You are not logged in. Please login or register.
Play nice. (This means you.)
Logins from the previous forum have been carried over; if you have difficulty logging in, please try resetting your password before contacting us. Attachments did not survive the migration--many apologies, but we're lucky we kept what we could!
mj12games.com/forum → Starmada → The future?
Well put!
Man, I really wish I had more to say, but I can't see any 'flaws' with your thinking...
-Bren
So my long winded point is, make the Universe fit the System, not the other way around.. otherwise you just have a different version of 'SFB lite'.
Well put. I think Starmada is suitable to simulate many settings and one of the secrets of this unique capability is its simple core ruleset. So all you need to achieve a Startrek feeling in a crossover version are some tweaks here, some new ship designs there and some rules for special Trekkie-equipment.
The dense athmosphere for a startrek setting should come rather from such chrome or from first class scenarios/campaigns and not from many changes of the core rules.
And by the way... just to get people 'in the mood' for the SFU:
http://starfleetgames.com/sfb/sfin/general_war.htm
What I don't want to see is for Starmada's full set of rules to get broken up and spread out through a collection of supplements and expansions.
A big selling point for Starmada X:Brigade when I would pitch it at gaming demos and to my local gaming group was that it was complete in one single book.
That's been diluted in how SAE came out and then immediately ISS came out. Both products are worth it. I'm no complaining about their content or what they bring to the game... It's just that if Starmada's rules are going to be spread out through a bunch of books I'm not going to be too crazy about it.
I'll wait for a compendium... I guess.
"Don't GW it man!"
--Flak
What I don't want to see is for Starmada's full set of rules to get broken up and spread out through a collection of supplements and expansions.
... It's just that if Starmada's rules are going to be spread out through a bunch of books I'm not going to be too crazy about it.
Well, I'm afraid I can't promise there won't be a bunch of supplements and expansions -- because that was the whole point of the Admiralty Edition in the first place... 
It's important to keep the product in the public eye, and that's difficult to do without follow-up releases. No matter how wonderful a game is, no matter how complete, go six months to a year without additional product and people start complaining about a "lack of support".
Secondly, the split of the "core" game into two books was absolutely necessary -- it allows us to "bundle" the rulebook with specific sourcebooks (like for SFB/FC) without confusing the issue with the "Starmada" background material.
Not to mention the fact that if I were to wait until I've thought of EVERYTHING for the game so that I can put it into a single, comprehensive volume, the book would never be finished...
Having said that, I can promise that future releases will not be in the CCG mold, in which each merely adds to what is necessary to play The One Game -- and potentially trumps what came before. Rather, each release will be distinct and self-contained; when combined with the Core Rulebook (or creatively intertwined by players) they will create what could be considered separate games with the same underlying framework.
Obviously, if a particular setting gets to be really popular, we might add an additional scenario book or somesuch, but for the most part, the intent is to explore all the possibilities of the Starmada game engine... and that's just not possible with a single, unified book.
Finally, if there's enough clamor for it, we might release occasional "compendiums" of rules-only material for players who don't want the "Brash Cardigan and the Hordes of Titania" background material but want to have the rules that go with it.
You're coming out with a Brash Cardigan and the Hordes of Titania sourcebook, really? Any idea as to what the special rules might be? About when can we expect a release?
...
You're coming out with a Brash Cardigan and the Hordes of Titania sourcebook, really? Any idea as to what the special rules might be? About when can we expect a release?
Well, negotiations with the estate of Mr. Goodenough are still underway, so it's not a done deal yet... but I'd put a 50-60% chance that we'll get the rights eventually.
Haven't really had too many discussions about game mechanics, but the most difficult thing to implement (and point-cost) is going to be the Titanian mind control; that's a bit outside Starmada's "comfort zone".
I would look for something by Christmas...
Cartman wrote:You're coming out with a Brash Cardigan and the Hordes of Titania sourcebook, really? Any idea as to what the special rules might be? About when can we expect a release?
Well, negotiations with the estate of Mr. Goodenough are still underway, so it's not a done deal yet... but I'd put a 50-60% chance that we'll get the rights eventually.
Haven't really had too many discussions about game mechanics, but the most difficult thing to implement (and point-cost) is going to be the Titanian mind control; that's a bit outside Starmada's "comfort zone".
I would look for something by Christmas...
Actually, it sounds more like that would be appropriate for Iron Stars...
Heck, Dan I'm so Excited I just picked up a Fleet box each of Kzinti, Fed and Klingon Ships!
(Yeah, that's right Federation Space Control Ship Vs Klingon C8. It's on now, baby.)
Hurry up and get the papers signed dangit! I needs to spend me money!
Heck, Dan I'm so Excited I just picked up a Fleet box each of Kzinti, Fed and Klingon Ships!
(Yeah, that's right Federation Space Control Ship Vs Klingon C8. It's on now, baby.)
Hurry up and get the papers signed dangit! I needs to spend me money!
Anyone know what happened with this project?
Perhaps the Stock Market of the Starmada Imperium dropped 700 &/or 900 pts and there is a ...Ression In Space... :shock:
<LOL>
mj12games.com/forum → Starmada → The future?
Powered by PunBB, supported by Informer Technologies, Inc.