Starfire Design Forum

Some view the strategic game as an end to itself and have little taste for the tactical battles, while others see the strategic game as a means for producing battles that have some context, but aren't all that terribly interested in the minutiae of empire-building. ...I guess that the thing is that...

Just a small point - someone said somewhere that the rules for Cosmic/Ultra became so complex to reach a more realistic level. Come on guys this is science fiction! 'realism' doesn't exist yet. How do a lot of these games start? "You have been appointed Emperor/God/Dictator/Leader, the people ...

Combat Information Center: See rule Elec.03 in Appendix AA.

Craig, if the reason for the question is searching, you can use Adobe Reader to search thru multiple files at the same time. I use this feature often. Just have Reader search thru all of the files in the folder where you've placed all of the Ultra files.

Oops I was in a hurry and mistyped. It is CLe with Icb that makes it worth it. The extra half speed for the CL hull works well here. Using a CA hull increases the cost and maintenance and makes it hard to compete with the X system. No prob, Jeff. I never remember that half-speed thing. On my copy o...

Even though FTs with X require 15% maintenance, the lower hull costs for FT hulls helps here, both in construction costs and future maintenance. The main reason I can see this matter is that survey ships are a fairly large expense and it matters in aggregate. FT1s are better for later upgrade to Xb...

Matt, IIRC, aren't FT's that carry X required to pay warship level maintenance rather than FT level maintenance, i.e. 15% vs. 7.5%? (See Table L7.02) That would seem to counteract some of the concerns about FT's carrying X. One issue that I'd have with FT's carrying X relates to crew, though it migh...

tdh8192 wrote:An investment company will then be created and funded largely by all those new players with the goal of a completely computer-based version of Starfire that will be absolutely faithful to the SDS version of the game.

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Then, my alarm clock rang...

Sounds like a nightmare to me...

Looks nice, Larry. Some suggestions though... A. I'd suggest a bit more color to the Gas Giant. At the moment, it's a bit too blue and looks to much like a Type F planet, though it wouldn't be too bad for a Type I planet. (Even so, it'd be good to try to create plenty of differentiation even between...

Remember, Matt, this IS the "How Simple ... " thread, not a "How Complex ..." thread. it shouldn't be any surprise that posters here would be thinking in terms of playing Starfire as a p&p game. Not everyone has your ... passion for Complexity Uber Alles. I understand that. ...