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3/30/2009
- Majestic 12 had released a unique
crossover, a supplement so you can play in
the Iron Stars universe using the Starmada
game system.
  2/1/2007
- Brigade Models has just
released the first of the Austro-Hungarian
ship minis for Iron Stars.
They are the Ersatz Monarch class
Battleship, the Janos Hunyadi class Heavy
Cruiser, and the Vadasz class Destroyer.
5/1/2006
- Now available from Majestic 12 Games
is Southern Front, the second
supplement for Iron Stars:
In this book players
will find additional game mechanics and
background material that extends our semi
historical timeline through the pivotal
year of 1912:
* An overview of world history from the
close of the Merchant War through the
Antarctic crisis;
* Nearly four
dozen new ether ship designs, covering the
space forces of South America, Italy,
Turkey, and Spain, along with additional
ships from Britain and Japan, and the
introduction of the Soviet space forces;
* Coverage of the
Falklands War between the British Empire
and the A.B.C. Powers (Argentina, Brazil,
and Chile), including nine new scenarios;
* "The Red
One", a short story by Jack London;
* A new space
station, HMSS Diamond Rock;
* Rules for
boarding parties and shipboard combat;
* New special
equipment, such as star shells and heat
rays; and
* Rules for
orbital bombardment of surface targets.
Southern Front is
100 pages and includes nine (9) sheets of
counters and templates for use with star
shells and orbital bombardment.
6/21/2005
- The shipment is in and Brigade Models
now has copies of The Merchant War
available. They will also be running a
special deal on a Starter Pack of Iron
Stars miniatures plus The
Merchant War for only £37. This
special deal expires on July 4th
2005.
 6/4/2005
- Majestic 12 announces the release
of their first book in the Iron Stars
Library series:
Majestic Twelve
Games is pleased to release the first
volume of our new project, The Iron Stars
Library--a collection of works from a time
when the horrors of the industrial age had
been prophesized but not yet experienced;
when the frontiers of science fantasy had
not yet been fixed by post-atomic cliche';
and when the entirety of scientific
understanding had yet to outstrip the
capacity of a single mind.
Through this series,
it is our hope to revive the science and
science fiction of this simpler era, while
at the same time enriching the background
to our popular Iron Stars game.
Volume One:
Worlds At War presents five works by
H. G. Wells, the man who, along with Jules
Verne, arguably invented the science
fiction genre and directly influenced the
background of the Iron Stars universe.
The War of the
Worlds is a chronicle of the Martian
Invasion, as told by an English gentleman
who survived the attack on London.
The Crystal Egg
describes the misadventures of a man who
has stumbled across a Martian artifact
used to spy upon Earthly activities.
The First Men in
the Moon is an account of the
short-lived career of Mr. Cavor, inventor
of the gravity-nullifying Cavorite and
first explorer of the lunar surface.
The Stolen
Bacillus details an anarchist plot to
spread Asiatic cholera throughout the city
of London--with unexpected results.
The Empire of the
Ants is a chilling account of a group
of Amazon explorers who discover that the
threats to humanity aren't necessarily all
extraterrestrial in origin.
For more information
on the library, and about the Iron Stars
miniatures game, please visit our web
site: www.mj12games.com/ironstars/
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 4/26/2005
- News from Dan Kast of Majestic 12on
the release of The Merchant War,
the first supplement for Iron Stars:
For
all you ESF fanatics (that's
"Edwardian Sci-Fi"... :) our
first supplement for Iron Stars, The
Merchant War, is now available!
The
Merchant War is the first expansion for
the Iron Stars miniatures wargame. Herein
you will find much to expand upon the
basic Iron Stars game, including: A
detailed history of the Merchant War of
1908-1909 between the United Kingdom and
Austria-Hungary; The introduction of fast
attack craft and His Majesty's Space
Station Celestial Queen; One dozen new
ship designs, including the German Äthermarine
and Austro-Hungarian Sternmarine; Six new
scenarios covering actions of the Merchant
War; More information about Martians by
the best-known chronicler of the Invasion,
H. G. Wells; Additional rules for combat,
including crew casualties and
searchlights; New special equipment, such
as machine guns and poison gas; Errata for
the original Iron Stars rulebook; and
rules for including freighters and Q-ships
in your games.
In
addition, 3 more Iron Stars
miniatures are now available from Brigade
Models and all the IS
minis can now be ordered. From left
to right are the British Bantam
Battleship, the Russian Admiral Spiridoff
Battleship and the Russian Admiral
Butakoff Battlecruiser.
4/9/2005
- Brigade Models have announced
that the first of the Iron Stars
miniatures will be released at Salute
on April 23rd. The four ships
pictured below, plus the British Bantam
and Russian Spiridoff battleships will be
released at Salute. Pictured from
left to right are the British Haemonculous
Light Cruiser, British Tycho Light
Cruiser, Russian Tsargrad Heavy Cruiser,
and the Russian Morozko Sloop.
1/24/2005
- I received the following info from Dan
Kast of Majestic 12:
Over the last couple
of months, we've been getting numerous
requests for hard copies of Iron
Stars and Grand Fleets...
I've been holding
off since I didn't know if there was
enough interest to warrant a second
printing of either (or both). But, in the
interests of keeping potential players
happy, I have bowed to pressure from
Kevin:
Starting immediately
and going through Groundhog Day, we are
taking orders for both Iron Stars
and Grand Fleets ($19.95
each) -- or you can order both for the low
low price of $29.95.
However, if we don't
get at least 20 orders for either book by
February 2, all orders for that book will
be cancelled... so if you -really- want
your hard copy of IS or GF,
tell your friends and neighbors to get
their orders in!
Orders can be placed
via our website at www.mj12games.com/reprints.html
So
order quickly if you missed out on a paper
copy of Iron Stars or Grand
Fleets (MJ12's WWI Naval
game).
7/17/2004
- Brigade
Models in the UK will be distributing
selected Majestic 12 Games
rulesets. They currently have
a Iron Stars and the Starmada
Companion available.
5/30/2004
- Dan Kast of MJ12 writes that Iron
Stars is now shipping to all
pre-orders. The PDF version is
already available at RPGnow.
Also Brigade Models plans to start
releasing their line of miniatures for
this game starting in August.
4/26/2004
- Dan Kast of Majestic Twelve Games
has sent out the following announcement:
Majestic
Twelve Games is pleased to announce
that Iron Stars is now ready
for pre-orders.
The
rulebook includes five (5) sheets of
full-color cardstock counters and one (1)
sheet of transparent templates.
The
release date is May 27, 2004; orders
placed before this date receive a 20%
discount. More information on Iron
Stars and all of our other products
can be found at our web site: www.mj12games.com
The
retail price is $19.95, with the 20%
discount it's $15.96. A PDF version
will be available, probably in early June
according to Dan.
 3/16/2004
- Brigade
Models will be producing a full
line of miniatures for Iron Stars
which are due out in mid 2004. Brigade's
Iron
Stars
page shows designs for the first
releases, the British and Russian fleets
(British CL pictured to the left)
MJ12's
website now says Iron Stars
is coming in April.
12/21/2003
- Iron Stars is now listed
as coming soon, but a picture of the cover
is available and a pre-release version of
the rulebook is available here.
1/19/2003
- Dan Kast of Majestic Twelve
announces that a new game, Iron
Stars is targeted for a July
release.
"Iron
Stars is a space combat game in
the age of steam and steel. Set in an
alternate universe based loosely on the
writings of H.G. Wells, it provides a back story
and ship designs from an alternate history
in which the Martian Invasion really
happened, and Cavorite is a reality. But,
as with Starmada and other Majestic
Twelve products, the focus is on
players' imaginations; a clear and concise
ship construction system is provided so
you can pit your own space dreadnoughts
against the likes of the Royal Navy Ether
Squadron and the German Aethermarine."
This
game grew out of another soon to be
released game, Iron Seas, a
turn of the century naval combat game that
could handle pseudo-historical and
science-fantasy elements
A
playtest version Iron Stars
can be found at http://www.mj12games.com/ironstars/ironstars.pdf
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