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Science Fiction, Stargrunt

15mm Science Fiction Sources

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15mm science fiction (Stargrunt II, specifically) was one of my starting places in miniature wargaming; I don’t do much these days but I still have all my figures and I still keep an eye on the field. These are great days for 15mm SF gaming, with a bunch of new companies involved with rapidly expanding ranges, as well as new stuff from established companies like Ground Zero Games.

I used to maintain a long page of companies involved in 15mm SF – many people still link to it, so you might have followed a link expecting to find it, but I’m no longer as heavily involved in that scale & genre as I once was, so I’m going to refer you to Dropship Horizon instead. Dropship is an excellent blog devoted almost exclusively to 15mm science fiction gaming, and even better, on one of their right-hand sidebars they have a long list of 15mm Sci Fi Manufacturers!

Dropship also has news and reviews of the latest and shiniest stuff from those manufacturers, some neat projects of his own, and a good group of commentators to boot. Go check it out!

Full Thrust, Science Fiction

Full Thrust Datasheets & Shipbits

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More useful reposts from the old website, this time for Ground Zero Games’ Full Thrust starship game: blank datacards & ship-bits for the regular, Kra’vak & Phalon ships. These are old-school GIF/JPG bitmaps; one of these days (when we wander back into playing FT regularly) I should sit down with Inkscape and bash out some clean new SVG shipbits and datacards to use. Until that day, these’ll do. Continue reading Full Thrust Datasheets & Shipbits →

Science Fiction, Stargrunt

Stargrunt II Blank Datacards

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Another repost of useful stuff from the old site; this time it’s two decent quality scans of the Squad/Vehicle/Scenario sheet from the back of the Stargrunt II rulebook.

Sheet One is straight out of the SG2 book: one Scenario Card, one Squad Card, one Vehicle Card. Sheet Two is an edited version that looses the Scenario Card for two more Squad Cards. Click thumbnails below for full-size versions that should print cleanly.

NOTE that these cards are © Ground Zero Games; presented here with permission. Printing/copying for personal use only.

  • SG2 Sheet 1
    Stargrunt II Scenario, Squad & Vehicle Datacards (blank)
  • SG2 Sheet 2
    Stargrunt II Data Cards – Three Squad & One Vehicle Blanks
Science Fiction, Stargrunt, Terrain

Pizza Box 25mm Skirmish Scenery

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PIZZA BOX SCENERY: This 25mm science fiction scenery was inspired by a 25mm pirate tavern from a now-vanished webpage. That one was designed for a tavern-brawl skirmish; mine is designed for SF skirmishing on space stations or other large indoor facilities. The two pizza boxes still fold up for travel & storage, and the various walls, columns & partitions were carefully laid out so they’d mesh together when the box was closed.

The interior walls are mostly matte board, which is strong and thin – and it was on sale very cheap at a local art supply store! The hazard striping, signs & other decorative bits were printed off on my colour inkjet, and created in Photoshop. Some of them are available free on the Sci-Fi Signage post.
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SG2 Gallery #3 – 25mm SF

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These were the first 25mm figures I ever painted, sometime in the first half of 2002; I’ve still got them but haven’t used them in years. GZG never have published their “Full Metal Anorak” skirmish rules, either…

As always, click for full/larger view, but keep in mind that Old Web images ain’t that big! (if I ever find the original scan files, I’ll see about modern large images!)
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Dirtside, Full Thrust, Links, Science Fiction, Stargrunt

Links: Ground Zero Games

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The collected links from the old-format site for Dirtside II, Stargrunt II and Full Thrust, all from Ground Zero Games.

In need of weeding and there’s probably some duplicates! Updated 9 June 2011. If you have updated or new links to suggest, please contact us!

Dirtside 2 & General GZG Links

Stargrunt II

  • Stargrunt.ca is the best SG2 website going. Lots of information, photos and other stuff, and still growing!
  • Alan Goodall’s HyperBear SG2 Pages has SG2 scenarios and photos, and the Bugs Don’t Surf Phalon Rules (beta release).
  • Laserlight’s has a variety of SG2 information, including TO&Es, and a nice layout.
  • Germ Warfare is an entertainingly different wargames site, with DS2 information & very cool 6mm & 25mm paper buildings to download.
  • The Firing Line is Brendan Robertson’s FT/SG2 site, with some information on the OUDF (Australia/NZ/South Pacific islands in the GZGverse.)
  • John Atkinson’s Nea Rhomaioi Empire pages – force compositions & vehicles for his own addition to the background of DS2/SG2/FT.
  • Stargrunt 40k has a conversion scheme for using GW 40k forces in SGII.
  • Agis Neugebauer has amazing galleries of his own miniature painting, including FT ships.
  • Etranger: The Militaries of 2300AD has dozens of descriptions and TO&Es of futuristic militaries. Designed for the 2300AD universe, but full of useful information for any SF gamer.
  • World Rank Insignia – just in case you want to go completely insane and paint rank badges on your 25mm or 15mm figures! Actually, this is an extremely well done site.

Full Thrust Links:

  • StarRanger – Starship Combat News — an excellent site for all sorts of space games, both miniatures and boardgames.
  • FullThrust.net — still one of the best FT pages out there. Home of the FT FAQ.
  • Starship Jockey is Jerry Han’s excellent FT site.
  • PowerProjection.net is the homepage of the Traveller Power Projection group, who are using FT as the basis for a new Traveller-universe starship game. PP: Escort & PP: Fleet are both out now.
  • BITS UK Ltd (British Isles Traveller Support) are the publishers of Power Projection.
  • The GZGPedia is a player-driven project to flesh out the GZG universe.
  • The Unofficial Full Thrust WWWpage is Mark Siefert’s excellent & long-running FT site, with lots of resources & links available.
  • Beware the Beast of Aaarrggghh is Beth Fulton’s very nice gaming site – great FT starship pictures in her gallery. (Currently offline. Got a link?)
  • The Firing Line is Brendan Robertson’s FT/SG2 site, with some information on the OUDF (Australia/NZ/South Pacific islands in the GZGverse.)
  • NIFT – Noam Izenberg’s Full Thrust contains the FT Weapons & Defences Archive, and his New Isreali background, among other great resources.
  • Germ Warfare is an entertainingly different wargames site, with FT and DS2 information & house rules.
  • Laserlight’s Homepage has some ship designs, homebrew background information, and other stuff, with a nice looking layout.
  • Roger West’s GZG Pages has some FTFB ship designs, house rules, and a good links list.
  • Spinward Stars has FT fonts and play-aid graphics available.
  • Agis’ Miniatures Page has some incredibly well-painted minis, including FT ships.
  • The Starship Graveyard Scenario has been used as an FT convention game; it uses lots of recognizable science fiction vessels to get new people interested.
  • Tom’s Spaceship Miniatures & Game Lists