New Version of Starmada

 I just got my update and thought I would pass along some info,
 
 Starmada IV is now available (same URL that version 3.1 was at).
	http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~cricket/starmada/
 
 Starmada is my 2nd favorite (after Full Thrust of course) of the
simple, 
 starship combat games.  Basic rules are available at the web site, 
 advanced rules are available from the designer for $10.  Registered
users 
 should have already received via email the new versions of advanced
rules 
 appendices.   A campaign system is also in the works.
 
 Starmada is a simple, generic game well suited for fleet battles and
uses 
 only d6's, much like FT but it is a hex based.  Combat consists of
rolls 
 for to-hit, shields, and damage location which is one of the systems 
 recently discussed in the tread of common to-hit systems. These
multiple 
 rolls are a little more time consuming than the single beam roll of FT
but 
 the added complexity does allow for more variation by weapon type.
 
 Most of the differences from version 3.1 to version IV are in the
advanced 
 rules Appendices.  More specifically there are several new weapons and
new 
 special equipment, Offensive and Defensive Rating calculations have
been 
 modified, the movement track calculations have a modification, and an 
 optional vector movement system has been added among other things.
 
 Dean
 <dean.gundberg@bcbsnd.com>