Attack of the Clones – Star Fleet Scramble from Jacob Davenport
Spanish publisher nestorgame has added another title to its line-up of portable games in tiny packages, Jacob Davenport’s Star Fleet Scramble – which uses some familiar graphics for the pieces. (2 players, 30 minutes, €27)
Each player has a fleet of nine ships, with three each of small, medium and large ships worth 1, 2 or 3 points when captured. Players start the game with their fleets in opposite corners, with the ships face-down to show that they are shielded. On a turn, you can either unshield a ship (by placing it face-up) or move an unshielded ship in the direction it faces. After moving, you reorient the ship or shield it.
You destroy an opponent’s ship by landing on it, but you can destroy a shielded ship only if it’s smaller than your attacking vessel. Of course if you plop a ship down where it can attack the enemy once it unshields itself, then you’ve pinned that piece. Destroy eight points of ships to win the game. Complete rules are more pics are located on the Star Fleet Scramble page on the nestorgames website.
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Mar 15, 2010 at 02:00 PM in New & Upcoming Games, Game Announcements / 1101
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Wow. Best hope neither Lucas (the images) nor Paramount (the name) hears about this. Posted by Matthew Frederick on Mar 15, 2010 at 03:05 PM | #
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There’s even a “Death Star” variant in the rules. Posted by Stephen Smith on Mar 15, 2010 at 03:40 PM | #
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I AM NOT A LAWYER. There is a somewhat open license for Star Wars films that allows people to make YouTube spinoffs without litigation because they are distributed free on YouTube and other sites for no-profit. (Star Wars rap, Jedi Hunter, the somewhat serious films as well, there’s a metric ton of these spoofs). This isn’t even covered by that. If nestorgames is selling these on the open market the IP owners WILL eventually get around to suing. Which is not good because the owner of nestorgame is a bright spark, with great ideas, that doesn’t need to be in court. Posted by Del Esau on Mar 15, 2010 at 04:19 PM | #
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Hello, all. The name of the game is not “Attack of the clones - Star Fleet Scramble”, but just “Star Fleet Scramble”. Thank you. Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:04 PM | #
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I’m afraid that does not matter much, Nestor, if you are using the space ships from the movies. Lucas fought hard to retain the licenses for everything relating to the films, and he will be more relentless than Vader (TM) in making sure they stay with him. I agree that you should not risk the great thing you’ve started! Posted by Jeff Allers on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:10 PM | #
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Actually, I think a better name for the game would be “Bad Idea”. Posted by Greg Aleknevicus on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:31 PM | #
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I understand. Thank you. Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:37 PM | #
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The game is temorarily out of print, until I find a solution for this. Sorry for the inconvenience. Néstor Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:46 PM | #
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Nestor! I am not a lawyer. The only thing you have to do is change the illustration/designs and any names used in Star Wars. That’s pretty much it. Posted by Del Esau on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:49 PM | #
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I mentioned the name because “Star Fleet” is from Star Trek. The game “Star Fleet Battles” specifically had a license from Paramount, owners of the Star Trek intellectual property. The images, on the other hand, are Lucasfilm properties. Posted by Matthew Frederick on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:51 PM | #
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I think the graphics could be a problem, not the title. Anyway, I will solve this as soon as possible, so you can enjoy this outstanding game. Néstor Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 15, 2010 at 07:08 PM | #
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By the way, this is a re-skin of the game Pikemen, originally invented as an Icehouse game (same as Nestor’s other games, Mundialito and Penguin Soccer). http://www.playagaingames.com/games/pikemen/ Posted by Doug Orleans on Mar 15, 2010 at 09:37 PM | #
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Er, sorry, Robo Soccer is the Nestor version of Mundialito. Posted by Doug Orleans on Mar 15, 2010 at 09:42 PM | #
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Yes, you’re right. “Star Fleet Scramble” re-implements “Pikemen”, with a 5x7 board and less pieces. Nëstor Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 16, 2010 at 03:03 AM | #
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Lucasfilm says “no”. But don’t worry. The new ships are almost ready, and the game will be available again around next Monday. Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 18, 2010 at 02:46 PM | #
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Star Fleet Scramble is available again on the NESTORGAMES website: Thank you for your patience :) Néstor Posted by Nestor Romeral on Mar 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM | #
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