Podcast appearances and mentions of star fleet battles

Star Fleet Battles is the Star Trek-based wargame that's been in constant publication since 1979, leading to an expanded range of games and lore known as the Star Fleet Universe. SFB fan, expert, and contributor Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games and Simulations joins to talk all about it and take us into the final frontier of wargames! Is SFB for wargamers, Trekkies, or both? Which SFB weapons do Shane and Bill most hate to be on the receiving end of? Speed is life. SSDs, phasers, and hellbores, oh my! Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #272 - 12/29/2023 Like what you hear? Support Shane Plays Geek Talk on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays Listen to the Shane Plays Geek Talk podcast on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, Podbean and Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories). Hey, you! Yeah, you! Buy cool stuff, support Shane Plays Geek Talk with these affiliate links! Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com?partner=shaneplays DriveThruRPG.com https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=488512 SHOW NOTES Star Fleet Battles on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fleet_Battles  Star Fleet Battles at Amarillo Design Bureau https://www.starfleetgames.com/starfleetbattles.shtml  Pacesetter Games & Simulations https://pacesettergames.com/  Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/

 If you grew up in the '60s, '70s, or '80s,you will love StarPodTrek! On this great episode of StarPodTrek, we consider the Star Trek contents of Starlog magazine in issues 55 and 55, from 1982.Author John Jackson Miller discusses how he handles writer's block. Check out his work on Faraway Press: https://farawaypress.com/startrek/Sean Witty reflects on what it was like to play Star Fleet Battles in the early '80sMarkAdam and Brenda Miller discuss the blooper reels that were presented at conventions. Follow their adventures on the USS Hephstus: https://m.facebook.com/104543106269305/Plus... the Trek Marvel comics, the Motion Picture uniforms, Star Trek: The Board Game, and more on this episode of StarPodTrek!Theme music provided by Foot Pound Force. Find out more about the band here:https://footpoundforce.bandcamp.com/musichttps://m.facebook.com/100029411275345/Looking for a Star Trek fan club to join?Check out Starfleet Command!https://www.starfleet-command.com/Don't forget to join our Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=469912916856743&ref=content_filterLove Starlog magazine?Join the Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=303578380105395&ref=content_filterLooking for a Star Trek social club? Join us in STARFLEET International! https://sfi.org/Subscribe to our YouTube Channel “StarPodLog and StarPodTrek”:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgE_kNBWqnvTPAQODKZA1UgFind us on Twitter and Instagram: @StarPodLog Reddit: u/StarPodTrek Visit us on Blogger at https://starpodlogpodcast.blogspot.com/ or iTunes or Spotify or wherever you listen to fine podcasts!If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereDownload (right click, save as)

No Touching! - Board games that reduce or eliminate contact. Also a review of 8Bit Box from Iello with a look at each of the included games. Finally a first look at Woodlands from Ravensburger.At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 84th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on March 25th 2020. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine P.M. Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and we earn a small commission, which helps us offset the cost of producing this show. As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some games mentioned in this podcast were provided by publishers in the form of review copies. This episode includes:---Suggestion Box--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comFan house rules: Roll Through the Ages, Lewis & Clark, Star Fleet Battles, Race for the Galaxy Re-Review, Kids game recommendations My First Carcassonne, Piratatak, Acrobat, Extermination Review, ---Ask The Bellhop--- Games where there was little physical contact. Games where you don’t pass around playing pieces, or share components, games where you don’t even need to be sitting together at the same table and can keep your distance.Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Ashes: Rise Of The Phoenixborn, Sorcerer, Werewolf, Robo Rally, Concept, For the Queen, Legacy of Dragonholt, Choose your own Adventure, House of Danger, Trivial Pursuit, Gloomhaven, The Duke, Chess, Star Wars Destiny, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, On the Blog: Great board games with little to no physical interaction: ---Announcements--- Newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter. Get weekly updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comLive streams: We will be continuing to record our podcast live on Wednesday nights but as of right now all of our other live streams are on hold. Medium Giveaway: Unfortunately we never did hear back from Dawn. So we have drawn a new winner and that winner is: Danielle from Buffalo NY.---The Game Room---8Bit Box A review of 8Bit Box from IelloWritten review: Unboxing video: Pick up your own copy: ---The Bellhop's Tabletop---A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.Woodlands, ---VIP Guest Shout Out--- Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347 YouTube www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

We started out with Mirth, Vance, and Mike, talking about nothing in particular.  It was going to be the Armchair Dragoons “Seinfeld” episode.  Along the way, we managed to cover Cold War Naval Battles, Root, Napoleonics on Tabletop Simulator, Codenames, a dozen variations on Risk, Star Fleet Battles, Naval War, Twilight Struggle, Knight Hawks, BattleTech...

Mark and Brian present their first Theatre of the Mind segment with a discussion of the pilot episode of Arrow. Then they talk about their top 5 RPGs based on licensed properties followed by a talk about the Google+ shutdown and some options to check out once it's gone.Download mp3 (19.2 MB)Show linksCortex PlusStar Trek RPGsTime LordStreet Fighter RPGGhostbusters RPGDresden Files RPGStar Fleet BattlesMarvel Super Heroes RPGStar Wars RPG (West End)Amber Diceless RPGLords of Gossamer and ShadowPillowfort.ioMastodonMeWeAGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!Mark: Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (Pinnacle Entertainment)Brian: Battletech: A Time of War (Catalyst Game Labs)Purchasing through our Affiliate Links help support the show and future AGC Studios projects!Email: armorgoesclank@gmail.comTwitter: @armorgoes

This week, 70s Trek co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto are talking about Star Trek Games from the 1970s.  The show’s popularity made it a natural for games to be developed around it. The other aspect that made it perfect for a board game was its uniqueness.  Star Trek was different and memorable and in the 1970s, as the show grew in popularity, merchandisers wanted to capitalize on the brand anyway possible.  That included creating board games. Board Games The first board game showed up in 1967 when the show was still on NBC.  The Star Trek Game was re-issued again in 1974 and 1975 under the same name. In 1977, a version of 3-Dimensional Chess was released.  The author of the Star Fleet Technical Manual, Franz Joesph, actually helped to create the rules of play.     With the release of Star Trek The Motion Picture right around the corner, Milton Bradley released the Star Trek Game in 1979.  Of all the board games based on Trek in the decade, this was probably the best. Role Playing Games Of course, board games were not the only types of games played in the 1970s.  It was the decade when role playing grew in popularity and the Star Trek universe was perfect for the format. The first was the Star Trek Battle Manual released in 1972.  It's creator, Lou Zocchi did seek a license when creating the game, and Paramount stepped in stopped its production.  The next version in 1973 had no mention of Star Trek in it. But, Zocchi eventually did obtain the rights to use the Star Trek name and re-leased the game in 1977.  He also got permission from Franz Joseph Designs to use material that published in the Star Fleet Technical Manual. The next role playing game was released in 1978.  Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier was set in the TOS and TAS universe and was made to play on top of a table.  It included a book that described how to play the game, and also borrowed from Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual. While this game did not include game figures, you could purchase a packet of six pewter figures that stood about 1-inch tall.  The figures were sculpted, crudely, to be characters from the series. In addition to the pewter figures, players could also purchase plastic models based on Joseph's designs from the Technical Manual.  GameScience created four Star Fleet starships classes with stands so they could be used in the game. The last role playing created in the 70s was Star Fleet Battles by Task Force Games.  It also borrowed from the Technical Manual.  It was this game that lasted into the 80s and 90s having four major editions released over the years. Computer Game All of these games were pretty typical for the era.  They were made to play on top of a table with your friends.  But there was one game developed in this era that was totally unique and totally different for the time.  In 1971, Mike Mayfield wrote the software for the first Star Trek computer game.  It was played on mainframe computers.  At that time there was no graphical user interface such as Windows.  In fact, there were not cathode ray tube monitors, either!  The object of the game was simple: Find and destroy Klingons. Players printed a grid generated by the software that showed you where your ship was located and also where the Klingons were.  Then, you moved your virtual ship by typing in commands, then another printout would show the results.  When you got close enough to the Klingon ship, you typed in a command to fire your phasers.  the next printout told you whether or not you were successful. It took time to play this game, but it quickly grew in popularity amongst computer programmers in the 1970s. So just before the dawn of the personal computer revolution, Star Trek already had a presence with computer programmers and users.   This is also a precursor for what happened 20 years later.  As the early internet was coming into being, one of the greatest presences on the web at that time was Star Trek.   The show has always been a part of cutting edge technology.      

A well-rested Bruce rounds out a full panel of Rob, Troy, and Julian as they discuss Memoir '44 Online, convenience, and the simple pleasures of light board gaming. It's a straightforward episode with the regulars at the top of their game. Federation & Empire Star Fleet Battles Command and Colors System

Troy almost fires Rob and Julian on this episode as a conversation about licensed strategy games. Bruce Geryk holds forth on why War of the Rings is like Stratomatic Baseball, Julian sings of Starfleet Battles and Rob talks about his experiences in another board game. What makes a license succeed or fail? Can either Star Wars or Star Trek really work as a licensed strategy game? Martin vs Erikson - who wins? Is Troy the only person who likes Babylon 5?It is a loud and fun show. Listen to it.Also, info on the upcoming 3MA/FOS meetup. War of the RingWar of the Ring article (Bruce is the final two comments)Starfleet Battles