Old SFB Unofficial Material

[ChallengerHK]

I have a copy of an old gaming magazine/fanzine called Variant, from September 1982. It includes two ships and a small amount of rules for a race called the Caereans. This was apparently done by a guy named Scott Jeffers. Has anyone heard of this? Do you know if there is any one material from the author or for the race?

 

[StarCruiser]

Can't see the image... Also can't say that I've heard of that particular magazine or the Caereans (not in a Star Trek context anyway).

 

[ChallengerHK]

Can't see the image... Also can't say that I've heard of that particular magazine or the Caereans (not in a Star Trek context anyway).

YEah, whatever image hosting I had registered for has apparently decided that that was a 30 day free trial and now I have to pay them. Screw that. I have found dealing with images here to be a serious pita.

I had never heard of it either, nor had I heard of the race. It looks to be...underwhelming, but I was curious is there was any more of it out there that might improve my opinion.

 

[publiusr]

I would have liked to see that...

 

[ChallengerHK]

Do you mean the race/rules? If so, I'll research what's going on with hosting services and see if I can find another. Or, if it's just you who wants to see it, message me your email and I'll send it to you.

 

[Harpsichord]

I got you, it looks like you linked the album containing the image rather than the image itself.

 

[publiusr]

An LCARS version of that would be cool on a screen.

 

[ChallengerHK]

I got you, it looks like you linked the album containing the image rather than the image itself.

Thank you.

I don't mind learning a new site. It's when the sites keep changing their business model, changing their operation, or going out of business that I saw screw it.

 

[StarCruiser]

Now - that DOES look familiar. I'm not sure where I saw it though...

 

[ChallengerHK]

I'm 100 percent that I've never heard of these. I did some looking around and found a list of Variants, however, and apparently Jeffers later did a second article.

 

[StarCruiser]

Now, I'm pretty sure that this was probably posted on the -old- version of ADB's forum way back in ancient times. You know, before the epoxyclips...

 

[ChallengerHK]

Do you mean on GEnie?

 

[StarCruiser]

I don't think it was THAT old but, yeah ... way back in olden times.

 

[Sgt_G]

I have been involved with SFB for a long, long time, and never heard of that particular magazine, designer/author, or race/empire. There was someone back in the late 80s / early 90s who was publishing "made for SFB" modules and selling them in B&M stores. That caused all sorts of legal kerfuffles.

 

[ChallengerHK]

It's not Companion Games, nor is it Gregg Dieckhaus' stuff. I've never heard of it, and I got involved with SFB in 1981.