Amarillo Design Bureau

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Back in 1980, someone around the Task Force Games office saw a really great photograph of an Iowa-class battleship firing its guns and said: "That would make a great game cover!" Then someone else said "Since Star Fleet Battles [which we had published a year before] is based loosely on [the Avalon Hill . . . [read more]

The classic issue (1983) that began one of the longest and most successful product series in wargame history. Contents include the fiction story Objective Juggernaut, a story in which four starships (Federation, Klingon, Tholian, and Orion Pirate) must cooperate to destroy a massive extra-galactic robot . . . [read more]

For Captain's Log, Federation & Empire, and Star Fleet Battles This 1992 issue is 80 pages long. HISTORY includes "Hold Until Relieved" and a humorous look at the Klingons. UNIVERSE includes an introduction to Prime Directive First Edition. DATABASE includes: New ships (Hydran war destroyers) Communication . . . [read more]

This 1992 issue is 80 pages long. HISTORY includes "Cold Front" and the Hydran rank chart. DATABASE includes: Communications After action reports on recent products, Schedule of new products A play aid to calculate pseudo-speeds Why Proposals Board Ask Kommodore Ketrick Battle Force 1750 Unit tracking cards And . . . [read more]

This 1993 issue is 80 pages long. THE EARLY YEARS first appeared in this issue, with rules, scenarios, and six cruiser SSDs. HISTORY includes "The Long Road Home" about a WYN frigate making a secret trip to pick up something the Patriarch wants for his new ship and also has the Kzinti rank insignia chart . . . [read more]

This 1993 issue is 80 pages long and compiles the best of the material from the old Nexus Magazine. HISTORY includes "The Glory of the Heroes" about a Federation base that is overwhelmed by a Romulan Attack. DATABASE (which is now the Communications section) includes Convention winners, Origins reports . . . [read more]

This 1994 issue is 80 pages long. HISTORY includes Betrayal at Oxvind V (Romulans try to negotiate a ceasefire with the Federation and the Klingons prevent it) and Footnotes of History. DATABASE (which is now the Communications section) includes a play aid for particle cannons, Conventions and rated aces, . . . [read more]

This 1994 issue is 80 pages long. HISTORY includes the story Too Close to the Flame and an article on officers of the LDR Navy. DATABASE (which became the Communications section in later issues) included conventions, rated aces, service awards, Input Guide, Why, Proposals Board, Kommodore Ketrick, Example . . . [read more]

This issue from November 1994 marked a new 112-page format. HISTORY includes the story A Sense of Obligation about Tholians and their slaves, and a page of Universe Notes including how to convert warp factors into hexes on the game board. DATABASE (which became the commo section in later issues) included . . . [read more]

When this 96-page issue was published in June of 1995, nobody knew that Task Force was in deep trouble and would soon be reduced to a very dim light before going completely dark. The format of the time was 96 pages "plus something" and the something in this issue was a sheet of extra tournament counters . . . [read more]

This 1999 issue marked the birth of ADB, Inc. as the publisher of the Star Fleet Universe. It was 112 pages long. We didn't even have a company logo yet, and just put the initials in a blue box on the cover! Because this issue had to go to press as soon as possible, it has a lot more fiction than normal . . . [read more]

This October 1999 issue showed that the new ADB, Inc. had hit its stride as the publisher of the Star Fleet Universe. It was 112 pages long. We finally had a company logo (which did not change for 12 years).HISTORY included the fiction story Another Point of View about Kzinti-Federation relations. Also . . . [read more]

This classic 1983 issue includes the fiction story Refiner's Fire, which was the first fiction set on the Federation-Romulan-Gorn border. In the story, two Romulan starships (with a Klingon D7) attempt to ambush and destroy a Gorn battlecruiser, which runs for the Federation border and asks for help . . . [read more]

This June 2000 issue was inspired by a piece of cover art that Andy Goodwin submitted. We liked it so much that we had a contest to write a story to match it, and printed the best three stories. It was 112 pages long.HISTORY included the three stories (and nothing else; the stories took up 21 pages) . . . [read more]

Fiction, 10 scenarios, 18 new ships (salvage ships, Maesron tugs, Gorn Plasma Bolt Ships, Kzinti-Lyran captured ships). Victory at Origins, 50 Term papers, intro to new F&E2K rulebook. Bridge crews for Prime Directive. Death of the Macedonia, mutiny on a Klingon F5, Romulan medals. Tournament reports, . . . [read more]

Two stories of Klingon C7 heavy battlecruisers, history of all ten C7s, contents of a planetary defense unit, tournament reports, Input Guide, Proposals Board, Awards, Judges, Rangers, After-Action Reports, Schedule, Why?, Battle Group, Ask Admiral Growler, Preview of SFB Module J2, Miniatures, Death . . . [read more]

This issue includes fiction about X-ships, new X-ship rules, five scenarios, a new empire (Imperium from the Triangulum Galaxy with four new ships), a new weapon for the Omega-Vari and four ships that carry it, Anarchist (Federation-Klingon), Victory at Origins, Maesron Tactics Primer, F&E Scenario (North-South . . . [read more]

This exciting issue has fiction (including the story "Flashpoint"), history of Kzinti patriarchs and of the second Fed-Kzinti war, the usual regular features, scenarios (including one for Omega and one for Triangulum Galaxy), new ships (improved Federation Police, Kzinti escorts, Iridani quest ships), . . . [read more]

Captain's Log #25 contains the following:Fiction: Return of the Hood, First Encounter with the Andros, Class History of Hydran Pegasus, Blue Fleet Intel Report.Commo: Tournaments, Future, After Action, questions, Why, Lyran County Symbols, Proposals, Lighter Side.Scenarios: six new ones.Ships: 4 variants . . . [read more]

The latest in the series is the best yet. Two exciting fiction stories (Romulans and Gorns battle over the Kishawk and its load of politicians; a lone Federation dreadnought protects the vital logistics convoy from a Klingon squadron), a class history of all nineteen Kzinti strike carriers, and a detailed . . . [read more]

Battle For Rimworld (Feds, Gorns, Romulans, Orions, Andros). History of the fast raiders and splendid cats. Map of the galaxy. Hydran weapons. Two scenarios. Building a DemonHawk, Ten questions for Paul Scott. Victory at Origins. 16 new ships (four anarchist, four frax, four ISC 4-hulls, two Gorn BDD-Cruisers, . . . [read more]

A special Stellar Shadows issue filled with things that can't happen but now you can enjoy them. Fiction (Klingons raid the lair of the Tholian Battleship; Star Fleet learns about unintended consequences; history of Fed DDs part 4); a scenario (Kzintikaze); fifty new ships: Paravians, Fed multi-engine . . . [read more]

This classic 1984 issue includes the fiction story The First Round. In this story, famed Orion Pirate captain Deth O'Kay is kidnapped by the Masters and forced to fight starship duels in an arena. Also included are: Two modified SSDs for the ships of the Masters and two new ships 29 scenarios The first . . . [read more]

This 28-page booklet includes interesting and useful information about the main Captain's Log #38 issue, as well as supplementary materials. Included are: the designer notes for Captain's Log #38 The 2008 Origins reports A fiction story showing the other side of the story in the main issue A short story about . . . [read more]

This 32-page booklet includes interesting and useful information about the main Captain's Log #39 issue, as well as supplementary materials. Included are: The designer notes for Captain's Log #39 The 2009 Origins reports TerrorWerks gun-run report An article about Olivette Roche Detailed after-action reports . . . [read more]

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