Triopticon on starmada full thrust on wargamevault. Charles, colin and i met up at colins place and beam and missile fire was quickly exchanged. Unlike many games, the publishers encourage the use of any miniatures rather than only official ones, though ground zero. In full thrust, players assume command of fleets of starships complete with escorts, cruisers and capital ships. A program to design space ships for ground zero games full thrust space miniatures combat game. Full thrust 2 has been one of the most consistently popular starship combat wargames around, ever since the first edition was published way back in 1991 the rules set presented here, which we call full thrust light, is a strippedtothebasics version that introduces the most important core rules of the game, and is ideal for getting new players into the system.
The goal was to create a fun fleet level game that gave the right feel while still maintaining a reasonable strategy game. Those of you who have a copy of more thrust, the first supplement for full thrust that we produced, will recall that early versions of the rules and backgrounds for the kravak and the savasku. Please accept to continue or block all nonessential cookies. For a long time, ive been a fan of fleet scale space gaming. Is more thrust still revelant after fleet book volume 2. Although it does come with its own detailed background and plot line, full thrust is designed to be generic and can be easily converted or used to work in any sci.
Full thrust is one of the most popular games representing starship battles. Credits and thanks original full thrust designed and written by. Remixed set of rules, which to my understanding combines the ft second edition, fleet books 1 and 2, as well as more thrust into one. Full thrust is a tabletop scifi shiptoship battle game. Full thrust rules including the supplements more thrust and fleet books 1 and 2 are now available for download directly from ground zero games in their rules area since fleet book 2 was released in 2000, gzg has released miniatures for several new fleets along with additional miniatures for their existing fleets. The book you are now reading is the second official supplement for ft, and the first to be published since more thrust in 1993. The full thrust supplement very useful supplement for the. Full thrust has been translated into many languages, has its own splatbooks, and fluff. Full thrust is a starship miniatures combat game produced by ground zero games in the uk. Full thrust fleet book 1 rules for vector realistic.
Massive space cruisers, snub fighters darting everywhere, laser bolts creasing the blackness of space, etc. While none of the designs below are official until published by gzg, the. It does have a background of its own however and this has always been good enough for me. Full thrust 1991 first edition cant find it anymore, but who cares. The scenario plan actually came from the fttraveller mod, power projection. Stargate sg1 on my hd, one of the last things i developed for ft. However, the second edition and the fleet books are all available as free downloads in pdf form on the ground zero games online store. This is by far the simplest and mostplayable vector movement rules ive ever seen. Full thrust full thrust fleet book 1 full thrust fleet. His majestys navy hex based rules in development as of 270411 letter of marque and reprisal smallscale naval engagements in the age of sail limeys and slimeys rules for use. Like gzgs other two miniatures games, dirtside ii and star grunt ii, it is designed to be a generic system, capable of handling whatever miniatures the players happen to have and leaving much of its techobabble vague enough to be used with whatever scifi universe the players wish.
Full thrust, spaceship combat from ground zero games. Star wars full thrust rules by rod and aaron cain introduction this game was designed around the full thrust rules specifically for use with the wotc star wars miniatures. Cross dimensions to fully utilize this supplement disclaimer no infringement of copy write is intended by this document. There are some new kravak ships released in the last fortnight, though theres no official stats. Fleet book babylon 5 for full thrust cruiser fighter. The starship fleet combat system a fastplay simple rules set with loads of additional options, including a full and easytouse ship design system. This book contains full rules, design systems and predesigned ship stats. This new edition gives you all the fun of the original plus much more. The full thrust rulebook 2nd edition, fleet book 1 major human powers and fleet book 2 xeno files alien forces are now all available online as free pdf downloads from our website go to and look for the downloads page. The full thrust second edition rulebook was first published in 1992. Still playing full thrust when i get the chance usually fb2 rather than continuum, though some of the latters rule improvements really are improvements, so thats always great. This game was designed around the full thrust 2 rules specifically for use with the wotc star wars miniatures.
Traveller rules for full thrust by steve parsonage. This is a table setup to play the starting scenario from the full thrust project continuum rule book. If you want more fluff for full thrust, youll need to write it yourself. Still not a fancydancy page full of flashy lights, graphics or blinky things, but the large number of links to resources remain. A campaign for full thrust, stargrunt ii and dirtside ii the rising storm the representatives of a local preservation society from a world within the sector, called heavens ga. Not really mt is mostly at odds with the rules in fleet book volumes 1 and 2.
Rules to play ft with the classic superior models miniatures. Many new optional rules complete ship contsruction and costing rules campaign rules and battle scenarios fully photoillustrated background detail and expanded ship statistics recommended additions. Full thrust rules including the supplements more thrust and fleet books 1 and 2 are now available for download directly from ground zero games in their rules. Gzg is a oneman show, and jon tuffley is kept busy enough sculpting, casting and selling miniatures that hes had no time to do anything about the rules. Table 1 thrust thrust power pdmg 1 28 56 2 56 112 3 84 168 4 112 224 5 140 280 6 168 7 196 8 224 9 252 10 280 11 308 table 2 beam node costdie pwrdie range 1 012 2 1224 4 2436 8 3648 16 4860 32 6072 table 3 burnout. Ships and rules for battlestar galactica by phillip atcliffe. Starfuries are rated as heavy, so they take a hit on a 5 or 6, with a 6 eligible for a reroll. Full thrust a generic starship miniatures combat game, useful for a number of scifi combat situations. Dont get me wrong, i thoroughly enjoyed full thrust for nearly a decade and still consider it to be a fine game but even extreme thrust wasnt allowing me to keep chasing that dragon that all gamers do. Nominated for the origins award on the 1995 ballot, it lost out to blood bowl as best miniatures rules. This book contains full rules, design systems and predesigned ship stats for three different alien races the kravak, the savasku and the phalons. You will find everything to take a dive into the battlestar galactica universe and play your own full thrust gaming rounds. It is usually played with miniature figurines representing imaginary starship s, although cardboard chits representing the vessels can also be used.
Full thrust academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Its the basic rules covering cinematic movement as opposed to vector basic weapons like beam batteries and pulse torpedoes and rules for two starter fleets for you to get going. Full thrust, a game which i havent played in over a year, came up in discussion and we decided it was time to get it back on the table. Full thrust is a science fiction strategy wargame written by jon tuffley and published by. The core rules for full thrust remixed can be found in pdf form here, totally free. Three invincible class heavy cruisers form the backbone of the terran alliance 5th fleet. Full thrust is a science fiction strategy wargame written by jon tuffley and published by ground zero games of england. More thrust expansion book, but most of it is obsoleted by the. More rules to play ft in the universe of marc millers traveller rpg. Its the most up to date rules and its also a hint of what we can expect from full thrust 3rd ed. They are escorted by a terrible class cruiser and a felakin built ambusher class strike cruiser. Full thrust star wars freewargamesrules wiki fandom. And yes, also a dirtside ii player and have even played combined games.
Remixed brings together the core and advanced rules from the original four books into a single volume. The original full thrust supplement has been out of print for some time. Easy to learn rules cool looking on the table no paper record keeping also cool. The core rules on their own will give a very simple, fast game with absolutely no complications, even when using big fleets. Grab a friend and play this 1v1 simple starting scena. If players wish to use the sensor rules in full thrust, they have two options. Enter full thrust, the granddaddy of spaceship wargames thats still going strong almost two decades after it was first published. Fleet book babylon 5 for full thrust free download as pdf file. The tactical starship combat rules has 2435 members.
However, jon tuffley has put it out as a set of pdf files. Full thrust also served as the basis for the starship combat rules for 2 other games. All original text and rules taken from gzgs full thrust rules and supplements are of jon tuf. Full thrust, a set of miniatures rules for space ship combat, is one of the few games that surpasses triplanetary. All the excitement of racing, without the enormous cost. The problem was that i was limited by some of the base assumptions of full thrust and couldnt get to where i wanted to.
Selection file type icon file name description size revision time user. Tmp complete full thrust rules now available online. It replaces the second edition, more thrust, and the new rules introduced by fleet book 1. Battlestar galactica fleetscale project and starfighter. But not the rules for alien fleets in fleet book 2. Full sail squardons pdf 4 pages of ssds, for wizkids ships s schooner full sail wind rose pdf for those using the wind rules, a wind rose diagram. Battlefleet gothic, full thrust, and latterly star wars starship battles have been the rulesets of choice. More thrust is a supplement to full thrust 2nd edition ft2. General chase a set of rules i worked on some time ago.