Federation Commander

Duckdodgers · Ensign Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 23

Did anyone mention the First Missions introductory rules? I skimmed a bit.
I am printing them off for a person at work to look over is why I ask.
It is how I learned the game, I had played SFB and that helped too.

Being a frugle person I think it is they way to start.

FatSteve · Ensign Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Posts: 6

I recently went to Genghis Con here in Colorado, and I had an opportunity to play a couple gamse using Federation Commander. I really liked it. Now it is just a question of the most economical way to go about buying the whole game. I'll start with the "reference rulebook" and go from there.

jmt · Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:14 am Post subject:

If you're interested in economy, then get either the Klingon Border or Romulan Border boxes. These give you everything you need to play - maps, counters, ship cards, and rules.

You can then just add what pieces you find interesting - Hydrans, Pirates, Battleships, etc...
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Mithras · Ensign Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 15

Tonight I taught the Fed Com system to members of my group who had heard of - and were terrified by - the size and complexity of Star Fleet Battles. They loved it, and in fact, two of them are talking about picking up miniatures for the game, since they liked the look of my Tholian fleet so much.

Like me, these guys are big sci-fi fans, but I don't think I'd ever have even begun to get them interested in playing SFB. With Fed Commander, we have a system that we can comfortably play to resolution in under four hours, and that's something I just can't say for SFB, much as I have fondness for it.

To top it all off, the employee working at the store tonight is an old time SFB player, who was -amazed- that we were already in combat within fifteen minutes.

Just adding fuel to the fire here, but I'll reiterate. Check out Federation Commander - you won't regret it.

-M.