I haven't seen much of anything for Star Fleet Battles that sells well.  I have a box full of the stuff and after reading through the rules, I can't be bothered to even give it a try.

Thanks!
I since it is 10 cent listing day I just dropped it on eBay for a start of $19.99 to see if there is any interest.

I guess I will have to be the guy who stands up for SFB.



Flat out awesome. I am pretty sure it is the longest running strategic wargame in production today.  



SFB enjoys a solid following and has held its annual tournament at Origins (and Gencon) longer than any other tourney except the AD&D open.



Trav - FASA!!! are you kidding me. SFB blows it out of the water.



Admittedly, SFB can be extremely difficult for new players. It is complicated at times, but the simple fact that it has been around for more than 20 years and continues to produce product should not be glossed over.



Of course, I am biased, if you haven't figured that out yet. I have been published in more than a few SFB products, so there it is.



J - you'll get your money for that auction. SFB does not usually do well on ebay. Most players buy their stuff new and hold onto it forever. Also, only one guy in a gaming group really needs to own the game. That said, I just sold the following and did well:


** expired eBay auction **

Well, I am your first bidder. Can't let a good game go without a bid. I bought my original copy way back when it came out - think it was at Michicon.

We played it during the convention and got hooked. So my copy is partially punched --- why not grag an unpunched one  

It's funny. Only very recently I have started collecting the Task Force Micro-Games after picking up a copy of Escape From Altassar. In typical fashion, I then looked up Task Force Games and found there were about 30 of these in the series and set out to collect them all.

I had seen these items many times often passing in with no bids, but as soon as I start to collect them suddenly it seems everyone wants TFG Micro-games. (Takes on the   persona of an angry hobbit). This happens to me all the time. It is like I am the bowwave of new collecting interests. Stop following me around - does everyone have to start collecting what I am collecting (place paranoid smurf emoticon here).

Trav - I was just having some fun with you.

You hit the nail on the head. Star Fleet Battles, other than the formal names of the various races and weapon systems, is basically the anti-Star Trek. I know this might sound funny to anyone not familiar with the game, but ADB (Amarillo Design Bureau) [the makers of SFB for Task Force Games]  did everything possible to distance Star Fleet Battles from Star Trek.

SFB is a pure, out-and-out strategic war game. It is neither fast nor easy. Quite the contrary, it is very slow - simple games can take 3-5 hours and larger actions easily 5-8 hours or more. It is also extremely complex. The rule systems are several hundred pages. In fact, the third edition version had three core rulebooks that had a couple hundred pages each. However, it is erroneous to suggest players "micromanage" each system on a ship. That is not the case at all. It is much more like BattleTech - power is used to plot movement, weapons and defense. There are few other options but they don't see much play.

SFB is a wargame - in the line of AH or SPI systems. You just don't see many rpgers playing that game. SFB has its base of players and it has survived three rule revisions and is now nearly 30 years old and still going. That in itself clearly shows the staying power of this game.

bbarsh wrote:Trav - I was just having some fun with you.

Sorry dude.  It went completely over my head.  

Well I put in a bid over your initial one bbarsh. I got up early this morning and though I would snipe my own initial bid as it was only just over yours, but alas I was simultaneously sniped by another!

I am going through a real losing phase on Ebay. It's good for my hip pocket, but it leads me to wonder 'are millions more waxing nostalgic?'

Got busy and I could not watch the auction close. But I probably was close to my max on it. Afterall, I do have one.

Hermit: Keep an eye out, that set comes around from time to time. Jason's auction actually did fairly well as I have seen them go for under $20 several times.

But then again, something is very strange on ebay right now. Prices seem unusually high on some very common items.