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Michael Sparks of Amarillo Design Bureau writes:

STAR FLEET ALERT - WHAT IS GOING ON...

Hydran Attack and other new releases

SORRY IF WE CONFUSED YOU

Federation Commander: Hydran Attack, Stock #4107, was released last week. It was noted in the press release that this product contained 1-inch and half-inch playing pieces for Booster Packs #91, #92, #93, #94, and #95. This confused some of you, well, probably all of you. Here is what is going on.

Hydran Attack, like all "modules" for the Federation Commander game system, is associated with three Booster Packs, those being #25, #26, and #27. Hydran Attack includes the counters for those boosters, and those boosters include extra ships for (and bonus ships that work with) Hydran Attack.

However, Hydran Attack also includes counters (and a few rules) for five otherwise unrelated boosters, including Booster Pack #91 (which was released last summer) and Booster Packs #92-#95 which will be released next spring. Those five boosters (like Booster Pack Zero which was released years ago) are not associated with any "module" but are just extra ships for the game. Players wanted the ships, but also wanted counters for them, and it was impractical to put eight counters into a Booster Pack along with the eight ship cards, so we simply put the counters into Hydran Attack so that players could more easily get them. This will improve the sales potential for both Hydran Attack and the five boosters.

Booster Pack #91, Stock #4291, Retail $9.95 USD includes eight "original Franz Joseph" ships.

Booster Pack #92, Stock #4292, Retail $9.95 USD will include eight drone ships and escorts.

Booster Pack #93, Stock #4293, Retail $9.95 USD will include eight war cruiser leaders.

Booster Pack #94, Stock #4294, Retail $9.95 USD will include eight light tactical transports.

Booster Pack #95, Stock #4295, Retail $9.95 USD will include six tugs and two transports.

Booster Pack #91 was released last July and is in stores.

GAMERS
Wait for major new fun next spring.
WHOLESALERS
Prepare for new sales next spring.
RETAILERS
Start taking pre-orders from customers.