Star Trek: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator
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Star Trek: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator was a game published by FASA Corporation in the 1980s. It was a board wargame, set in the Star Trek universe, utilizing ten-sided dice and counters to simulate tactical combat. It came into being as the combat system in the Star Trek role-playing game published by FASA, as the space combat portion of the game. Later, it was published as a separate game, still usable by players within the RPG game. It was based partially on Star Fleet Battles. Many of the ship types were based on SFB.
The game manual has been updated by a non-profit gaming group. The manual can be viewed online, with new revisions highlighted. It is viewable at their website. The game currently forms the basis for a multiplayer game via the internet. These are listed below.
[edit] References, game resources
- Sporadic Enterprises Provides online copy of game manual (in pdf form), with revisions. All revisions are highlighted.
- STTCS online database and archive (offline)
- Tacticalstarshipcombat.com Comprehensive listing of game materials
- starshipcombatsimulator.com - Multiplayer game
