Starfleet Wars

Starfleet Wars, a space battle game by Superior Models, Inc.

Gameplay

Starfleet Wars, a space battle game featuring five races: Terrans, Entomalians, Avarians, Aquarians and Carnivorans. Starfleet Wars was a dice-rolling simultaneous-action spaceship war game with miniature lead figures.

The Opposing Forces

There are five different races, each with their own unique fleets of starships.

Terran Transolar Federation Navy was crewed by the human race
Entomolian Imperial Fleet was made up of insects
Carnivorian Republic Star Forces were the race of big cats
Aquarian Alliance Stellar Forces came from the seas, such as fish and sharks
Avarian United Worlds Navy flew in from the air as different types of birds

Miniatures

Lead figure miniatures of each ship in the five different fleets are available to supplement game play. These were made in 1:9600 scale with some latitude built in for the small fighters that would otherwise be too small to model.

Publication history

It was sold to Gamemasters in 1997, and then was off the market until Monday Knight Productions re-introduced it. Introduced in 1978 and designed by Wayne Smith and Ron Spicer.
Starfleet Wars was purchased by Monday Knight Productions, and re-released under the name Galactic Knights to avoid confusion with the Star Trek franchise.

Reception

Nick Schuessler reviewed Starfleet Wars in The Space Gamer No. 31. Schuessler commented that "If you can afford the beautiful miniatures, you'll need some rules for play. Starfleet Wars can get you started, after you've done a bit of tinkering. Better still would be to wait for Superior to issue a revised edition."