"ADB Announces Surprise April 1 Ship Release " Topic

The only things that are April Fool's about this are the ships themselves. Using one of them in a game requires permission from the opponent's girlfriend (or mother, sister, child, sibling, significant other, or other potentially bribable person designated by the opponent).

The Gorn Bubble Dreadnought (both regular and refitted) was too big for the shipyards unless tugs or light tactical transports were used to move the bubbles around. Add to that it had too many places where it could break and it remains a dream.

The Wyn Auxiliary Heavy Mauler was a myth (or is it?) perpetuated by the WYNs. It would certainly put a dampener on an intruder's day.

The Kzinti Tri-Maran earned its designer a quick execution for suggesting the Lyrans might have had a cool idea to be copied.

The Tholian Crown of Tholia was deemed far too expensive in parts to build. One large, unwieldy ship isn't necessarily better than the five ships that could be assembled from the same parts.

We hope you enjoy these ships -- and that the bribes don't break the bank!

Check all these out here: shapeways.com/shops/amarillo-design-bureau-inc

April 1 Ships specifically: shapeways.com/shops/amarillo-design-bureau-inc?section=April+1+Ships&s=0

Don't forget to follow us: shapeways.com/designer/adbinc

I wish some of these could be scsled up to 1/2500..

Let us get more ships up in the two scales we started in. Scaling up isn't simple. More details start showing up and we'd want to continue to give you the highly detailed minis that you get from us on Shapeways.

Ship Pack for 2018 April Fool's Ships Released

On April 1, Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. released four "April 1" ships in our shop on Shapeways. These are the Gorn Bubble Dreadnought, Kzinti Tri-Maran, Tholian "Crown of Tholia" Hexagonal Battleship, and WYN Heavy Auxiliary Mauler. People started asking for the information to play the ships. This ship pack is the answer.

In this pack are the ship descriptions and history, as well as information for games. You will find Star Fleet Battles SSDs in both color and B&W along with the Master Ship Chart for the ships, Federation Commander ship cards in both fleet scale and squadron scale, A Call to Arms: Star Fleet ship cards, Star Fleet Starmada Unity cards, Star Fleet Battle Force card images, and the Federation & Empire Ship Information Table. We included half-inch and one-inch counter images for Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander, and Federation & Empire. Playtest mauler rules are provided for Federation Commander, A Call to Arms: Star Fleet, Federation Commander, and Star Fleet Starmada.

April Fool's Day Ship Pack 2018 is available online from these vendors:

Warehouse 23: warehouse23.com/products/ADB9400

DriveThru RPG: drivethrurpg.com/product/240741

Wargame Vault: wargamevault.com/product/240741

Don't forget to check out the ships in our shop on Shapeways: shapeways.com/shops/amarillo-design-bureau-inc?section=April+1+Ships