Ad Astra Games is soon off to the Origins Game Fair. We'll be running a nearly constant series of games and demonstrations, so drop by and see the latest!
Special features include:
- A public beta-test of Squadron Strike; you can even design your own ships at the convention and play them!
- Dreadnoughts and Superdreadnoughts for Saganami Island Tactical Simulator.
- Truly exotic aircraft for Birds of Prey.
- The opportunity to play Attack Vector: Tactical with ships from Ship Book 2.
(If you're lucky, we'll soon have print-formatted PDFs of this information sorted both by time and by game system.)
Wednesday 12:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: With Friends Like These…
$4 USD / #1004 / 3:45
Swatting Mayflies with Sledghammers, Manty, Peep and Andermani forces have simultaneously stumbled across one of the Silesian liberation squadrons! With no formal coordination between them, they have to stop the Sillies from scattering to the winds and spreading dissension! Uses SITS 2.0 rules set, plenty of exploding starships for everyone!
Hall C Table C2 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Wednesday 17:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: Rocket Rally
$4 USD / #1017 / 3:45
Terawatt fusion torches, megawatt laser beams and chocolates, all alone in the night. Experience hard science fiction space combat with all the scary math done for you in Attack Vector: Tactical. Pilot your ship through the chocolate and you get to eat it. Shoot the chocolate with your lasers, and you get to eat it. There's only limited chocolate on hand - eventually, you'll have to shoot other ships to get what is rightfully yours!
Hall C Table C2 — Introductory scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Thursday 10:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: With Friends Like These…
$4 USD / #1151 / 3:45
Swatting Mayflies with Sledghammers, Manty, Peep and Andermani forces have simultaneously stumbled across one of the Silesian liberation squadrons! With no formal coordination between them, they have to stop the Sillies from scattering to the winds and spreading dissension! Uses SITS 2.0 rules set, plenty of exploding starships for everyone!
Hall C Table C3 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ad Astra Minion.
Thursday 12:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: Rocket Rally
$4 USD / #1174 / 3:45
Terawatt fusion torches, megawatt laser beams and chocolates, all alone in the night. Experience hard science fiction space combat with all the scary math done for you in Attack Vector: Tactical. Pilot your ship through the chocolate and you get to eat it. Shoot the chocolate with your lasers, and you get to eat it. There's only limited chocolate on hand - eventually, you'll have to shoot other ships to get what is rightfully yours!
Hall C Table C3 — Introductory scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Thursday 14:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: The Second Battle of Yeltsin's Star
$4 USD / #1221 / 3:45
Hall C Table C3 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 3 seats. Organized by Ad Astra Minion.
Thursday 16:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: When All You Have Is A Hammer…
$4 USD / #1251 / 3:45
So, you've melted chocolates with lasers - and you've learned to minuet with Newton's laws. How well can you dance when 100 kilo shells come barreling downrange at 5 km/sec? This scenario will take people who've learned the basics and teach them kinetic weapons for Attack Vector.
Hall C Table C2 — Intermediate Scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Thursday 19:00 - Squadron Strike: The Battle of Cochrane's Rift
$4 USD / #1303 / 3:45
Public beta test of Squadron Strike, pitching the United Federation of Planets against the Cylons, in 3-D. Lots of explosions, lots of fun! We will (obviously) be teaching….and bring a mini with a Ninja Magic adapter on it, and we'll stat it out for Friday's game!
Hall C Table C3 — Teaching Test for Squadron Strike Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 8 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Thursday 18:00 - Birds of Prey: Birds of Prey: FAM Game
$6 USD / #1259 / 4:45
Hall C Table C10 — Familiarize yourself with the Birds of Prey game system and learn a little about modern air combat while you're at it. Detailed
complexity / New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 24 seats. Organized by Tony Valle, Phil Markgraf. Sponsored by Airbattle.com
Friday 10:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: When All You Have Is A Hammer…
$4 USD / #1400 / 3:45
So, you've melted chocolates with lasers - and you've learned to minuet with Newton's laws. How well can you dance when 100 kilo shells come barreling downrange at 5 km/sec? This scenario will take people who've learned the basics and teach them kinetic weapons for Attack Vector.
Hall C Table C2 — Intermediate Scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Friday 12:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: Rocket Rally
$4 USD / #1491 / 3:45
Terawatt fusion torches, megawatt laser beams and chocolates, all alone in the night. Experience hard science fiction space combat with all the scary math done for you in Attack Vector: Tactical. Pilot your ship through the chocolate and you get to eat it. Shoot the chocolate with your lasers, and you get to eat it. There's only limited chocolate on hand - eventually, you'll have to shoot other ships to get what is rightfully yours!
Hall C Table C2 — Introductory scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Friday 14:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: The Second Battle of Yeltsin's Star
$4 USD / #1541 / 3:45
Hall C Table C2 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 3 seats. Organized by Ad Astra Minion.
Friday 16:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: With Friends Like These…
(Erroneously listed as at 4am in the Origins brochure.)
$4 USD / #1465 / 3:45
Swatting Mayflies with Sledghammers, Manty, Peep and Andermani forces have simultaneously stumbled across one of the Silesian liberation squadrons! With no formal coordination between them, they have to stop the Sillies from scattering to the winds and spreading dissension! Uses SITS 2.0 rules set, plenty of exploding starships for everyone!
Hall C Table C3 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ad Astra Minion.
Friday 18:00 - Birds of Prey: Birds of Prey: Showtime!
$6 USD / #1578 / 5:45
Hall C Table C10 — The classic 1v1 battle: gunless Phantom against the guns-only MiG-17. Will you be the hero or the goat? Detailed complexity /
New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 24 seats. Organized by Tony Valle, Phil Markgraf. Sponsored by Airbattle.com
Friday 19:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: Walls Of Battle!
(Erroneously listed as a Squadron Strike event in the Origins brochure.)
$4 USD / #1618 / 3:45
Be the first people to drive a King William Superdreadnought against their Noveau Paris counterparts! No subtlety, no scenario - just a big 8 on 8 smash fest with the largest ships in the Honorverse!
Hall C Table C2 — Intermediate Scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 8 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Saturday 10:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: With Friends Like These…
$4 USD / #1714 / 3:45
Swatting Mayflies with Sledghammers, Manty, Peep and Andermani forces have simultaneously stumbled across one of the Silesian liberation squadrons! With no formal coordination between them, they have to stop the Sillies from scattering to the winds and spreading dissension! Uses SITS 2.0 rules set, plenty of exploding starships for everyone!
Hall C Table C2 — Introductory scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ad Astra Minion.
Saturday 10:00 - Birds of Prey: Birds of Prey: Lightning Bugs!
$6 USD / #1684 / 5:45
Hall C Table C10 — Come one come all and join in the melee to end all melees. I bet you haven't seen these aircraft in a fight before! Detailed
complexity / New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 24 seats. Organized by Tony Valle, Phil Markgraf. Sponsored by Airbattle.com
Saturday 12:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: When All You Have Is A Hammer…
$4 USD / #1745 / 3:45
Hall C Table C3 — Intermediate Scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 6 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Saturday 14:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: Walls Of Battle!
$4 USD / #1786 / 3:45 (Erroneously listed as a Squadron Strike event in the Origins brochure.)
Be the first people to drive a King William Superdreadnought against their Noveau Paris counterparts! No subtlety, no scenario - just a big 8 on 8 smash fest with the largest ships in the Honorverse!
Hall C Table C3 — Intermediate Scenario for SITS 2.0 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 8 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Saturday 16:00 - Attack Vector: Tactical: Orbitsville Blues!
$4 USD / #1806 / 3:45
So, you're up to speed on kinetics, you're enthused about the game. Let's see the ultimate expression of 3-D space combat! A battle that almost was between Novaya Rossiya and Neuvo Brasil, in near orbital space - with Chinese and Olympian meddlers in the mix as well! This is an advanced scenario - we will be using the orbital mechanics rules. Watch out for ring fragments!
Hall C Table C3 — Advanced Scenario for AV:T 1.5 Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages
13+ / 4 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Saturday 18:00 - Squadron Strike: Build And Bash
$4 USD / #1819 / 3:45
So, you liked how we could mix genres with the last Squadron Strike game? If you've got an Excel-capable laptop, we've got a printer. Want to inflict your absolute worst, craziest game breaking idea on Squadron Strike? We'll show you how to build ships - and then let Darwinian Selection determine the most munchkiny ship!
Hall C Table C2 — Intermediate Scenario for Squadron Strike Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! /
Ages 13+ / 8 seats. Organized by Ken Burnside.
Sunday 10:00 - Saganami Island Tactical Simulator: Pick Up Game 1
$6 USD / #1926 / 5:45
An open gaming session at the Ad Astra table for my demo minions to play at in.
Hall C Table C2 — Any Ad Astra product Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 8 seats.
Organized by Ken Burnside.
Sunday 10:00 - AV:T: Pick Up Game 2
$6 USD / #1927 / 5:45
An open gaming session at the Ad Astra table for my demo minions to play at in.
Hall C Table C3 — Any Ad Astra product Part of the The Final Frontier event track. Basic complexity / New players welcome! / Ages 13+ / 8 seats.
Organized by Ken Burnside.
Sunday 10:00 - Air Combat Seminar
$0 USD / #9802 / 1:45
C223 - Seminars — Air combat awards, discussion, and something new this year Ages 13+ / 48 seats. Organized by Tony Valle, J.D. Webster.
Sponsored by Airbattle.com