RE: [Review] Space Dreadnought 3000

> I was poking around Star Ranger's Starship Combat News site, and
> decided to
> take a look at some of the smaller systems that I'd never heard of
before.
> Mistake.

But exactly why I created SCN :)

> Space Dreadnought 3000 (SD3K) is printed by Kallistra Limited
> (http://www.kallistra.co.uk/)
>
<snip review details>

> The game is supported by a rather large range of miniatures which are
very
> nice. I was quite surprised at the quality of the figures (which
> could also
> easily be used for FT).

Yup, formerly produced by Pendraken.  I've got a fleet of Altarian ships
I'm
painting right now that will be at GenCon (along with the massive FSE
fleet
I just starte basing)

> Overall:
>
> I give SD3K a rating of 4 out of 5. I'd say that it's a MUST for
anyone
> looking to make a FT campaign system, not because it would make an
ideal
> system itself, but because it provides a large number of ideas for
> elegantly solving many "complex" campaign problems.
>
> The real key, however, is that it's a blast. Really fun and plays very
> fast. Schoon sez: check it out!!

Thanks for the review.	I have't gotten around to playing it yet, but it
is
definatly a different type of game than FT.   Using FT for the battles
could
work but how would the supply factor work for in FT terms?

Dean Gundberg

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