I was happy to be a playtester on this project. It’s a great game that’s reminiscent of Twilight Struggle. As a solo game, it’s a hoot. I recommend it. I backed it myself, even though I spent considerable time constructing the print and play.
A photo of my playtest version is below. The three stack blocks are frigates. The two stacks are sloops. The singles are armies.
Harry Pratt’s Battlestar Galactica Starship Combat Rules are designed to recreate starship combat rules from the msot recent Galaxtica television shows.
I have to say that the fleet combat sequences in the series are absolutely spectacular, with those missles streaking through space and the ships burning up under multiple hits. Perhaps not the most scientifically valid, but spectacular nonetheless.
The Death Zap blog offers a set of free wargames rules for small unit combat. There’s also a fun battle report that goes with them.
Fans of Lost World type games may be interested in some harticles on the Cryptomundo site that sow early 20th century newspaper stories on the search for the Mokele-mbembe, a dinosaur-like creature thought by some to still be alive in Africa. You can also look at the articles in a pdf format.
I absolutely love the Full Thrust starship rules. If you can’t get enought of the rules, there’s now a Full Thrust Wiki.