Amarillo Design Bureau
SKU: ADB5702
This 80-page 1991 edition moved the product further toward the current format. This issue is the only one that ever had a "theme"– causing a hundred people to ask, every time we do another issue, what the new issue's theme is. The fiction story GHOSTLIGHT (about a Federation fighter squadron) came along with an SFB scenario and a "behind the scenes" write-up, in game terms, of what was going on. The idea was to show writers how to make game counters, rules, and hexes into exciting stories. This issue also included the first-ever "class history" article (about Federation carriers).
Also included for SFB are:
- eight more scenarios
- four new carriers
- an example of Federation escort storage
- a lot of articles about the Doomsday rulebook with designer's notes on the changes made and why
- proposals board
- 900-point carrier group battle forces
- and Ask Kommodore Ketrick rules questions.
The SFB tactics section includes:
- the Tactics Board
- the largest selection of term papers published to date
- Victory at Origins 1988
- Ask Uncle Ardak
- and Flights vs. Fighters.
The Federation & Empire section includes:
- new ships
- Q&A
- an example of carriers in combat
- Kzinti Carrier Tactics
- Tactical Notes (the largest section to date)
- commentaries on the DF&E edition
- preview rules for future products
- the Four Powers War scenario
- and designer's notes for the new DF&E fighter rules.
The original printed issue included a generic space map which is not included in the PDF copy (which is priced accordingly).
Written by Stephen Cole
