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'SFB is life!' -- some guy named Speed



'There is a very fine line between "hobby"
and "mental illness."'
-- Dave Barry



"I don't believe science fiction like 'Star Trek,' where
people are essentially the same 400 years in the future,"
said Earth physicist Stephen Hawking in 1998. "Genetic
engineers would be the ones to hasten the pace of evolution
so humans could keep up with their own scientific and
technological advances."

Little did the humans of his day realize just what an
understatement that was!

Now, with genetic engineering projects both gone awry and gone
perfectly over those 400 years, just look at the varied races
of the known galaxy: Gorn, Lyran, Kzinti, Romulan, Klingon,
Human, Vulcan, Hydran, Andorian, Orion, ...




Major SFB News

There's a method for your own add-on material to get published: Stellar Shadow Journal.

Be aware: If you email something to ADB, or participate in their BBS,
your submitted ideas become the property of ADB.

Starfleet Command is a great SFB-based computer game.
Volume 2: Empires at War is due this winter.

starStarfleet Commandstar

starEmerald Dawn / Starfleet Commandstar

starSFB Online supports online, near-real-time tournament duelsstar


Non-SFB Space Pages

Travel to other galaxies and nebulaegogogo

Read an amazing but true story of Neil Armstrong,
first man on the moon (warning: a little risque)gogogo

See 1976, 1998, & 2000 photos of "The Face on Mars"
found by the 1976 Viking probegogogo



Links for our Star Fleet Battles PBEM scenarios:

starStar Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #1star

View a graphical replay of TWIRLING ACES #1gogogo

In turn 13 of this arena free-for-all, when 13 ships were down
to 4, basically, with 3 of them hurt bad, victory was conceded. A
destroyer from the ISC wins the 90 BPV free-for-all. Congrats to Travis!



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #2gogogo

At the start of turn 3 of this large fleet, large map, transwarp
encounter, a few dozen ships are still seeking each other out,
collecting tactical info and striking when advantageous. Each side
is racing to collect bonus victory points at an objective in each
region of the encounter area. The Alliance has struck first. This
proved to be too much administration and coordination for PBEM, so it
is discontinued as it was.



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #3gogogo

This was a solitaire SFB Winter Olympics scenario running for the
duration of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Everybody flew Orion ships,
for the maneuverability.



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #4gogogo

This scenario is a squadron challenge ladder. Teams are of 2 or
more players (or meet up with a partner here). The ships must follow the
guidelines, racially limited, any years. You are welcome to play
just once, or to continue in pursuit of the top of the ladder.
Participation in this scenario has fallen off, and no battle is active.



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #5gogogo

This scenario involves an ISC Peacekeeping Fleet encountering waves of
Everybody Else's ships, which approximately equal in total the ISC's
forces. This scenario will not start for a while.



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #6gogogo

This scenario is still in the prototype stage, but anyone is welcome
to join our efforts. We have come up with a set of non-moderated SFB
PBEM rules... cutting out the middle-man and much of the time delay.
We've found that it is not for general use, because each player must be
knowledgeable about SFB play, very organized, and able to resist the
temptation to monkey with the results, which causes confusion.



Star Fleet Battles TWIRLING ACES #7gogogo

A free-for-all for dreadnoughts or similar ships, all races. There are 13
players, including one automaton, whose orders were locked in before play
started. There are 2 sun serpents chasing everybody around for a plasma
meal.



starStar Fleet Battles BLOOD FUEDstar

A small fleet of Lyrans and a small fleet of Kzintis encountered each other
in an asteroid field. The Kzintis have finished kicking royal butt on turn
4, for a big victory. (I'm not biased, as a Kzinti, really, I'm not!)



starStar Fleet Battles FLANK ATTACKstar

A small fleet of Romulans come upon a small fleet of Gorns. The Romulans won. Boo!



starStar Fleet Battles SACREDstar

starStar Fleet Battles DICTATOR'S DIPLOMATstar

Thavik runs excellent battles... check out his page for openings in other battles,
including some in the Omega sector.



starStar Fleet Battles ENTER THE NEUTRAL ZONE: Outpoststar

In turn 10 of this objective-based free-for-all, 11 ships
are now down to 3, and they're pretty evenly matched. Everyone is trying to
capture a prototype hyper-warp engine from an outpost located in The Neutral Zone.
It has stalled at that point for a while now.



Emailthe Twirling Aces moderator Jeff Buchmiller at jlb@edsr.eds.com



Visit other Star Fleet Battles web sites at:


Official SFB Information

starOfficial Star Fleet Battles site by ADBstar
starOfficial Rules Errata for Star Fleet Battles by Task Force Gamesstar


SFB Discussion Sites

starOfficial Star Fleet Battles discussion site by ADBstar
starStar Fleet Battles discussion site by Mark Meansstar
starStar Fleet Arena online SFB club, formerly BattleForce CompuServestar
starStar Fleet Battles r.p.g. net news access by DeJa Newsstar
starStar Fleet Battles Town Hall by Web RPGstar


SFB Tournament Info

starOfficial Star Fleet Battles PBEM Tournaments by Amarillo Design Bureau & othersstar
starRules to Know for a Tournament by Sandy "Firemane" Hemenwaystar
starStar Fleet Battles Tourney Rules Summary by John Kimstar
starTournament Sequence of Play by John Kimstar
starTournament Ships Comparison Chart by John Kimstar
starTournament (& other) Tactics by John Kimstar
star(Univ. of the Rock) Tournament Tactics & Analysis by Paul Scottstar
starAREA ratings for SFB players by Bruno Wolffstar

SFB Resources and Newsletters

starStar Fleet Battles comprehensive site by John Kimstar
starChecklist for agreeing on rules to use by John Kimstar
starStar Fleet Battles PBEM and resource site by Sandy "Firemane" Hemenwaystar
starStar Fleet Battles PBEM and resource site by Jim "Vandal" Hartstar
starStar Fleet Battles PBEM and resource site by Steve Rushingstar
starStar Fleet Battles variety site by Lyle "Alzado" Millerstar
starCommander's Brief newsletter for Star Fleet Battles by Jim "Vandal" Hartstar
starBattle Force CompuServe sitestar
starStar Fleet Battles material by John "Gnaarl" Hannastar
starAndromedan Players Group, Tactics, etc. by James Bradleystar
starGalactic Center racial homepages central site by Firemanestar
starAdmiral Kang's (Klingon) homepage by Kang himselfstar
starRomulan homepage by Mike Bennettstar
starGiving documents the SFB rules format by Mark Meansstar
starSFB site by Hector Rodriguezstar
starSFB ship statistics (BPV summaries) by Jasperstar
starStar Fleet Battles site by Pete Choppinstar
starStar Fleet Battles site by Brad Upsonstar
starStar Fleet Battles site by Tim Manningstar
starStar Fleet Battles site by Simon Portegies Zwartstar
starStar Fleet Battles Variety site by Henry Cobbstar


Other SFB PBEM Sites

starStar Fleet Battles New Worlds Campaign by Geof Clarkstar
starStar Fleet Battles Free-For-All PBEM game by Richard Eitzenstar
starStar Fleet Battles PBEM games by Thorsten "Merkur" Kernstar
starHelp for your PBEM web pages by Mark Hallstar
starThe Portal PBEM mini-campaign by Cesar Alvarezstar


SFB Add-on material (races, ships, rules, etc.)

starCore Worlds by Sean Youngstar
starNext Generation and other new ships & rules for Star Fleet Battles by Don Millerstar
starAgents of Gaming resource site for Star Fleet Battles and related gamesstar
starCompanion Games resource site for Star Fleet Battles productsstar
starCastle Orcus resource site Star Fleet Battles productsstar
starStar Fleet Battles shipyard by "phd Beareau"star
starStar Fleet Battles sub-light rules by James Jarvisstar
starStar Fleet Battles material by Kalannarrstar
starStar Fleet Battles Add-on Material by Gideon Marcusstar
starStar Fleet Battles material by Mark Meansstar
starStar Fleet Battles Add-on Materials and Related Games by Negh Varstar
starStar Fleet Battles Add-on Materials by Mike Weststar
starFighters Add-on Material by John Kimstar
starWestern Quadrant Add-on by Isaac Kuostar
starThe Scon Add-on Race by Glenn Hoepfnerstar
starEarly Years rules by Mike Weststar
starNew ships by Wright Sublettestar
starStar Fleet Battles Site by Tosstar


SFB-like computer games & graphics

starStar Fleet Assistant for Win95 by Viperstar
starStar Fleet Battles-like computer game by "D Rock"star
starStar Fleet Battles and Star Trek 3D graphics by Ted Geibelstar
starFleet Starship Tactical Combat Simulator computer game by Smoke and Mirrorsstar
starComputer game screen shots by "Nand"star
starSFB Assistant for DOS linked to by Hector Rodriguezstar
starStarship Commander's Tactical Battle Simulator for Windows & DOS by Bill Hausestar
starSpace Empires III for Win95 by Malfadorstar
star3D ship images by Dirtstar


generic gaming (esp. PBEM) ideas

starSFB card game by "Nand"star
starvarious games design articles collected by Inretestar
star"Murphy's Rules" for various games collected by John Kovalicstar
starPlayability and Game Design essay by Bill Jordanstar
starConverting FTF Games Into PBEM Games essay by Mel Nicholsonstar
starPlayers - the Most Valuable Asset essay by Luis Sequeirastar
starGame Automation for PBEM essay by Mel Nicholsonstar
starThe PBM Habit essay by Van Nortonstar
starDrafting a game essay by Mel Nicholsonstar
starPlay free board games via web interface by It's Your Turnstar


non-SFB, but related, stuff

starFederation & Empire comprehensive site by Kenneth Petersstar
starRomulan humor by Mike Bennettstar
starSev Trek comics (spoofing Star Trek)star
starStar Trek meets Dilbert... and more non-SFB materialstar
starWeb/Email Dice Serverstar
starU.S. space agency NASA's web sitestar

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Emailthe Twirling Aces moderator Jeff Buchmiller at jlb@edsr.eds.com


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