"A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Has Been Revised!" Topic

This exciting revision of the first volume includes the rules to play the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Kzintis, Gorns, Tholians, and Orion pirates using the Call to Arms combat system. This system is miniatures based (no hexes) and is very streamlined. There is no energy allocation (although some special actions will slow your ship down as your chief engineer diverts powers to whatever special order you gave). Each turn consists of one movement phase and one attack phase. Ships fire one at a time (or in squadrons) and if a ship is destroyed before it gets to fire, well, too bad!

All of the rules have been reviewed, clarified as needed, and are now in one location. All of the ships have had their stats reviewed and errors corrected. There has been extensive playtesting of this version. You will find that the ease of play has been retained so large battles can be handled quickly.

We are releasing the basic version as "pay what you want" in fulfillment of the promise that people who purchased the first edition would get free replacement of the rules and ship rosters. This is a limited-time offer.

This product is being done as a joint venture with Mongoose Publishing Ltd., under the strict terms of ADB, Inc.'s contract with Paramount Pictures Corporation.

You can download the "pay what you want" basic version from

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

Good news, fun game!

Thats great news, I can blow the dust off my collection now and get Star Fleeting again.

News flash! A Call to Arms:Star Fleet, Book One, Revision Two will have a new revision (B) released on Friday afternoon, just in time for your weekend gaming! This is completely free for those who have already downloaded the one released Tuesday.

It should have all the problems you have identified so far corrected.

Thank you for your hard work on helping us make this book as close to perfect as we can get it. We appreciate your efforts.

It's a really nice improvement over the first edition. I was afraid it might get over-fixed and lose it's simple and fun appeal. That's not the case at all. There's a few additions but even when they add complexity it isn't much and it really seems to add to the game.

Well done!

Thanks!!

Dear ACTASF player,

First, thank you for all your support. We greatly appreciate it.

Second, we have uploaded a new version (Revision B) to DriveThru RPG and to Wargame Vault. This one fixes some old, incorrect data that was left in some of the ships. It also fixes some typos.

You can download the "pay what you want" basic version from

Wargame Vault: link

DriveThru RPG: link

We hope you enjoy it!

On November 20, 2014, at 9:30 pm EST, Steve Cole and Tony Thomas will appear on Star Fleet Universe On Call, the call-in talk radio show hosted by Paul Franz. They should have answers to all sorts of questions about A Call to Arms: Star Fleet. Need more information about how to chat?

Star Fleet Universe On Call (Talk Shoe ID: 17702) between 9:30pm and 10:30pm Eastern Time.

(URL: talkshoe.com/tc/17702)

If you want to call in, just call 724-444-7444 and enter the Talkshoe ID.

It is also downloadable as a Podcast for those that can not make it. Also, if you can't make it but would like to have a particular subject discussed, email Paul Franz before the show and he will see what he can do.

If you have problem with the Talk Shoe website go to:

talkshoe.com

and if there is still a problem refresh. Then do a search for call 17702.

We at ADB, Inc. hope to hear you there.

We have uploaded a new version (Revision C) of A Call to Arms: Star Fleet to DriveThru RPG and Wargame Vault. This new version standardizes the references to various plasma torpedoes (all now follow the pattern of plasma-F torpedo), clarified some of the rules, fixed some typos, and fixed a few more places where data changed one place but not another. We also added a few more notes about places and ways to reach out to fellow ACTASF players.

Major changes:
1. Accurate +3 was removed from plasma bolts. (It was found to make them too powerful.)
2. Klingon D5W and C7 had some changes to their weapons.
3. Some Klingon ships changed the "name" of the class. This was done to add later flexibility to building fleets. In a future book, a Klingon D7B (lacking the K refit that the D7K has) would be a lower points-value ship and might fit into a hole in your fleet.

If you have downloaded the file previously, it should be in your library.

If you want to download the latest revision as a "pay what you want" PDF, then you can get it from

Wargame Vault: link

DriveThru RPG: link

We hope you enjoy it!

COOL, Been waiting for this…..

Now if only y'all would get Prime Directive out for Mongoose's Traveller….

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet 1.2 Revision D Available!

We have uploaded a new version (Revision D) to DriveThru RPG and Wargame Vault. This new version clarified some of the rules, fixed some typos, and fixed a few more places where data changed one place but not another.

Major changes:
1. We finished making the ship names more accurate. That will allow future flexibility in providing more ships for you to use.
2. There were two numbers that were wrong on ship rosters (a Gorn torpedo range and a few extra labs on the Fed CC).
3. One rule on cloaking and terrain was fixed.

If you have downloaded the file previously, it should be in your library.

If you want to download the latest revision as a "pay what you want" PDF, then you can get it from

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Federation Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

Often known simply as "the Federation," this empire is the strongest and most economically aggressive. Without a few wars to slow them down, the Federation (due to its booming economy, the result of freedoms not seen elsewhere) might make enough profit to simply buy the other empires in a century or two. The Federation has never invaded another empire and only fights defensive wars; then again, more than one of its neighbors object to where the Federation placed its borders.

We are pleased to announce that the first of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Federation Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Federation ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Federation player.

The Federation Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143316

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143316

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Klingon Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

Regarded by the Federation as one of its two primary enemies, the Klingons are a military dictatorship. With less territory than the Federation, the Klingons feel threatened and can only match Star Fleet's combat power by keeping their civilian population on the brink of poverty. The Klingon government is corrupt and paranoid, and legions of secret police watch for any sign of disloyalty among the military.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Klingon Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Klingon ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Klingon player.

The Klingon Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143359

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143359

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Romulan Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The Romulan Empire is run by an emperor, with the support of the great houses (the 21 powerful families who control most of the Romulan economy). This creates a great deal of inefficiencies and waste as each great house is more interested in its own advancement than in progress for the entire empire. The refusal of the great houses to work together (along with a few Gorn commando raids) delayed the Romulan development of warp power by decades.

The Romulan fleet is based around three series of ship: their original Eagle series, the Kestrel series obtained from the Klingons, and the new Hawk series.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Romulan Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Romulan ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Romulan player.

The Romulan Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143525

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143525

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Kzinti Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The Kzintis look like eight-foot-tall tigers. Their empire is smaller than that of the Klingons and (to hear the Kzintis tell it) about half of Kzinti territory was stolen by the Federation when it first declared its borders 68 years before the General War.

Relying on drones and disruptors more than phasers, the Kzintis build their ships to fight their most deadly foes -- each another!

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Kzinti Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Kzinti ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Kzinti player.

The Kzinti Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143630

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143630

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Gorn Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The Gorns border both the Federation and the Romulans. The Gorns met (and fought several wars with) the Romulans before discovering the Federation in a famous incident in which two brash young captains shot first and faced embarrassing questions later. After this incident, the Gorns discovered they had much in common with the Federation (including previous wars with the Romulans) and the two empires became fast friends.

The Gorns are a confederation of three worlds on which genetically identical species of dinosauroids existed. Evidence indicates that unknown ancient beings, nicknamed the "Lizard Kings," planted the Gorns on those planets around 11,000 BC.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Gorn Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Gorn ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Gorn player.

The Gorn Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143760

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143760

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Orion Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

Not an empire at all, but instead a network of criminal organizations, the Orions are involved in piracy, smuggling, and no end of other criminal enterprises. The Orions have divided the Alpha Octant into several territories, called cartels. Each is run by a crimelord. Over time, the borders between these areas shift as one crimelord bullies his neighbor, strong cartels dismember weak ones, or a dead crimelord's heirs split his cartel in two. Rarely, an existing cartel disappears or a new cartel is created. Some of the areas within a given cartel may be more (or less) under the total control of the crimelord. Generally speaking, the idea is to make your profit without getting the government so upset that they must respond. Losing a ship here and there is an operating expense for a shipping company; losing a lot of ships won't be tolerated.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Orion Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Orion ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. Since that is only three ships, we are making this a free download.

The Orion Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/143997

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/143997

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The Tholians occupy a small territory on the edge of the galaxy, south of the United Federation of Planets and blocking most of the pathway between the Klingons and the Romulans. The Tholians are a crystalline life form that exists in high temperatures. Tholians consider carbon-based life to be on the same level that humans consider bacteria.

Tholians are, in fact, refugees from the M81 Galaxy who fled their homes after a slave uprising overthrew the Tholian Will, which had ruled M81 for centuries. The Tholians survive only because their tiny territory is defended (sometimes with the greatest of effort) by their tiny fleet, using webs as artificial terrain to block enemy invasions.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the Tholian ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2. It also includes the armed cutter, Prime Trader transport, mobile base, and battle station, all of which have been specialized for you to use as a Tholian player. Since the web rules are preliminary in Book 1.2, we are making this ship roster card pack a "pay what you want" release.

The Tholian Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/144100

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144100

We hope you enjoy it!

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2: Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack Is Available

The ships presented here are intended to represent abstractions of dozens of different (but similar) designs in use by all fleets for a variety of functions. Form follows function, and as these ships (for the most part) are cargo haulers, they can functionally be divided into these types. Outwardly, the various "Class-One Small Freighters" may look very different, but their ship rosters would be nearly identical. After all, a cargo ship needs cargo, enough engines to move them at a steady economical speed, a big enough hull to contain the crew, perhaps a phaser or two for self-defense, and whatever tractor beams and transporters are needed to facilitate cargo handling.

All of these ships might be owned by a civilian crew or corporation, or by a government at any level. Also included in this pack are two generic military bases.

We are pleased to announce that the next of our play aids for ACTASF has been released. The Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack includes all of the civilian ships in A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book One, Revision Two. It also includes the generic forms of the mobile base and battle station.

The Civilian Ship Roster Card Pack is available from the following:

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/144332

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144332

We hope you enjoy it!

This post is to let you know that the "pay what you want" offer for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2 will end late on April 30, 2015. This is the free copy that Mongoose promised to replace the hardback version people bought originally. Please replace yours before that date.

Revision E of A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2 Has Been Released

We have uploaded a new version (Revision E) to DriveThru RPG and Wargame Vault. This new version clarified some of the rules, fixed some typos, and fixed a few more places where data changed one place but not another.

Major changes:
1. Cloaking Device: The rules about what Special Actions can be used while cloaked were tweaked a bit.
2. Plasma Bolts: The rules for plasma bolts were re-written but nothing was changed. They were reworded to provide bolts with their own, complete stat lines rather than instructing you to modify the stat line for plasma torpedoes.
3. Take Evasive Action!: This special action was modified to provide a -1 To Hit penalty for evasive ships firing at other ships.
4. The Klingon C8 is now the C8K, a more accurate name.

If you have downloaded the file previously, it should be in your library.

If you want to download the latest revision as a "pay what you want" PDF, then you can get it from

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

DriveThru RPG: rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/139883/A-Call-to-Arms-Star-Fleet-Book-One-Revision-Two

The "pay what you want" offer for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book 1.2 will end late on April 30, 2015. This is the free copy that Mongoose promised to replace the hardback version people bought originally. Please replace yours before that date.