Star Fleet Battles (SFB) is a tactical strategy board war game set in an offshoot of Star Trek called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole; it has had four major editions. The current edition is published by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. as Star Fleet Battles, Captain's Edition.

It is a ship-to-ship warfare simulation game, which uses cardboard counters to represent the ships, shuttles, seeking weapons, terrain, and information on a hexagonal map. It is not simply a game, but rather a detailed game system for two or more players (there are some solitaire scenarios). Typically, a player will have one ship in a game, though he can control an entire fleet, if he can keep track of the paperwork and options involved; multiple players can play as teams, with each team splitting up the work of running a squadron or fleet, or a 'free-for-all' fight can be run. Ships represented in the game are typically starships from such classic Star Trek powers as the Federation, Romulan Star Empire, Klingon Empire, or purely Star Fleet Universe creations such as the Hydran Kingdom or Interstellar Concordium.

The game system uses an impulse-based turn system, which is a departure from the traditional I-Go You-Go alternating system used by most wargames. A ship's speed determines how often and when it can move based on a 32 impulse movement chart. Generally, a unit only moves one hex at a time, making 32 the maximum 'speed' in the game. Similar systems are used in games such as Steve Jackson's Car Wars (which uses a 5 phase system) and is designed to more realistically simulate unit movement in an environment where the units can move a great distance in the time needed for non-movement functions (like weapons fire) to occur.

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@duck1123 Star Fleet Battles had the most complete starship ontology I've ever seen. Played it *lots* in the 80s.
MarkDalgarno (MarkDalgarno) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:31:26 -0000
@duck1123 Star Fleet Battles had the most complete starship ontology I've ever seen. Played it *lots* in the 80s.
Played a 3.5 D&D game because I'm told 4.0 is Evil. Now to finish off the night with some streamlined Star Fleet Battles.
TT_BattleField (Jason Rutherford) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:03:39 -0000
Played a 3.5 D&D game because I'm told 4.0 is Evil. Now to finish off the night with some streamlined Star Fleet Battles.
Star Trek Online - Dev Diary: Fleet Action: This developer video explains the schematics of fleet battles within th... http://bit.ly/514PFR
THEGAMEEYE (The Chaos) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:30:55 -0000
Star Trek Online - Dev Diary: Fleet Action: This developer video explains the schematics of fleet battles within th... http://bit.ly/514PFR
Star Trek Online - Fleet Actions Developer Diary HD: Gear up for some classic epic battles in Star Trek Online. http://bit.ly/88b69k
GameTrailer (GameTrailers) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:03:05 -0000
Star Trek Online - Fleet Actions Developer Diary HD: Gear up for some classic epic battles in Star Trek Online. http://bit.ly/88b69k

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