While I personally prefer Squadron Strike to SFB, I'm glad to see that SFB still has some presence. So, not dead, but defintely dying out (in terms of playership). In the unlikely event I'm anywhere near a convention pick-up game, I'd happily join in, even if I'm not current on all the rules. Squadron Strike clearly takes some of its lineage from SFB, in its check boxes for damage, shields, etc., even if its damage allocation methods are decidedly different. Said boxes aren't arranged inside a top-down silhouette of the ship's hull (one of the things I liked about SFB), but the underlying concepts are there. I don't want to hijack this thread touting a competing product (any more than I already have) but if SFB ever does completely die out, its worth knowing there's a good landing place out there, should one care to try it.
