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Subject: Star Fleet Battles Description
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Date: Wed, 13-Jul-83 12:22:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 13 12:22:21 1983
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Since I have had a number of requests for this information via mail,
I am posting it to the net.

Star Fleet Battles is a game of Star Ship combat in an expanded Star Trek
universe. Players allocate energy to the various systems on their ships,
(shields, sensors, weapons, tractors, transporters, etc.),
move them over a hex grid map board, and fire at each other using dice and
probability tables.

Races represented include the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Gorns, Tholians
Andromedans, and Orion Pirates from the original T.V. series, the Kzinti
from the animated series, and several new races created specifically for the
game, including the Hydrans, Lyrans, WYN, and ISC.

The game is supported by an operational level game called Federation Space
(soon to be replaced by Federation and Empire), three expansion kits,
one supplement, two magazines: Nexus and StarFleet Battles Captain's Log,
and a newsletter called StarLetter. A new cross referenced version of the rules
should be available this summer.

The game is available from Task Force Games or: 

		The Amarillo Design Bureau
		Box 3012
		Amarillo, Texas 79106

Tell them you heard about it from the head of playtest group 231B.

					Alan Gopin
					houxn!dossamg
					a.k.a. Cat Who Sleeps With Dogs
					Commanding 3rd Kzinti Field Force