A previously undiscovered quirk of the laws of physics allows starships to jump to the void, a hyperspatial realm that greatly shortens the travel times between inhabited worlds. It has the texture of old sci fi but the production values of a modern game. Knight hawks game has one of the oddest descriptions for interstellar travel, and in truth its probably the most puzzling part of the game. Knight hawks is a valuepacked set that inc ludes a boardgame of shiptoship space combat, playable with no knowledge of the star frontiers game system.
Ill always have a soft spot for holloways interior inkline drawings though. Playable as an expansion of the star frontiers tm alpha dawn role playing game or as a separate boardgame. Star frontiers takes place near the center of a spiral galaxy the setting does not specify whether the galaxy is our own milky way. Referees screen and minimodule assault on starship omicron 1983. Looking back on the rules and the setting now i find it lacking. Ill probably be coming back to this one later this year and finishing it up for. Using star frontiers game mechanics to play star trek inspired games with no connection to the original star frontiers setting at all. Story of known space cited from the star frontiers. Star frontiers basic game rules 1982 1st printing tsr rpg rule book. Knight hawks interstellar adventures for star frontiers.
Humans, dralasites, vrusks, yazirians, members of all of the four races. I picked up a mint set of it and knighthawks at origins a while back and would love to play again. May 29, 2008 an earlier version, written by art and others can be found at the knight hawks vector download page. Aug 04, 2011 so it was natural that a young kid who desperately wanted to game sci fi would start with star frontiers. It was shoved in a closet and ignored during the reign of lorraine williams because she wanted to push her buck rogers licensedmaterial and soak up the royalties. Tsr star frontiers published material star frontiers network. The knight hawks campaign book this bookintroduces rules for using star frontierscharacters with spaceships. If you like star frontiers, this expansion is a great addition to the game.
Star frontiers knight hawks, to xxvc starship battles by. Alpha dawn for player characters, knight hawks for shiptoship action including boarding parties and trade, and zebulons. The star frontiers urs rules, though not complete are at the point where they are playable. Each of the books have an index in the pdf file which is very nice. These adventures were created to be played with the star frontiers knight hawks expansion. Knight hawks boxed set douglas niles, steve winter on. Comprised of seven stuntships and one support vessel, the galactic knighthawks travels from system to system. They play in rochester, new york at the blue cross arena at the war memorial.
Star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to wizards of the coast, inc. Trek conversions for knight hawks new starship technologies definitions star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to wizards of the coast, inc. The first book is a thin, 16 page, set of tactical starship combat rules. One of the most exciting aspects of science fiction has always been space travel. When this game came out, the original game was dubbed star frontiers. Players can simply read the 16 page rule book, choose up sides and play a game of starshiptostarship or fleettofleet combat. Windows this is a realtime multiplayer knighthawks computer game according to the blurb on the forums. So it was natural that a young kid who desperately wanted to game sci fi would start with star frontiers.
The below rules were established to allow for more flexibility and choice in designing a ship, while also providing some guidelines to ensure some amount of consistency. Star frontiers full inventory from noble knight games. The closest matches in the trek universe to knight hawks are found in the pre tos the original show and tos era ships. Travellers starship rules werent particularly complex, but they were just. Theyve even got remasters of the star frontiers adventure modules. Star frontiers will be very popular to the old school crowd but i feel that there is plenty here for more liberal gamers, too. Knight hawks, like star frontiers itself, has a decidedly bubblegum.
The free distribution of this revised edition of the outofprint game system and additional material provided through submissions by fans like me is not intended to detract income from. The game offered a space opera actionadventure setting setting. This aspect of the scifi hero seems to have been almost entirely overlooked in star frontiersuntil now. Aug 21, 2009 star frontiers knight hawks, to xxvc starship battles. Century toys ultimate soldier scale 12 modern soldier russian spetznaz for sale online star frontiers is a classic roleplaying game from the the artwork is beautiful and inspiring. Im big on star frontiers since the beginning but i didnt get much into knight hawks and the spaceship rules. The new version implements new ships as well as the combat rules of the game allowing for realistic star frontiers battles. Review recently rereleased pdfs of star frontierss knight.
The rochester knighthawks also known as the khawks are a professional box lacrosse team in the north division of the national lacrosse league. In the early 1980s tsr released their d% scifi game called star frontiers. Basic game rules, cover by larry elmore, tsr, i never played this, but i remember seeing it around back in the day and thinking it looked cool. Star frontiers knight hawks star frontiersman yumpu. Rochester knighthawks tickets 2020 lacrosse tickets. As a longtime fan of science fiction and science fantasy i have always had a love for spaceships crossing the void of space to distant planets where they can encounter all manner. This would be by far the eaiest to develope as it does not require and compromise in technology or explanation of the two different technological settings. Alpha dawn tsr 1983 box star frontiers referees screen and minimodule tsr 1983 star frontiers. These warriors somehow kept their battered ships operational, flying two, three, or even more missions. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr. They augment the design rules used in the sf knighthawks ruleset.
Star frontiers science fiction game expanded game rules tsr on amazon. The referee behind the move was looking through my rack of ancient rpg junk from the 1970s and 1980s and came acrodd the battered blue box and thought perhaps a new generation of players may enjoy it, well two games in and theres plenty interest. The game offered a spaceopera actionadventure setting. Knight hawks can be played as a beginning or advanced game when played seperately or can combine with and expand the original star frontiers tm alpha dawn game. They play in rochester, new york at the blue cross arena at the war memorial the knighthawks are owned by pegula sports and entertainment who purchased the intellectual property of the team from former owner curt. For this reason, the spaceship and space station rules have been prepared as the first supplement to star frontiers game. Maybe you should do the same for the knight hawks tokens. To keep things simple in my version of the knighthawks rules every ship pays a yearly maintenance fee which comes out to about 1% of the cost of the ship, which covers every overhaul, every licencing fee, life support refill, space port docking fee, fuel etc, and if this fee is not paid, there is a 5% chancetrip that something happens to the ship. Together they open an infinite universe of roleplaying and board game fun.
Written to use components of knight hawks with the battle rules for buck rogers xxvc rpg ship battle rules. Ill probably be coming back to this one later this year and finishing it up for single player mode. One of the most enjoyable scifi elements is when the heroes strap into small fighters and fly out to perform dangerous missions and combat. As a longtime fan of science fiction and science fantasy i. Jan 05, 20 the star frontiers sciencefiction rpg was published in 1982, notably lacking any rules for spaceship travel or combat. Review recently rereleased pdfs of star frontierss. Written to use components of knight hawks with the battle rules for buck rogers xxvc rpg ship battle rules but you can use it in the other direction as well. It was developed under the working title alien worlds and first published in 1980 as the blue box set, then republished in 1982 as the magenta box set, with the addition of alpha dawn to the title. A previously undiscovered quirk of the laws of physics allows starships to jump to the void, a hyperspatial realm that greatly shortens the travel times between inhabited worlds, once they reach 1% of the speed of light 3,000 kms. Heres the rundown from the first introductory page of text in the campaign book. Knight hawks was a boxed set expansion for the star frontiers game. Star frontiers is an outofprint tsr rpg that has been lovingly remastered by bill logan. Players do not need to have played star frontiers game to play the board game. The free distribution of this revised edition of the outofprint game system and.
And to mine my own post for links the star frontiersman site has a bit better links in my opinion. The knight hawks rules expansion set included detailed rules for starships. The flying roadshow i finished painting my star frontiers scouts and freighter, and i figured out how im going to use them in my gamesas one of the galaxys most prestigious precision flying teams, the galactic knighthawks. I have tried to set up a star frontiers campaign and imaged most of the tokens from the original alpha dawn game. Dec 29, 2017 the 64page campaign book describing ship construction, new skill and equipment, and background material for the setting along with a strategic game that can be played with the enclosed map and the boardgame rules.
A place to find starship miniatures for table top wargaming. Tsr could have included an abbreviated set of spaceship rules in the star frontiers game package, but it was felt that such scanty treatment would raise more. It uses the species names of vrusk, dralasite, sathar, and yazirian, but is not actually the star frontiers setting. A previously undiscovered quirk of the laws of physics allows starships to jump to the void, a. This boxed set contains starship rules and campaign background for the star frontiers. Currently i have created a text only version of the core rules players handbook and will in the next few days do the same with the administrators guidebook, and knighthawks rules though im still working on sample space stations for the rules. The star frontiers sciencefiction rpg was published in 1982, notably lacking any rules for spaceship travel or combat.
It added starships to the game, and was also a type of board game. An earlier version, written by art and others can be found at the knight hawks vector download page. Shop at noble knight games for star frontiers by part of our full. The incorporated some stuff into d20 future, but i just could never get into it. We recall the first time we peeled the plastic wrap from the box, felt those little plastic tensided dice in our hands. You could crack open the box, roll characters, and be playing in 15 minutes. Join forces with friendly aliens against more angsty, less friendly aliens in an oldschool space opera. For many of us, star frontiers was our first foray into science fiction roleplaying.
Theres a few fixes in them as well as a bit better organization and presentation. Star frontiers was tsrs sciencefiction space opera rpg. Knight hawks, due for release in the summer of 1983. Shortly after it was released, tsr dropped the star frontiers line. A version of the setting called star law, which uses the d20 system rules was published as an alternate campaign setting in the d20 future book. Star frontiers continued without us, eventually getting its space ship box set knighthawks, which was actually interesting as it was both ship rules for the rpg and a stand alone space combat game. The base game, while innovative and fun, lacked any rules for building and fighting with spaceships. Alpha dawn is the original published ruleset for star frontiers. The games club that im a member of locally have just started up a star frontiers knighthawks campaign. The star frontiers main site has scans of the original books but star frontiersman has fully remastered rules.
Star frontiers science fiction game expanded game rules. A large number of the star systems shown on the map of the frontier sector in the basic rulebook were unexplored and undetailed, allowing the. The knight hawks campaign book this book introduces rules for using star frontiers characters with spaceships. This board game of starship combat was published as part of the knight hawks supplement for tsrs star frontiers role playing game.
Blasting off to distant worlds in search of adventure one of the most exciting aspects of science fiction has always been space travel. Star frontiers 20012010 adventure modules waynes books. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr beginning in 1982. Star frontiers using d20 variant rules star frontiers. I loved it back then because it allowed me to do science fiction. The knighthawks is a base out of morgantown, wv, that plays country and rock and roll oldies. The discovery that allowed the members of the four races to expand beyond. It would be unfair to view the principles in star frontiers as a cliche, they are simply a bedrock upon which to build fantastic adventures. Once the first human bases were established, the nowoverthrown government of theseus. This is the basic set, with two rule books, an introductory module, sf0 crash. Knight hawks this is a continuation of the alpha dawn rules, with.
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