Starfire and Imperial Starfire are science fiction games of combat and stellar conquest. Imperial Starfire provides exhaustively detailed rules for running interstellar economies in a campaign game. Players build fleets, explore star systems, colonize planets, and engage in great wars of defense or conquest. Starfire allows the playing of individual engagements between squadrons and fleets as they occur in Imperial Starfire.

This section of the web site presents my thoughts on Starfire and Imperial Starfire, plus the activities of the Holy MMoid Empire; a race of lovable, yet practical and hard shelled people who cherish peace almost as much as they love dominating other, inferior races.

For the foreseeable future this site will support Starfire 3rd Edition Revised. There are currently no plans to move to Galactic Starfire (Starfire 4th Edition).

Site Contents The Holy MMoid Empire. Various information about the Holy MMoid Empire; the race I use in the local Starfire Campaigns. Starfire Technical Systems Index. Lists of all the technical systems in Starfire 3rd Edition Revised. These are available both on-line and in downloadable form. Comments And Analysis. A collection of discussions about various aspects of Starfire campaigns, including how to start playing. Campaign Play Aids. Three Excel files to assist players with common computations involved in play and in designing ships. Scenarios. Various Starfire scenarios created locally, usually to help familiarize players with the tactical level of play. MMoidverse Campaign. The on going record of a small Starfire Campaign played to help a Space Master learn the system. Far Reaches Campaign. On-line support for the Far Reaches Campaign. Primarily intended for players in the campaign, although it includes a number of documents and forms which may be of interest to Starfire players in general. Links. Links to other Starfire resources on-line.

Items of Specific Interest Support Forms File. An Excel file to help in performing very many of the messy computations needed to play a Starfire Campaign. Ship Construction Spreadsheet. An Excel file for designing Starfire ships. Settlement Priority Calculator. An Excel file to help determine the best worlds to colonize. Starfire Assistant Keyboard Commands. An Excel file listing the keyboard equivalents for commands in Steve Walmsley's Starfire Assistant program (v3.90). NPR Ships & Systems Policies. Home rules for customizing the ships and fleets of NPRs. Modifications, Clarifications, and Additions for the Far Reaches Campaign. Local rules to support the running of a Starfire Campaign. FAQ for the Far Reaches Campaign. Answers to questions raised in the play of the MMoidverse and Far Reaches Campaigns. Contains many "official" answers from Marvin Lamb. Campaign Support Files. A set of Excel files used to exchange information between a Space Master and players in a Starfire Campaign.

Special Note

The observant reader will note that I do not have nearly as many negative comments about Starfire and Imperial Starfire as I do about many other games. This is not an accident; nor just laziness on my part. Unlike most games I have encountered, Starfire is rather well thought out. The authors have done a generally adequate job about keeping the rules consistent, following most logical pathways in the rules to completion, and holding the game to the general requirements of the real universe. The authors also are clearly active in updating the game, and in correcting problems and errors as they are found. While there are still numerous problems with the game, they are fewer than any other game system I have seen, and compliments are definitely due to the authors.

Starfire™, Imperial Starfire™, and Starfire Design Studio graphics found on this site are used with the permission of Starfire Design Studio.

Updated 6 August 2000.