SPACE VOTING RESULTS:
Rules Regularly Played - Starmada

I played Starmada about a month ago. I had a 500pt size fleet of Arcturan Federation ships, including one Seraphin Class Battlecarrier. A 3-sides battle ensued between friends.

The Arcturan fighters were able to create aerospace superiority, but could not stop the shields 5 transports of the Sssk (a lizard race with boarding parties). The two Ssk transports launched pods which penetrated the fighter defense screens and boarded the ship. I lost one of the escort frigates in a duel with an Imperial Invincible. However the Seraphin was able to diable the two lead imperial vessels with its ion cannons. Easy pickings for the anti-matter beams :)

I would have won the battle except for the valiant, but futile efforts of the crew to fend off the boarding parties. The seraphin was a ship designed from a more peaceful time with greater range weapons. Too bad they could not learn the lessons from Rome and Carthage. The Carthaginians might have won the Cold War. [28 Apr 99]

Last game was a quick round of Minimal Space Combat. Working on the Solitaire rules. [26 Apr 99]

We had a battle of two battlecruisers on 8 destroyers in a playtest for "Exordium Tactical". The chief designer managed to pilot one of his battlecruisers into a planet, and the destroyers were able to quickly put an end to the rampaging ruptors of the surviving BC. [19 Apr 99]

Twilight Imperium - strategic simulation of a space 4x game participants - 4 general - everybody enjoyed it, one of the best space games we ever played with elegant and easy to understand rules, fine diplomacy and territorial system and very fun strategic combat.

starmada - prox centauri campaign - ongoing, 2 fleets (imperium and skree pirates), partially operational level,

hard fights with few surviving ships, additinal rules invented for tankers, supply ships and space stations. the BEST tactical space combat game ever. [10 Apr 99]

I played Starmada with my friends at the local game store. We like Starmada for its simplicity, yet fun. Consider me a reformed Star Fleet Battles player - don't like games with too many rules. [10 Apr 99]

Currently our group is playing Starmada, an excellent(and free) game you can get off the net. Overall it is fairly simple but it does give a lot of depth as far as ship creation goes. Anyone who enjoys Full Thrust would love this game. Give it a shot, its free. [2 Apr 99]

I played a game of Babylon 5 Wars where I assaulted a Centauri Kraken starbase and its fighters. My fleet consisted of a Bin'Tak Dreadnought, 2 G'Quan Heavy Cruisers, and a Dag'Kar Missile Frigate. The Dag'Kar got off two salvos before being crippled by the fighters, as I left nothing to defend it. Meanwhile the Bin'Tak and cruisers were in a slugging match with the starbase, and I eventually gained the upper hand (especially after a well-placed energy mine wiped out his fighters). However, I had to go home then, so I rammed the station with the two cruisers, leaving my beat-up Bin'Tak and Dag'Kar as victors. The battle lasted less than 10 turns, but took almost 8 hours, which is why I've switched over to Starmada, which plays much faster. [1 Apr 99]

It's been a while, but I played a game of Starmada. I had a few cloaking ships and some big battleships. Wound up getting my butt kicked cause the other guys rolled extremely well, and I couldn't get a good roll to save my life. [31 Mar 99]

Our last game was a Starmada battle between the S'ssk Nesting and the Border Worlds Union. The Nesting forces were a well balanced fleet - the Border Union deciding on a fighter/carrier heavy contingent. The battle was bloody and exciting. Each side was valued at 700 victory points, and as we've come to expect from Stamada, the point system works so well that most battles balanced by points are usually very close. This one was no different. The only unfortunate aspect of the game was that it was the second game of the night (games play very quickly), and since we were playing at one of the local shops, closing time did not allow us to finish the game.

Stamada is one of those space combat games that plays quickly without sacrificing depth. It's a great game! [30 Mar 99]

At at the local VallyCon convention, I ran a verson of my Sci-Fi Crossover Full Thrust game. Star Destroyers from Star Wars vs a Federation fleet from Star Trek and a couple Earthforce ships from B5. The Star Destroyers won again mainly due to the novice players on the ST and B5 side not using their ships abilities to the fullest but everyone had fun. Sci-Fi Crossover wil be back at GenCon and this time a couple Battlestars and some SCVNs from Space Above and beyone will show up. [29 Mar 99]

The last space game I played was a "Fly 'Til You Die" scenario for Silent Death at a local game store.

I was doing rather well, having just upgraded my ship to a "Dolphin", when my so-called "friend" decided that, if he was going to lose (which he was), he was going to take me down with him.

I spent the next five turns losing the initiative roll to my "friend", who proceeded to follow me around the starmap, taking pot shots at my behind.

By the time someone rescued me (with the strategic application of a Mk. 50 torpedo... =), I had taken enough damage and wasted enough time that victory was no longer within my grasp. That's okay though; revenge can be a wonderful thing... =) [26 Mar 99]