Monday, July 23, 2012

Another freebie

Even though I'm working on a set of space combat rules that will be sold for money, I don't mind directing you to free games, even those on the subject of starship battles. 

This time, it's the quick-start rules for Ultra Starfire, published these days by Starfire Design Studio.  However, I remember when Starfire first came out from Task Force Games.

It's a fairly straightforward ruleset--each ship has a single line of stats, with damage affecting systems linearly, so you have to destroy a ship's shields before you can hit its weapons, its weapons before its armor, etc.  Kinda simple, but there's room for a lot of variety.  And hey, you can try the rules out for free, so why not?

Anyone else remember playing this game back in the day?
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4 comments:

  1. A-HistorianJuly 23, 2012 at 4:17 PM

    I've never played, but I do have four of David Weber's Starfire books. Insurrection in particular is a classic of both civil war and space opera, imo.

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  2. Shaun TraversJuly 24, 2012 at 3:07 AM

    I did play it when it first came out Starfire and Starfire 2. I did buy the next few versions and got a copy of Ultra Starfire a few years ago just to see how complex it had got. I do not think I have played for over 20 years, and even then i tinkered with the rules and designed ships more than actually played. I played lots of Star Fleet Battles instead. I do like Starfire, but never loved it.

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  3. ECW 40mm ProjectMarch 27, 2020 at 11:41 PM

    I sure do!
    I tried to resurrect it with myself a few years ago when I found it stored away in a box, also. Put up several posts in my naval blog here:
    http://redinthemorning.blogspot.com/search/label/Starfire
    it was fun but then I got distracted...you know how it is!
    I think the tractor beam fubar got me sidetracked.

    thanks for the link!

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  4. Desert ScribeMarch 31, 2020 at 10:46 PM

    You're welcome, and thanks for dropping by the Dreadnought!

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