Star Fleet Games

LOCATION
Murfreesboro, TN

HOME PORT
Roll the Dice Games and Casa' de Tomas

Games played and demoed:

Star Fleet Battles
Federation Commander
Federation and Empire
A Call to Arms Star Fleet
Star Fleet Battle Force
Star Fleet Marines<
Prime Directive (d20 Modern)

Group Commander: Tony L. Thomas
Plays: ACTASF, SFB, Federation Commander, F&E, SFBF, D20M Prime Directive
e-mail: tony.l.thomas@comcast.net

Executive Officer: Mike Curtis
Plays: F&E, SFB, Fed Comm, ACTASF

Star Fleet Ranger: Kenneth Thomas
Plays: Federation Commander, ACTASF, SFBF

Group Members

Mark "Plasmaboy" Thomas, John Curtis, Scott Burleson, Scott Hofner, Merl DeWitt, Scott Ritenour, Evelyn Thomas, Josh "Flyboy" Whicker, Courtney Parsons, Lee Wood, Bryan Wheelock, Michael Olive, Martin Tyman,

Honorary Members

Joseph W. Butler

Our group is listed on Starlist. Our group is also listed on yahoo groups: SFB_TN@yahoogroups.com

Upcoming Events:

Battlegroup Murfreesboro plays both Federation Commander and A Call to Arms Star Fleet at least once a month. We continue to play Federation and Empire on a regular basis, although now it’s usually either via Cyberboard or at major conventions.

Playtesting:

We also meet one Saturday or Sunday a month in the Casa de' Tomas war room for play testing. We are currently testing A Call to Arms Star Fleet version 1.2, and are writing more new scenarios for Federation Commander – including a conversion of the Red Wyn Express mini-campaign. Soon, our primary play test focus will shift to development of the Lyran Star Empire and expanded Orion Pirate fleets for ACTASF.

Demonstrations:

Battlegroup Murfreesboro regularly demos SFBF at two local CCG vendor locations, we will be scheduling demos of both Federation Commander and ACTASF at Roll the Dice Games and a couple of local conventions, and we are working to get a local Prime Directive campaign started at Roll the Dice Games.

Ongoing SFU activites:

Our members are active participants on both the Star Fleet Universe BBS and the php-based Federation Commander forum [look for us as scoutdad, SFU_Fear, the Burl, and hofnerss]. Mike Curtis serves as the Fed and Empire answer guy, Scott Burleson is working on the development of Federation and Empire Online, and Tony L. Thomas is one of the Prime Directive staff members, a Federation Commander staff member, a miniature sculptor, and has recently been named Lead Developer for A Call to Arms Star Fleet.

Recent Activites:

Upcoming Gameday

We will be running the 5th annual Battle in the 'Boro on August 6th, 2016 at Roll the Dice (215 Robert Rose Drive Suite F, Murfreesboro, Tennessee). This years featured event is Star Fleet Battles.

Over 24 players have been invited (and so far 12 have confirmed) to participate in a mega-game of Combat Rally (Scenario SG150).

Anyone and everyone reading this is invited to join us on this date. Battlegroup Murfreesboro will be providing all the materials needed to play - you only need to come and have fun.

Upcoming Gameday

The 3rd Annual - Battle in the 'Boro [Federation Commander style!]

We will be hosting 20+, Fed Comm players for a full day of fun, frivolity, and exploding ships. Multiple games of FC on multiple maps, run multiple times.

And the player voted most sportsmanlike by everyone present gets to smash a fully painted, Paladin Dreadnought with a sledge hammer!!!

Nashcon 2014
We will be re-running the Battle for Kh'Rtis Rock scenario on Friday, May 23.
Saturday will be the three round, Southeast Regional ACTASF tournament.
Sunday will be ongoing demos of the ACTASF Book 2 ships, systems, and empires.

Nashcon 2013
In 2013, Battlegroup Murfreesboro retunred to NashCon with a bigger and better ACTASF weekend planned! Friday night, we once again ran "The Battle of Khâ'rtis Rock.â" – version 2.0 This massive scenario featuress more than 60 Federation and Klingon starships battling it out to determine which empire will ultimately control Khâ€™rtis Rock. And if 60 starships in a single battle is not enough – we threw in a Klingon Battllestation, 3 repair freighters, and a 6 foot by 8 foot map full of terrain!
Photos here.
More Photos here.

Saturday was the 2nd Annual Mid-South ACTASF tournament. A total of 8 players participated through three separate rounds of combat. This year, the results were even closer than last year as Merl DeWitt claimed victory – buut with less than 50 victory points separating him and the fourth place finisher.
Photos can be seen here.

Sunday was an open demo of Federation Commander and ACTASF.

Nashcon 2012
In 2012, Battlegroup Murfreesboro attended this event and spent the weekend running and demoing A Call to Arms Star Fleet. Friday night, we ran the first ever, public version of "The Battle of Khâ'rtis Rock". This massive scenario features more than 60 Federation and Klingon starships battling it out to determine which empire will ultimately control Khâ'rtis Rock. And if 60 starships in a single battle is not enough – we threw in a Klingon Baattlestation, 5 repair freighters, and 8 hidden ground-based defense installations. Photos can be viewed here.

Saturday was the first ever, United States-based ACTASF tournament. 10 players participated through-out the event and 6 particpated in all three separate rounds of combat. Eventually, Mike Curtis and his Klingon fleet ended up as the victors – but Merl DeWitt was only 6 points beehind him. More photos here.

Sunday was an open demo of Federation Commander and Star Fleet Battle Force.

June of 2011: Playtesting
Battlegroup Murfreesboro began pre-release play testing of A Call to Arms: Star Fleet. Play testing continued on a bi-weekly schedule up to and after the initial release of ACTASF in November of 2011.

June 23rd, 2011: Origins Convention
Attended Origins convention, participated in SFB, FC, F&E , Starmada, SFBF events, and playted TerrorWerks live-action combat game.

March 19th, 2011: Demoed Star Fleet Battle Force
Demoed Star Fleet Battle Force at Roll the Dice Games, Murfreesboro TN.

Fall 2010-Spring 2011: Playtesting
Playtested Federation Commander: War and Peace.
Playtested Federation and Empire: ISC War.

Fall of 2010:
Began moderating Fed Comm: PBEM event - Escalation!

Orgins 2010
Attended by 4 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and a variety of SFB and FC events, as well as the TerrorWerks live action combat game.

August 19, 2010:
Several members of the St Louis MO, Federation Commander group trekked to Murfreesboro. We had 19 people in the Casa de' Tomas war room playing Federation Commander. All at the same time!!!

November 14, 2009: Playtesting
Playtested Olivette Roche's scenario Die BEM, Die!.

Orgins 2009
Attended by 4 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and a variety of SFB and FC events.

September 1, 2008:
Steve Cole stopped by Casa de' Tomas to visit with BGM while we played the Combat Rally scenario.

Orgins 2008
Attended by 6 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and a variety of SFB and FC events.

Orgins 2007
Attended by 5 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and a variety of SFB and FC events.

Fall of 2006:
Began OPL meeting at Grand Adventures every third Saturday to play Federation Commander.

Orgins 2006
Attended by 5 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and a variety of SFB and FC events.

January 21, 2006: Demo
Demoed Federation Commander: Klingon Border at The Game Keep, Nashville TN.

November 11, 2005: Demo
Demoed Federation Commander: Klingon Border at The Game Keep, Nashville TN and Comic, Murfreesboro TN.

Orgins 2005
Attended by 4 members of BGM. We participated in F&E and SFB events.

August 2004
BGM officially began playtesting Federation Commander.

Orgins 2004
6 members of BGM attended. We participated in Federation and Empire, by playing as the Coalition on the Gale Force scenario. Joe W. Butler also served as SFB judge during the SFB Gold Hat tournament.