Spelet var ett alternativ till samma foretags science fictionrollspel traveller och hette fran borjan traveller. Hes got deck plans for a kafer cruiser and some 3d. Star cruiser status sheet version 2 alternative hit values 74 kb pdf document. Lastly, during the course of this rst episode, the characters will visit a number of stellar systems that have not been outlined in any 2300 ad materials. Star cruiser also includes several historical scenarios, drawn from the 2300 timeline. Starship construction and combat in the year 2300 box set. Naval architects manual data form booklet rule and scenario.
The rules cover detection, active and passive sensors, radiated and reflected signatures, masking, target aspect, fire combat, screens. Star cruiser status sheet 20 kb this is an excel 97 file that contains status sheets for both large and small ships in terms of hull hit. This section includes forms relating to star cruiser, a tactical board game about space combat in 2300ad. The background history of 2300 ad is a continuation of the nuclear war depicted in the twilight 2000 roleplaying game by the same company. The manchurian star navy was forced into an interstellar guerrilla war, she could not fight the msif in a stand up battle as her ships were older designs and were clearly outmatched. Kafer dawn gradually introduces the players to kafers over the course of four new separate adventures all included in this booklet which form a minicampaign. The question was is the grav scanner an all seeing eye ase. In invasion, player characters can experience the course of the kafer assault on the french arm, but they cruiset also take an active part in the human defense efforts, no matter what career they have been trained in. Mar 27, 2019 2300ad star cruiser pdf star cruiser is a game of starship combat in the 24th century. Interesting in concept, 2300ad starcruiser did not quite live up to my expectations. In 2320ad the old 50 lightyear nsm is however beginning to feel crowded. Soice this item is not authorized or endorsed by far future enterprises ffe or quick link interactive qli and is used without permission. The nations, corporations, and foundations of 2300 ad bryn monnerys star cruiser uk web resource highly variant historysetting and rules, inspired by ffe s traveller. Dec 09, 2011 those games seem to fail rather quickly for the groups im in.
Bambra found much to like in the new version of the game, including the upgrade from. Similarly, the behemoth is superiour to human main battle tanks. There are also scenarios placed in mans first battle against the implacable kafer ships use different tactics and designs and have presented some. Extensive research and analysis has produced the most accurate star map ever made. The gravitational sensor was a major issue in 2300ad. Fight out the battles generated by your roleplaying game or set up for an evening of other exciting space battles a. Star wars is the one exception, those games do well with some of my play groups but avoid them as i have a mild antipathy to the setting. Never before has such a monumental task been undertaken, either in gaming or in science fiction. The 2300 ad cdrom preserves the essential 2300 ad game materials in one place for the referee and. Star cruiser is a must for the serious traveller 2300 gamer.
There was an effort on the net to create a set of slightly lower complexity rules called star cruiser lite about 10 years ago. This site contains very detailed articles on the national miltiaries of many countries and is frequently updated. A rules set using mongoose publishings a call to arms system for 2300ad star cruiser. Thanks to the ylii kafer computer technolgy is superior to human computers. Star cruiser is a game of starship combat in the 24th century. This website is home to a variety of articles relating to the military aspects of gdws 2300ad rpg. There is a still active yahoo group and a site called etranger that deals with the military in the 2300 ad universe that has a lot of star cruiser related material. The 2300ad supplement, star cruiser, allows both large and small starships to be created using the design sequence presented in the naval architects manual. Sad really, because id love to run traveller in the classic far trader or scout modes. Official 2300 ad errata sheet dated october 19, 1988 3. The military in 2300ad highly variant historysetting and rules. The enemy within 19861989 was a set of linked scenarios published by games workshop for warhammer fantasy roleplay that received notable acclaim as a welldetailed campaign that told a real story. It can be used as an addition to gdws rpg traveller. Escape from the near star map anders sandberg background the near star map of 2300ad is one of the best gaming settings ever.
In star cruiser the system for space battles, a kafer ship can usually outfight a human ship of the same class. Contentsshow background 2300 ad is set at the dawn of the 24th century between 2298 and 2301 depending on the book or supplement. Starfire is a game of starship combat that was originally created by steve cole in 1976 and published in a revised version by task force games in 1979. Fight out the battles generated by your roleplaying game or set up for an evening of other exciting space. Step 6a of the design process focuses on crew job descriptions and the required number of workstations for large starships, which is the focus of this paper. A year later, in the may 1989 edition of dragon issue 145, jim bambra had a chance to revisit the game with the publication of the updated 2300 ad, successor to traveller 2300. The game in fact had little to nothing to do with gdws popular traveller rpg, and when the system was revised in 1988 it was also rebranded as 2300 ad. Section 6 of star cruisers naval architects manual lists mass and volume for. Van maanens star vega vogelheim wolf 414 wolf 424 a wolf 433 wolf 437 wolf 457 wolf 461 a wolf 489 wolf 534 kieyuma xiuning yz canis minoris kingsland syuhlahm zeta 1 reticuli zeta 2 reticuli back door bd 111 094307 chah place of struggle klin.
Gdws 2300 ad game milieu takes place is the same game universe as twilight. Combat charts auror e sourcebook c olonial atlas eart hcybertech sourcebook ener gy curve equi pment guide kafer sourcebook m. A custom strategy game called the great game was used by the authors to develop the background history for 2300 ad. The way the grav scanner is used in three blind mice does not require an ase. By the end of the war the allies had captured or destroyed 1 chein lung dd, 4 tunghu ff, and 6 punyuang fighters. Includes historical scenarios drawn from the historical timeline of the. Star cruiser is both a complete addition to the traveller.
The game in fact had little to nothing to do with gdws popular traveller rpg, and when the system was revised in 1988 it was. The british created an extensive transportation network between the colonies. Battles have been selected from the rio plata war, the central asian war, and the war of german reunification. Reviews from star cruiser transportation employees about star cruiser transportation culture, salaries, benefits, worklife balance, management, job security, and more. The place to get max lambertinis way cool warp star mapping software, which uses data from my near star list ii project. Other than being a sciencefiction rpg produced by gdw there was no real connection to traveller, and when the game was revised in 1988 it was rebranded as 2300 ad. May 17, 2011 in star cruiser the ships do not have any reaction matter spewing out the back of the ship, go at incredible speed, do not actually traverse much of the distance they cover simply blinking in and out of existance at high speed, and the stealth rules dont say they are not spotted simply that they cant be identified. The game includes 180 counters representing battleships, fighters, remote sensor objects, and missiles. Entranger covers all aspects of the military forces in the 2300 ad timeline. Starfire was designed as a fastpaced game of fleetlevel starship combat with an easytouse starship design system and a progression of technological development.
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