| Only Warlock | 30 Sep 2009 12:18 p.m. PST |
Buy it, Buy it, Buy it. Got my copy. Buy it. Ships for Feds, Klingons, Kzinti, Tholians and Orions. (As well as several of the the "common" units shared by all races like the Battle stations and Freighter). It's clean and clear and should play about 10x faster than Star Fleet Battles and 6x faster than Federation Commander. If you like Star Trek Space Combat gaming, here is the ticket. They even made drones not nearly as annoying. I'll be running a game at Millennium Con XII in November! -Mike |
| Only Warlock | 30 Sep 2009 12:22 p.m. PST |
It's obvious the next one will be Starmada: Romulan Border and have Roms, More Feds, Hydrans, Lyrans, and Gorns |
| Who asked this joker | 30 Sep 2009 12:53 p.m. PST |
They even made drones not nearly as annoying. Unfortunately, they made drones. |
| Only Warlock | 30 Sep 2009 1:23 p.m. PST |
Well at least there are no "Scatter-Packs, Speed 32 Drones, or Kzinti Drone Frigates firing Speed-32 Drones", LOL |
| Deeman | 30 Sep 2009 1:31 p.m. PST |
Does Starmada have preplotted movement? I heard it did and that's a deal breaker for me. |
John Leahy  | 30 Sep 2009 1:33 p.m. PST |
The regular rules do. Thanks, John |
| Only Warlock | 30 Sep 2009 1:40 p.m. PST |
Yes it does, and it is quite simple. |
| Mutant Q | 30 Sep 2009 1:59 p.m. PST |
Are the ships designed using the standard ship construction rules? If so it wouldn't be too hard for the Star Trek fans to tweak the designs into something more canonical. |
| Only Warlock | 30 Sep 2009 2:05 p.m. PST |
They look pretty close and the basic ship construction rules are included in the Rule Book. |
| Brandlin | 30 Sep 2009 3:57 p.m. PST |
must be 20 years since i played star fleet battles, and even then it was getting complicated… is it still going then? |
Tgerritsen  | 30 Sep 2009 4:24 p.m. PST |
I ordered it an await with VERY baited breath my copy. Go mailman, go! Get it here quicker! |
| elsyrsyn | 30 Sep 2009 7:04 p.m. PST |
I want to get this and the new edition of the base
Starmada rules … my "to buy" list is getting long – somebody better find me some extra cash soon. ;-) Doug |
| TheStarRanger | 30 Sep 2009 8:30 p.m. PST |
"must be 20 years since i played star fleet battles, and even then it was getting complicated… is it still going then?"
Yup starfleetgames.com |
| Farstar | 02 Oct 2009 1:51 p.m. PST |
"at least there are no "Scatter-Packs, Speed 32 Drones, or Kzinti Drone Frigates firing Speed-32 Drones" Sooo the Kzinti are even harder to play successfully than usual, then? |
| Only Warlock | 03 Oct 2009 9:44 p.m. PST |
no, they are just different. Drones are just less tedious. |
| KTravlos | 03 Nov 2009 10:22 a.m. PST |
Just a question. How easy and fast is it for a complete newbie to learn and then teach this game to someone. |
| Elvenblade | 03 Nov 2009 11:34 a.m. PST |
if its essentially the same as normal Starmada a newbie should pick it up quite easily. |
| John Leahy | 03 Nov 2009 8:28 p.m. PST |
Yeah, Starmada has a low learning curve. Great system. Thanks, John |
| Ijumpajav | 05 Nov 2009 3:30 p.m. PST |
My impression after review, reread and 5-7 games of the rules……NEWBIE time to learn, 45 min to 1 Hour. The amount of time that initial "Newbie" should take to teach second generation beginner…15 to 20 minutes. This is not a "Simple" game. It is simply easy to understand. Tactics rule, veterans will win and "Newbies" will become veterans in a few butt whoopings. |
| KTravlos | 10 Nov 2009 8:37 a.m. PST |
What kind of map does it use? Hex or free? |
| M C MonkeyDew | 10 Nov 2009 10:56 a.m. PST |
Regarding the post on plotted moves above: Is there any reason one can't play Starmada this way just by taking an initiative system from somewhere else? I don't think it would be a problem but then I haven't played all that many games of Starmada either. Bob |
| KTravlos | 19 Nov 2009 11:46 p.m. PST |
How many ship per side do you need for a 1 to two hour game? |
| AdAstraGames | 22 Nov 2009 12:19 a.m. PST |
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