinny voice, you lead by example.