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Hi all, I know it is not exactly VBAM but it is a board game I wrote a few years ago with a friend. ----------------- Merchants of the Federation is a trading game for two-to-five players that is based in the Star Fleet Universe. The United Federation of Planets has just opened development of a new ...

Second Solar War; Month 4 The NAC bombardment in Lancelot continues to be devastating! Local forces are reported to be struggling to stay supplied. The UN may dispatch an independent advisory group to look in to the situation as early as next week. Whether the ESU and NAC will allow them to pass rem...

Second Solar War; Month 3 The war only escalates, but it seems to this reporter that neither side can maintain the level of intensity. The fighting at Chiang lead to an ESU victory which turned the NAC war machine around at the gates of their main production worlds. This unfortunately meant there wa...

It really is a fun system. Back to the war! There are a lot of battles so far as the ESU, trying to snipe their old enemy in the RH, struggles against their ally the NAC who is trying to win back territory from the First Solar War. I only ran it for a limited number of rounds, mostly worried I would...

This is the source material for GZG's Full Thrust system (https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/rules.html). One of the perks of doing their campaign system is we get to convert the setting too.

-Jay

The Solar News Network has learned of an ESU push in to Tambov, a Romanov stronghold on the border, this week. Valiant Romanov fighters (after careful revisions to the FT DV conversion system) made an offensive run against the incoming ships. While they were destroyed by the ESU they managed to scor...

This month the Solar News Services reports the fighting has only escalated, with the Pan African Union announces its support of the Eurasian Solar Union. What they could only hope to achieve remains a mystery. We can confirm the NAC continues its assault against the ESU. A massive strike against Chi...

Solar News Network ------------------------------------ The attack on the Lancelot system is underway. A large NAC battlegroup was swift to enter the lost system in the opening hours of the war, surprising a number of ESU forces. After a token defense, the famed Admiral Chernavin lead his strategic ...

Solar News Network ------------------------------------ Romanov battle group push through UN blockade! The UN released a statement earlier today that a large Romanov battle group challenged a UN blockade on its way to Dnietr. The UN warships Exeter and Concordia fire several warning shots, but ultim...

Solar News Network ------------------------------------ Giauzar Seized in Daring Strike! Word has reached the Solar News Network that a massive NAC force has seized Giauzar from the ESU. Early reports show that citizens put up a limited fight, but that key targets were taken swiftly by elite front u...

Hi guys, I am going to keep an active blog here of the active war going on in the FT playtest. We are playing a portion of the Second Solar War. As you fans may recall, the Second Solar War was sparked when tensions jumped between the Romanovs and the Eurasian Solar Union. Things escalate, as they t...

Charles Lewis wrote: If we did, since I did both the conversion and the scenario write-ups, it's all on me.

And since we were building a campaign system for Federation Commander it is a reasonable thing to do IMHO, especially since this is the material they mailed us to use.

Thanks,
Jay

For example, I think there was a mission that have you 1 VP per enemy ship killed. This works fine when everyone is more or less balanced and fleet sizes are small, but it falls apart the minute you have hordes of gunboats flying around. I had to work with Jay to get those fixed for WAP before it r...

That is nice work Paul.

Escalation Wars, in its many forms, was always a favorite to play around here from the Planetside days.

-Jay

Ten, eh? Such a shame we can't just have the one that was originally planned... a VBAM supplement for Federation Commander. How about when all of this dust has settled I go back and offer them a FC supplement for VBAM 2e :P . Sorry about being so quiet this week. I was traveling and had the PC put ...