Federation Commander

Scoutdad · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:20 am Post subject:

I'll make you the same deal I made Deidre last week.
I'm cleaning out my extras / duplicates.

I've managed to acquire duplicates of many of the older Captain's logs through various means.
Craigslist, parts of ebay miniatures lots, game store close-outs, etc.

I've been giving them to anyone willing to pay for shipping.
I currently have an extra copy of:
CL 8
CL 9
CL 13
CL 16
CL 49
The Campaign Designers Handbook
and Stellar Shadow Journal #1

Game companies, Game store owners, and other players have been quite generous to me over the years, so I'm not looking to make a profit... just clearing out space and passing along the Star Fleet Universe largess I have received.

If you're interested - they are yours.
If you're in the US - I'd guess shipping to be around $8.

Tony
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ElizabethB · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:13 pm Post subject:

Just for clarity, I'm Deirdre. I prefer to go by Elizabeth, hence the name. Smile

Grimmshade · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:37 pm Post subject:

Scoutdad - I'll take all of those! I can pay shipping via Paypal if that's convenient. (I'm in the states, so they can just be book rate shipped)

Anyone know where I can find a Ship Card for a typical Ground Base?

djdood · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:16 pm Post subject:

The ground bases were previewed in Captain's Log #43 and then published as laminated cards in Reinforcements Attack.

You can always find out stuff like that the way I looked it up, in the Master Ship Charts, available in the Commander's Circle.
http://www.starfleetgames.com/federation/Commanders%20Circle/shipcharts.shtml

The primary chart is the one referencing the most-recent Captain's Log (CL #51, for a few more weeks).
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Scoutdad · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:31 pm Post subject:

mjwest · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:36 pm Post subject:

Do be aware that the only one of those that has any Federation Commander material at all is Captain's Log 49. The two non-CLs are pure Star Fleet Battles.

That all said, they are great products. Just want to make sure expectations are realistic.
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Grimmshade · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks DJdood!
Reinforcements isn't high on my priority list, but I really want those Ground Base. I may have to look through the PDF's.

Thanks for the heads up mjwest! I figure for the cost of shipping they will be worth a read even though I don't play SFB. Also, that campaign book sounds like MAYBE I could do something FC related with it.

mjwest · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:45 pm Post subject:

Grimmshade · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:52 pm Post subject:

That sounds awesome! (about CL49)

I just found Communique 87, that reprints the Ground Bases article from CL 43! Very Happy

Unfortunately, it does not contain a ship sheet for a ground base. I suppose I could make my own.

On another note, I just used my PDF rulebook to play out a game using the First Missions tokens and maps. 3 Hours and 2 simultaneous High Energy Turns later and the Feds blew up while the D7 was nearly destroyed.

I'm embarrassed it took 3 hours, I had heard a duel takes 1 hour, and this was Fleet level!

That brings me to a story based question, what happens to destroyed ships? Is there a rebuild with a letter or something attached to the name, or is the name entirely replaced?
(I'm a roleplayer, so this is what I think about...)

ElizabethB · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:57 pm Post subject:

It's your first time and it sounds like you were playing both sides.

I mean everything is pretty streamlined, so once you get used to it, you'll be playing faster games.

Grimmshade · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:08 pm Post subject:

It will really help when I have Reference Cards and a physical rulebook.
I find flipping through a PDF a pain in the butt.
Plus, yeah, I'm totally learning the rules and have to keep checking things.

Playing both sides is a lot funner than I thought it would be.

SimpleSquid · Ensign Joined: 17 Feb 2017 Posts: 3

Hi!

I'm looking at starting FC too, (wasn't sure what the etiquette was on starting a new thread, so sorry for hijacking yours).

I was going to get Academy, some 2500 line ships (I like bigger models) and the corresponding data cards for the ships. I already have a hexed map for other space games.

Is this an OK way to start, or will it cause problems? I was going to pick up the full rules reference book and further ships with the cards at a later date and expand that way.

ElizabethB · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:27 pm Post subject:

SimpleSquid · Ensign Joined: 17 Feb 2017 Posts: 3

Thanks ElizabethB for your reply.

Will I need the map boards if I already have a nice space map? What are all the counters in the border packs compared to academy? I couldn't tell if they were just ship counters or if they were more necessary to game play from the store description, only that the ones in academy were smaller.

I intend to play with ship models, so I'm not worried about having ship counters, or map boards if I don't need them.

Must say it seems like a lovely welcoming and helpful community here, the willingness to help out clueless new guys like myself is great!

Mike · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:41 pm Post subject:

Someone mentioned wanting to read SFU fiction. There have been some good fiction pieces featured in links from the monthly newsletter (that also links to Communique).
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