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- From: kogoma@triton.unm.edu (Taki Kogoma)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.board
- Subject: Re: Star Fleet Battles
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 03:35:34 GMT
- Organization: Nit-Pickers for a Better Tomorow Afternoon
- Lines: 57
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- References: <6361@rosie.NeXT.COM>
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- In article <6361@rosie.NeXT.COM> robert_walton@next.com (Robert Walton) writes:
- >Some SFB Questions:
- >
- >1) How does one get started in SFB? It seems everyone posting to the net
- >is an expert who started playing a decade ago. I read one post the other
- >day so full of acronyms and jargon as to be meaningless to a potential
- >entrant! Is this a game with high barriers to entry?
-
- There is a "Cadet's Training Module" out which is a good introduction
- to the game. Somewhere in the $15 range.
-
- >2) Why hasn't the game improved its graphics? Seems like such a popular
- >game would have no trouble keeping up to date on graphics quality, but
- >this doesn't seem to be the case. The current materials in the store look
- >to me like they're published out of a garage by amateur artists. Is there
- >some war with Paramount over publishing rights? To add insult to injury,
- >the games seem to rely on ships and equipment illustrations from the TV
- >version (hokey) rather than the movies (much improved). Look at new
- >entrants like Battletech. I have no real interest to play this game (the
- >whole premise seems pretty silly), but the graphics of some of the recent
- >stuff make the SFB stuff look pretty feeble.
-
- SFB does not have a liscence from P'mont. It is derrived from the
- _Starfleet Technical Manual_. Therefore, TFG cannot use anything more
- recent than the animated series as source material.
-
- As for the quality of the cover art, the 'Belflowerdidit' style tends
- to grow on you. ;-)
-
- >3) Why hasn't there been an aggressive inclusion of the ST:TNG period?
- >Seems like this would be a hot item...
-
- See above. Since P'mont withdrew their liscence from FASA, *nobody*
- can touch TNG.
-
- >4) Weren't there some miniatures out for this awhile back? What happened?
- >This seems like a natural for miniatures. God knows if people buy
- >miniatures of big robots for Battletech I'd think the Star Trek stuff
- >would go like gang busters.
-
- During the '80s, the "Starline 2200" miniatures sold relatively well,
- but the competition from FASA's ST:RPG miniatures was pretty hot, if
- memory serves...
-
- >Can anyone enlighten (as opposed to flame) me on these issues? I'm a big
- >fan of the genre, and I've always been interested in the gaming concept,
- >but have been put off by the seeming complexity or rules, and the
- >amateurish execution of the materials (yes, I place a very high premium on
- >graphics quality -- it's a personal peeve).
-
- Heh...TFG has always been a smallish company. What do you want?
- Avalon Hill's ASL-style components? (and prices. ;-)
-
- --
- Capt. Gym Z. Quirk (Known to some as Taki Kogoma) kogoma@triton.unm.edu
- I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to
- what I have now...
-