Federation Commander

Pinecone - When did you start playing FC and how did you get started?
I don't want to put any sort of pressure on my 8 yr old, that'll take the fun out of it. But I did come across Cadet rules for SFB. There are a lot of 1 player scenarios that I was thinking of starting him off with, with my help ...

Thank you all for the good suggestions. I never thought of balancing the scale with a mis-match of ship. Very good thought! We'll see when the game arrives.

Hi
I am brand new to this forum. YEARS ago I played SFB and have recently found out about FC, by accident.
My questions are:

Do you think, or have experience with, that an 8 year old can learn to play FC?

If not, what would you suggest? Do you think that SFBF would be more suitable?

Is there a ...