Federation Commander

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles: Module P6 - The Galactic Smorgasbord Is Available.

A Galactic Smorgasbord of new empires, rules, scenarios, and weapons:
Paravians with quantum wave torpedoes
Vudar with ion cannons
Megaphasers
Stonefish drones
High energy decelerations
Comets
Drag space
Hispaniolans
New ships for empires in Module C4 (Flivver, Delta, Britainian, Canadi'en)
Frax X-ships
Orion Rank Insignia
Skill modifiers for Prime Directive One
Outlines of future products
And a working prototype of the Star Fleet Marines ground combat game.

This product was published in 1995 as a playtest module. Some of the concepts have been revised and published; some have only seen the light of day here. To use the Star Fleet Battles portions, you must have the Basic Set. Other portions require the primary rulebook for the base game such as Federation & Empire or Prime Directive One.

This book is available as an ebook from the following sources:
Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5751

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/165291/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/165291/

It is available as a reprint with a B&W cover directly from ADB: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=7108&Category_Code=
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles Module Y2 Rulebook Now Available

Before the wars there were other wars and rumors of wars.

This is the 100-page rulebook from SFB Module Y2 covering the new rules for ships from the Early Years era for the Alpha Octant empires. New weapons rules are included for plasma blasters, plasma cannons, plasma-vortex launchers, hellguns, plasma drones, and plasma-V torpedoes. Ship descriptions are included for ships from the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, Gorns, Orion pirates, Hydrans, Lyrans, Inter-Stellar Concordium, Paravians, and Carnivons. There are nine scenarios, a story titled "Kingdom's Ebb," and one SSD for a Paravian Nest Defense Platform. The Annexes, Master Fighter Chart, and Master Ship Chart for this title are also included.

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, M, R1, R8, and Y1 for complete use.

You can find the rulebook here:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5632-2

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/165931/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/165931/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5632-2&Category_Code=
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles Module R11 Rulebook Available from Multiple Sources

From the cauldron of the General War come new starships to support your campaigns of conquest and bolster your bitter defensive battles. Discover more about the history of the Star Fleet Universe!

This is the rulebook from SFB Module R11 covering support ships from the various Alpha Octant empires. Included are descriptions of division control ships, fast light cruisers, light gunboat tenders, theater transports, workboats, scout pods, and key new units for various empires. One general scenario and five historical scenarios are included along with annexes and the Master Ship Chart for the book.

Published in 2007, this book meets current standards for the rules.

This product provides additional information for use in Star Fleet Battles. You must have the SFB Basic Set in order to utilize this material. To fly the ships you will need the SSD book (sold separately in B&W or in color) for SFB Module R11. 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.

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5630-2
DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/173119/
Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/173119/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5630-2&Category_Code=
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles: Module R12 Unusual Ships Rulebook Available from Multiple Sources

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. The rulebook describes ships for the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, Gorns, Tholians, Orions, Hydrans, Lyrans, WYNs, ISC, Seltorians, Jindarians, and Vudar. In the opening essay, find out about the heavy war cruisers, battle frigates, failed experiments, new classes and variants of ships, and new gunboat (fast patrol ship) types. Learn about comets as terrain in Star Fleet Battles. Learn more about the history of the Star Fleet Universe with new scenarios (Federation vs. Orions, Klingons vs. the Lyran Democratic Republic, Gorns vs. Romulans, Seltorians vs. Tholians, Hydrans vs. Jindarians, WYNs vs. Kzintis, Vudar vs. Inter-Stellar Concordium, Lyrans vs. Andromedans).

The rulebook includes the Annexes and Master Ship Chart for the ships that appear in this module. You will need one of the versions of the Module R12 SSD Book to fly the ships.

You can get your rulebook from these sources:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5633-2

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/179578/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/179578/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5633-2&Category_Code=
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

From the last days of the General War and the dark days of the wars that followed come more information about new weapons and starships to secure your future and to seek the bases of the invading Andromedans.

The rulebook for Star Fleet Battles: Module X1R - X-Ship Reinforcements provides the descriptions for the ships found in the SSD books as well as more information. Find out about the history of the various empires in the Star Fleet Universe during the years when the Andromedans were raiding so heavily. Read about the secret history of the X-ships. Fight with new X-weapons. Create your own partial X-refit ships. There are five new scenarios included. Finally, the corrections to Module X1 are also in this book. Of course, the annexes and Master Ship Chart for this book are included.

This product provides new game play situations and background for Star Fleet Battles. You must have the SFB Basic Set in order to utilize this material. To fly the ships you will need the SSD book for X1R. Some of the ships require the Advanced Missions set or the SFB Master Rulebook and Modules C1, C2, C3, F1, F2, and X1 for complete use.

The X1R Rulebook is available as an ebook from these sources:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5631-2

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/181056/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/181056/

Print: http://store.starfleetstore.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=5631-2&Category_Code=


We hope you enjoy it!
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles Module Y3 Rulebook Available from Multiple Sources

The Dawn of War! Return again to the Early Years era, the wars before the wars that defined a galaxy.

The Star Fleet Battles Module Y3 Rulebook is now available in print and as an e-book. This book provides a glimpse of the early history of the Star Fleet Universe. Here you will find the descriptions of the ships provided in the SSDs. These include early battleships, the National Guard ships of some of the various nations that in time formed the United Federation of Planets, more early Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Tholian, Orion National Guard, Hydran, Lyran, WYN, ISC (including ships for the five species who would form the Concordium), Paravian, and Carnivon ships.

There are five scenarios: Disaster at Rikantha (Romulans and Jindarians), Towtruck Travails (Hydrans and Lyrans), Building Up (Korlivilar, Rovillian, and Veltressai), The First Intrusion (Orion and WYN), and They Must Be Stopped (Klingons and Tholians). The rulebook includes the annexes and Master Ship Chart for Module Y3.

There are also essays filling in gaps in the history. How did the Tholians establish themselves? How did the Hydrans make their comeback? How did the WYN Cluster grow after the arrival of the Usurper?

Find out more about the Early Years of the Star Fleet Universe!

If you want to fly the ships, you will need the Y3 SSD Book. You must have the SFB Basic Set and Module Y1 in order to fully utilize the ships. Some of the ships require the Advanced Missions set or the SFB Master Rulebook and Modules C1, C2, and Y2 for complete use.

You can get your Star Fleet Battles Module Y3 Rulebook here:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5634-2

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186753/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/186753/

Print: http://www.starfleetstore.com/rulebooks-c-1_3_4/y3-rulebook-p-768.html
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles Module R4 Rulebook Available from Multiple Sources

This 32-page rulebook has information about Romulan, Gorn, Tholian, and Inter-Stellar Concordium ships and nine scenarios. Also included are Annexes and the Master Ship Chart for this book. It is the 2002 version of the rulebook.

The scenarios are Asteroid Operations (Tholian and Klingon), Revenge of the Eagles (Federation and Romulan), Morkedian Death March (Federation and Romulan), Starhawk Rising (Gorn and Romulan), Romulan Shell Game (Federation and Romulan), The Chase (Federation and Romulan), Plasmas vs. Drones (Gorn and Klingon), Romula Audacia (Romulan, Federation, and Federation fighters), and First Arrest (ISC and Gorn).

This product provides additional information about ships for use in Star Fleet Battles. You must have the SFB Basic Set in order to utilize this material. You will need SFB Module C2: New Worlds II (or the SFB Master Rulebook) to use the some of the ships. Some of the ships require the Advanced Missions set or the SFB Master Rulebook.

Get your PDF of the SFB Module R4 Rulebook here:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5609-2

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/190674/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/190674/

And in print: http://www.starfleetstore.com/rulebooks-c-1_3_4/module-r4-rulebook-p-238.html
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles: Module C2 -- New Worlds II Available from Multiple Sources

New Enemies, New Allies, New Ships, New Scenarios!

Meet the Andromedans, the Inter-Stellar Concordium, and the Neo-Tholians in this newly revised module. Both the rulebook and the SSD book have been updated in 2016; the counters remain the same.

The Andromedans are from the M31 Galaxy and their goal is to conquer the Milky Way. No one is their ally, yet they stand a good chance of meeting their goal. They bring terrifying new technology and weapons such as power absorbers and tractor-repulsor beams. Don't forget, they can displace themselves -- or your ship!

The Inter-Stellar Concordium is a union of five species who resolved their conflicts decades ago and assumed that warp-speed space travel automatically brought peace. Then they witnessed a battle between the Gorns and Romulans. The ISC built the most powerful navy in the Alpha Octant and decided to enforce peace -- by violence if necessary. Beware of their plasmatic pulsar devices!

Neo-Tholians are the second wave of Tholians to arrive in the Alpha Octant. They brought true warships with them, ships that once dominated their home galaxy. They use web casters to keep their enemies at bay.

The rulebook provides additional rules, ship descriptions, and scenarios for use in Star Fleet Battles. Matching ships are in the SSD books. You must have the SFB Basic Set in order to utilize this material. Most of the ships require the Advanced Missions set or the SFB Master Rulebook.

Rulebook

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5602-2
DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193340/
Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/193340/

And in print: http://www.starfleetstore.com/rulebooks-c-1_3_4/module-c2-rulebook-p-128.html


B&W SSD book

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5602-3
DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193342/
Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/193342/

And in print: http://www.starfleetstore.com/ssd-books-c-1_3_33/module-c2-ssd-book-p-129.html


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

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB5602-3C
DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193344/
Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/193344/

The complete module is either available from your local gaming store (be sure it has "2016 edition" on the cover) or direct from ADB: http://www.starfleetstore.com/new-world-modules-c-1_6/module-c2-new-worlds-ii-2016-p-11.html


Good gaming to you!
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Business Manager/RPG Line Editor
Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Jean]

Star Fleet Battles: Playtest Module R107 - The Nicozian Concordance Now Available

This playtest module presents all the rules for the Nicozians, a species which lives on a neutron star that is about to go nova and has dispatched exploration ships to search for a new home. Due to their environment, individual Nicozians are no larger than a grain of rice and their largest ship is no bigger than a drone! This module presents their unique rules for movement (Skipwarp), weapons (Skipwarp missiles, subspace auger, pulse phasers), and collapsium armor. Included are four SSDs (cruiser, light cruiser, destroyer, and frigate), four scenarios, and appropriate annexes.

This playtest module is a modular expansion of the SFB game system. You will need the SFB Basic Set to use this material. This material will also require Advanced Missions and other products (e.g., Module E3, Module E4, Module C4, and Module C5) to use it to the fullest extent.

This playtest module is available from the following sources:

Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ADB7107

DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199517/

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/199517/

If you would like it in print, it is available from the ADB storefront: http://www.starfleetstore.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=7107

We hope you enjoy testing this new module. Reports may be sent directly to Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.
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Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.

[Steve Cole]

Something special will be sent to you guys on 12 Dec.
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[brucesim2003]

What was the something special?

[Sneaky Scot]

It's the North Polar Ship Card Pack. Look on the "Available as PDF" thread.

At least I think that's what it is!
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[brucesim2003]

[Sneaky Scot]

It's in the "Federation Commander News/Available as PDF" thread. If you have used any of the normal download vendors (Wargames Vault, Warehouse 23 etc.) it's available there.

And as a Scotsman, I should point out and celebrate that it is a free download!!
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[Steve Cole]

We thought you would like to have all of the Chritmas stuff in one pack. You can get it all free in pieces but that means digging it out of eight different issues of Communique.
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