Re: Superior Models, Inc

 Donald Hosford wrote:
 
>Say does anyone remember Superior Models?  No?
 
 Yes, they were my introduction to spaceship warfare a long, long time
ago.
 
>One day I was at a local hobby shop.  I paused to look in their 
>"Please-pay-me-a-dollar-so-I-can-get-rid-of-this-stuff" box.  I found
book 2 
>of starfleet wars in there.   This is just an expansion.  I called them
last 
>spring, April or May, and I asked them about the availability of Book 1
for 
>starfleet wars.  They said  they didn't have any in stock, but they
were 
>thinking of reprinting the game, and making more of the mini's.   They
put 
>me on a list and they said they will send me book 1 if they publish it 
>again.  So far I haven't heard anything more.
 
 I still have the original rulebook, book 2, and the recognition guide
for 
 the Super Galactic Dreadnoughts that includes background on the empires

 and fictional stats of the SGDs.  ALNAVCO was the sole distributor of 
 Starfleet Wars as I remember. SFW is a very simple game based on power 
 unit allocation, much simpler than even FT, but I think it sacrificed
too 
 much for simplicity, for example ships could turn to any heading at any

 time.	I still enjoyed the game and spent hours looking at the pictures
of 
 the ship minis.  Being to young to afford one of every ship like I
wanted, 
 I do have a Stellar Destroyer from each of the 5 empires that I
received 
 with the deluxe rule set.
 
 I was on ALNAVCO's mailing list for years and received numerous updates

 and flyers on SFW, even some color ones, and I have some extras or
could 
 make copies so if anyone is interested, let me know.
 
 I do have a question on some of the ships If anyone else has this info.
 
 The last two ships I received information on were new Galactic 
 Dreadnoughts (the size below the SGD) the Terran Valiant and the
Carnivore 
 Jaguar(?).  The Valiant was triangular like a Star Wars Star Destroyer
as 
 all other terran ships but where the SD's bridge would be, there was a 
 second trapezoidal hull about a 1/3 the size of the main hull on which 
 more weapons were mounted on top.  The Jaguar also has a secondary hull

 mounted above the main hull in the same fashion.
 
	What are the SFW stats on these ships? Can anyone help me? I
have
	been wondering this for over 10 years!
 
 For the DSII players, Superior also produced MATAAC (?) which was a
ground 
 combat game with the same background as SFW.  You may want to call 
 Superior and ask about reprinting that game and minis as well.
 
 Thanks for the info Donald, I will give Superior a call to get on their

 list of those interested in reprinted SFW rules.
 
 Dean Gundberg
 dgundberg@bcbsnd.com