Category Archives: Space Naval Gaming

Gallery: Terran Cruisers and Escorts

I just put the finishing touches on some new models for my Firestorm Armada Terrans. First up is a squadron of escorts. These are the old-style metal Guardian-class escorts. I’ve had them since they were released way back in 2010, … Continue reading

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Planetfall Questions Answered

Hello again! Today, I’ve got a very useful post courtesy of MBS member dalekunz, who has been playing a lot of Planetfall lately and has put together a great list of rules questions and their answers, as well as some … Continue reading

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Navy of the Terran Satellite Charter: Main Cruiser Variants

Hello again fellow naval gamers! I have for you here an excellent article by Ian Cross (Major McNicol on the forums) that provides a fictional discussion and history to the development of the NTSC cruiser designs in Firestorm Armada. Ian … Continue reading

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The Battle for Savo

Welcome to the second installment of my reporting on the Firestorm Armada campaign I have been running for myself and a friend of mine. This battle actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I’m a bit behind on my … Continue reading

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Battle for the Storm Zone: A Firestorm Armada Campaign

Prologue Commander Jenks paced nervously across the bridge of the Terran cruiser San Francisco. His cruiser had just shunted in to the Maybach system, along with the rest of Task Group 22.1, which at the moment included  the other  two … Continue reading

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Planetfall Rules Impressions

Spartan’s Planetfall has been out for a few weeks now, and so I’d thought I’d throw in my impressions of the rules. Granted, this is a little outside the normal scope of topics here (not many ships in this game!), … Continue reading

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Firestorm Armada Campaign System Part 3: Version 0.9 Ready!

It took me longer than I had initially anticipated, but I have finally gotten my Firestorm Armada campaign rules up to a playable level! You can download them here: www.manbattlestations.com/hostedfiles/fa/MBS_FA_campaign15nov14.pdf Now, that’s not to say that these rules are done; … Continue reading

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Firestorm Armada Campaign System Part 2: What’s in a Name?

So, as I continue my effort to convert the BFG campaign system to Firestorm Armada, one of the things I’m having to come up with is names for things that were previously very Grim Dark. Specifically, the BFG campaign system … Continue reading

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Into the Storm Zone

Ran across this blog entry while rummaging around on Dakka today, and I thought all of you here might be interested. Jaden Howell of the Imperial Patrol has posted a nice pre-game write up for his first game of Firestorm … Continue reading

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Firestorm Armada Campaign System Part 1: Differences

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve started a project to convert the Battlefleet Gothic (BFG) campaign system for use with Firestorm Armada (FA). This post is going to deal with a few specific problem areas that will need … Continue reading

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