7/11/2006 - Now available is Captain's Log #33 which includes all the the usual features and new material but also includes the return of the Juggernaut!.

 

6/12/2006 - New miniatures are now available: (top row) Kzinti NCA, Moray Eel of Space, Tholian DD, Tholian NCL, Klingon D5W, (bottom row) Planet Killer, Federation CVS.  Captain's Log #33 is available for preorder.

 

5/6/2006 - Now available is the long awaited Module C5: The Megellanic Cloud.  The Magellanic Cloud has been mentioned in SFB for 20 years; it was the island galaxy that the Andromedan Invaders captured before they moved on to our Milky Way. This product includes five new races, a dozen new weapons and systems, and a host of scenarios reflecting their own wars before the Andromedans used them for a speed bump.  Module C5 includes 96-page rulebook, 216 die-cut counters, and 96-page SSD book.

 

2/13/2006 - ADB has released Captain's Log #32, their series of supplements detailing the history, tactics and communications of the Star Fleet Universe.

CL #32 has a lot of information about Federation Commander but for players of Star Fleet Battles, there's a wide variety of tactics articles, from the Drex Primer to the Victory at Origins article by Fleet Captain Ken Lin.

Here is the latest schedule of SFB products and miniatures:

TO SHIP 13 FEBRUARY 2006
* Deluxe Space Battle Maps, SKU 5310, $29.95; a complete 22x34 eight-panel space battle map set, mounted on 80-point board (about like a Monopoly board but in separate pieces so you can arrange the battle like you want and leapfrog unused panels in front of moving ships), printed with full-color space views (Hubble Telescope) on both sides (1.25" hexes on one side, 0.625" on the other side).
* Federation DNG Dreadnought, Starline 2400 pewter scale miniature

TO SHIP 27 FEBRUARY 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #1 - Miniatures designed to match ship diagrams in Federation Commander: Klingon Border. 

TO SHIP 27 MARCH 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #4 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Federation, Orion, and Tholian ships from Federation Commander: Klingon Attack
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #5 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Klingon ships from Federation Commander: Klingon Attack

* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #6 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Kzinti ships from Federation Commander: Klingon Attack

TO SHIP 24 APRIL 2006
* Star Fleet Battles Module C5 The Magellanic Cloud - The Magellanic Cloud has been mentioned in SFB for 20 years; it was the island galaxy that the Andromedan Invaders captured before they moved on to our Milky Way. This product includes five new races, a dozen new weapons and systems, and a host of scenarios reflecting their own wars before the Andromedans used them for a speed bump.
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #0 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, Lyran, WYN, and ISC ships from Federation Commander: Booster #0

MAY 2006
* CAPTAIN'S LOG #33, SKU 5733, $18.95.
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #2 - This box includes 24 pewter starships designed to work with Federation Border: Klingon Attack.
* Neo-Tholian NCL and Tholian Destroyer miniatures
* Klingon D5W Heavy War Cruiser miniature
* Kzinti NCA New Heavy Cruiser miniature

JUNE-JULY 2006 (Release At Origins)
* Star Fleet Battles Master Starship Book

JULY 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #7 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Federation ships from Federation Commander: Romulan Border
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #8 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Romulan ships from Federation Commander: Romulan Border
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: SQUADRON BOX #9 - This box includes pewter miniatures of the Gorn ships from Federation Commander: Romulan Border

AUGUST 2006
* FEDERATION COMMANDER: BORDER BOX #3 - This treasure chest of pewter includes twenty-four precision-scale miniatures designed to complete the set of ships in Federation Commander: Romulan Border.

 

7/21/2005 - Now on the ADB online store - Module F2: Vudar Enclave and miniatures of the Federation Heavy Cruiser (a pewter mini based on the plastic Zocchi version), Federation Fast Cruiser and Survey Cruiser, Mobile Base, Kzinti Heavy Battlecruiser, and 2 packs of cruiser miniatures which are perfect for tournament use; Cruiser Box #1 (The 'good guys' - Federation Cruiser, Kzinti Cruiser, Gorn Cruiser, Tholian Cruiser, Hydran Cruiser, the ISC Cruiser), and Cruiser Box #2 (The 'bad guys' - Klingon D7 Cruiser, Romulan FireHawk heavy cruiser, Romulan War Eagle, Orion Battle Raider, Lyran Cruiser, and Andromedan Conquistador).  The miniatures will ship on July 25th.

Federation Heavy Cruiser in pewter	New saucers for the Federation Survey Cruiser (left) and Fast Cruiser (right)
Kzinti Heavy Battlecruiser

  

6/17/2005 - Now available from ADB is Captain's Log #31.  

 

4/9/2005 - Now available to order from ADB and shipping on April 18th are an updated Module F1: Jindarians (This is the 2005 update of the original 1995 product with extra SSDs and several rules changes), the Convoy pack of the small and large freighters, the Starbase miniature (now only 2 pieces) and the Lyran Cave Lion Battleship.  Module G2: Master Annexes is also being released to the distributors so you can soon get it from you local store.

Lyran Cave Lion Battleship

Starbase

Convoy pack of Large and Small Freighters

 

1/22/2005 - Now available from ADB is Module G2 - Master Annexes which compiles the annexes from all SFB products (except Omega, E1, and E2). This includes about 50 pages of annexes and about 80 pages of the new and expanded Master Ship Chart. G2 has a table of contents with page numbers and several new and expanded features. 

Also available is the Bases & Freighters Fleet box which includes the starbase (new two-piece design for easy assembly), base station, large freighter, small freighter, Federation police ship, and Free Trader.  These minis will not be available individually for a few months.

 

11/30/2004 - Initial shipments of Captain's Log #30 are now on their way to distributors and CL #30 can be ordered directly from ADB and will ship on December 6th.  CL #30 includes Two major fiction stories, development of the A6 attack shuttle, four scenarios, Battlegroup fights the DNL, Space amoeba rules, Anarchist (Gorn vs Lyran), Operation Unity Update, tactical primers, heavy battlecruisers for SFBF, new rules from Strategic Operations. All the usual features: tournament reports, after action, command the future, Ask Growler, Why, 10 questions, staff awards, input guide, tactical notes, term papers, etc.

 

11/15/2004 - The latest word on the SFB schedule from SVC:

2005 Schedule:

November (04): CL30 December (04): Bases & Freighters, G2 January: GPD4e and GK4e. February: GURPS Romulans, Master Rulebook March: Module F1 Jindarians April: May: CL31

June: Big Origins Release (tm) July: Possibly a second BOR(tm) August: GURPS Federation September: October November: Captain's Log. December:

Having said that, let's talk about some of the other things that could happen....

1. Federation Commander. Right after CL30 goes to press I will work on the reports from the last test and get ready for the next test. By January we will decide if this is going into the April or June Slot.

2. Module C5: This cannot possibly be ready for the April slot but might be ready for the June or July slot, or at worst the September slot.

3. Module F2: June/July or September.

4. F&E products. The normal F&E month of Feb is full of GURPS stuff, and given that I'll spend all of Nov-Dec doing playtest packs for FC, C5, and F2, there isn't going to be an F&E product in Feb. It's possible we might do one in April, or June/July, or October. We might want to do the product in October and give them the Master Warbook at Origins. Or we might do the Master Warbook for April. Not sure.

5. If we decide that we really need a third major new SFB product for 2005 we could do SSJ3 or Best of SFT as a special captain's Log in September.

6. Miniatures: Once we have the Fed CA in pewter we'll release the two Tournament Cruiser boxes in April/May or May/June. We may well do Fed Fleet Box #3 at some point (which might or might not include the SCS, BB, FFB, HDW, CF, GSC, DNL, or others). That an a half-dozen single ship blisters will give us a nice year.

7. Battle Force Expansions. Lord knows I want to do these. If I get the playtest packs for C5, F2, FC, and the GURPS drafts done in December I'd really like to whip up and pass around playtest packs for the four expansions and then schedule them for September.

8. Master Ship Book for July is a goal of mine.

8/2/2004 - It was not mentioned before but Module R8: System Defense Command is now available and includes the ships that protect the home front; National Guard ships, auxiliary cruisers, sector bases, Hospital ships, luxury cruise liners, executive transports, The original Klingon light cruiser. Romulan police flagship. Tholian police cutter. Orion National Police. Andromedan gun sleds. The ISC early years ships (refitted for the General War)..

Module R9: The Ships That Never Were is now available for order from the ADB store and mail orders will ship on August 4th.  It includes ships from the archives of Star Fleet. Light X-dreadnoughts, heavy scout carriers, national guard PFTs, war cruisers converted into dreadnoughts, medium dreadnoughts, and much more!

 

6/19/2004 - Lots to catch up on here.  Captain's Log #29 is now available. 

A Silver Anniversary Master Rulebook can be ordered and will be available at Origins.  This huge Master Rulebook (over 400 pages) has all of the "rules" (no scenarios, annexes, or ship descriptions) from Basic Set, Advanced Missions, C1, C2, C3, J, J2, K, M, X, and Y1. All rules have been integrated into a single continuous text, all errata has been incorporated, and some new clarifications and examples have been added.  The price is $50 in either a wire bound version (pictured) or a loose leaf version (you can add pages and use your own binder).  

There are also plans for a Master Ship Manual that is a new "R section" for SFB, covering all products, with the ships in order. Each ship is to be illustrated and ship names to be listed. Any changes or contradictions to prior text would be resolved.

Miniatures, lots of new miniatures are available:

Battle Station	Cops & Robbers pack of the Civilian Free Trader. Orion Light Raider, Federation Police Cutter	Federation Battle Frigate
Lyran Frigate and Destroyer	Lyran War Cruiser and War Frigate	Lyran Saber Tooth Tiger Mauler (bottom view)
Lyran Light Cruiser and Battlecruiser	Gorn Heavy Battlecruiser (pre-production copies available at Orgins, August general release)	Andromedan Intruder (pre-production copies available at Orgins, July general release)
Federation Battleship (pre-production copies available at Orgins, September general release)	Hydran Monarch Battleship (pre-production copies available at Orgins, September general release)	Andromedan Dominator (pre-production copies available at Orgins, July general release)

 

4/9/2004 - Captain's Log #28, which is basically Stellar Shadow Journal #2 is at the printer an can be pre-ordered at the SFU Store.  It should ship to mail orders in late April or early May:

A special Stellar Shadows issue filled with things that can't happen but now you can enjoy them. Fiction (Klingons raid the lair of the Tholian Battleship; Star Fleet learns about unintended consequences; history of Fed DDs part 4); a scenario (Kzintikaze); FIFTY new ships: Paravians, Fed multi-engine refits, Klingon BC8, gunfighter frigates, Romulan heavy assault cruisers, Gorn base buster and destroyer- dreadnought, Tholian battleship; Hydran galleon; Lyran emergency conversions; WYN captured ships from several races (Tholian, Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, Seltorian, even Andromedan!), Seltorian penal ship. New rules and weapons: plasmatron, plasmas you can launch when cloaked, faster plasma, dial a torpedo; the Lyran fighter torpedo that was never fielded; Gorn waterdog modular bomber, fighter armor, warp gearshift. F&E: new rules, complete data for new ships, data from SSJ1; Cloudburst scenario. No limit Klingon Hold'em. The tribble launcher.

 

2/6/2004 - Here is an update on miniatures plans for SFB from Steve Cole on the SFB Discussion Board:

Lyran CW was "printed" today and will be "metalized" next week. We should be able to release it and the DD (and the fleet box) in late march as scheduled. Note that late march can be the first week of April.

Orions and Andros are set for June and July (origins). We have all but one of each, and people working on those two.

Other ships are at the casting house to be master molded. I sent more ships than will fit into the mold. What they will do is look at each ship, decide if it will "probably work", and put it into the master mold. Once the master mold is full, they'll "make the mold" and any other ships that didn't fit will get held and put into a second master mold in 3 weeks with the two Lyrans. The ships sent to the casting house include the following: Gorn BCH, Hydran Battleship, Fed FFB, Fed Police, Free Trader, the ISC tug with pods, the Battle Station, Klingon D7V, and the Orion BCH and LR (which are for the fleet box and probably will be in the second mold).

Other ships being worked on include the Orion BR, andro Dominator, Lyran STT (done and approved, but the engine broke off and has to be repaired), Fed battleship (sculptor making one minor change), Lyran CL and BC, Fed CF, Fed DNL, and Kzinti CVS.