AdAstraGames
@adastragames.com
Publishers of tabletop 3D flight simulators for space and jet combat, plus other games like Minimus (a tiny RPG) and non-fiction works useful to gamers and SF writers.
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· Dec 5
The Merits of Momentum:
One of the great divides In spaceship gaming is the concept of "momentum." In part because lots of gamers are math-phobic, or they've had bad experiences with vector movement games In the past. It's easy, when unfamiliar with vector movement, to have a bad experience!
One of the great divides In spaceship gaming is the concept of "momentum." In part because lots of gamers are math-phobic, or they've had bad experiences with vector movement games In the past. It's easy, when unfamiliar with vector movement, to have a bad experience!
Ken's had an eye emergency (hemmorhage in the right eye due to diabetes) and lost some work-time. If anyone reading this is in the market for things the company sells...
Sales right now would be greatly appreciated! A volunteer is putting up some products on the website, so stay tuned...
Sales right now would be greatly appreciated! A volunteer is putting up some products on the website, so stay tuned...
Ad Astra Games
Ad Astra Games produces games – science fiction, air combat, and even little RPGs. Many of our games, following from Attack Vector: Tactical through Birds of Prey and Squadron Strike, use 3D movement....
www.adastragames.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Ken's had an eye emergency (hemmorhage in the right eye due to diabetes) and lost some work-time. If anyone reading this is in the market for things the company sells...
Sales right now would be greatly appreciated! A volunteer is putting up some products on the website, so stay tuned...
Sales right now would be greatly appreciated! A volunteer is putting up some products on the website, so stay tuned...
This is a man who knows neither the rules of Risk (North America is a bad starting position) nor the Bible, as he thinks this country was founded to preserve Christianity, rather than in the recovery period of religious strife in England and Europe.
Right here on this (1.1 million following) maga Christian facebook profile, posted yesterday
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is a man who knows neither the rules of Risk (North America is a bad starting position) nor the Bible, as he thinks this country was founded to preserve Christianity, rather than in the recovery period of religious strife in England and Europe.
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Violent CBP goons beat up homeless legal resident
Kneeing someone in the face while they're restrained is not law enforcement. They are taunting the public. They want us to react with the same energy so they can really let their dogs loose on us.
a gofundme for his injuries gofund.me/0e461c4bf
Kneeing someone in the face while they're restrained is not law enforcement. They are taunting the public. They want us to react with the same energy so they can really let their dogs loose on us.
a gofundme for his injuries gofund.me/0e461c4bf
January 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Violent CBP goons beat up homeless legal resident
Kneeing someone in the face while they're restrained is not law enforcement. They are taunting the public. They want us to react with the same energy so they can really let their dogs loose on us.
a gofundme for his injuries gofund.me/0e461c4bf
Kneeing someone in the face while they're restrained is not law enforcement. They are taunting the public. They want us to react with the same energy so they can really let their dogs loose on us.
a gofundme for his injuries gofund.me/0e461c4bf
Also, looking at the schedule, we have managed to near perfectly overlap our start times...
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Also, looking at the schedule, we have managed to near perfectly overlap our start times...
Oh, those are cute. :)
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Oh, those are cute. :)
Writer Brain is definitely a thing...
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Writer Brain is definitely a thing...
The mild concern I have is that you are adjacent to a kind of user profile I've seen: the person who discovers the Squadron Strike Spreadsheet of Doom, dives in, and is found four days later going..."I should take a shower. And maybe sleep. But wait, what if I..." :)
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The mild concern I have is that you are adjacent to a kind of user profile I've seen: the person who discovers the Squadron Strike Spreadsheet of Doom, dives in, and is found four days later going..."I should take a shower. And maybe sleep. But wait, what if I..." :)
If you can find something the game engine doesn't support, and that's fun, it can *probably* be added in.
If you're thinking in SFB-cognates, SFB direct fire weapons are beams, and plasma torpedoes and drones are two different varieties of Standard Movement Torpedoes.
If you're thinking in SFB-cognates, SFB direct fire weapons are beams, and plasma torpedoes and drones are two different varieties of Standard Movement Torpedoes.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
If you can find something the game engine doesn't support, and that's fun, it can *probably* be added in.
If you're thinking in SFB-cognates, SFB direct fire weapons are beams, and plasma torpedoes and drones are two different varieties of Standard Movement Torpedoes.
If you're thinking in SFB-cognates, SFB direct fire weapons are beams, and plasma torpedoes and drones are two different varieties of Standard Movement Torpedoes.
Oh, there are 5 (soon to be 7) standard defenses that can be mixed and matched, and four "unusual" defenses, plus Traveller-esque Super Science defenses that are user-defined.
Three families of weapons (Beams, Missiles, Torpedoes) and 700+ available weapon traits that aren't numerical entries.
Three families of weapons (Beams, Missiles, Torpedoes) and 700+ available weapon traits that aren't numerical entries.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Oh, there are 5 (soon to be 7) standard defenses that can be mixed and matched, and four "unusual" defenses, plus Traveller-esque Super Science defenses that are user-defined.
Three families of weapons (Beams, Missiles, Torpedoes) and 700+ available weapon traits that aren't numerical entries.
Three families of weapons (Beams, Missiles, Torpedoes) and 700+ available weapon traits that aren't numerical entries.
The follow-on book to Architect of Worlds is being written (and tested) now, and is about generating alien biology and cultures and how they interact.
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The follow-on book to Architect of Worlds is being written (and tested) now, and is about generating alien biology and cultures and how they interact.
Squadron Strike lets you pick how much realism you want; we've got three Movement Modes (named after the number of Newton's Laws being obeyed; 0, 1 or 2), fuel use as an optional toggle, power/action point management as things you can vary how much they matter.
It's an incredible toolkit.
It's an incredible toolkit.
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Squadron Strike lets you pick how much realism you want; we've got three Movement Modes (named after the number of Newton's Laws being obeyed; 0, 1 or 2), fuel use as an optional toggle, power/action point management as things you can vary how much they matter.
It's an incredible toolkit.
It's an incredible toolkit.
Do you have this?
(Also available in Laser Tattooed On Dead Tree Flesh Versions)
And I'd be happy to talk space combat before the fiction gets written. And maybe (gosh) even teach you to play...
(Also available in Laser Tattooed On Dead Tree Flesh Versions)
And I'd be happy to talk space combat before the fiction gets written. And maybe (gosh) even teach you to play...
Architect of Worlds (PDF) — Ad Astra Games — Ad Astra Games
The definitive book for worldbuilding for hard SF writers and game masters in the genre of interstellar fiction! Updated to the most current understanding of planetary formation and exoplanet data!
www.adastragames.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Do you have this?
(Also available in Laser Tattooed On Dead Tree Flesh Versions)
And I'd be happy to talk space combat before the fiction gets written. And maybe (gosh) even teach you to play...
(Also available in Laser Tattooed On Dead Tree Flesh Versions)
And I'd be happy to talk space combat before the fiction gets written. And maybe (gosh) even teach you to play...
I'm hoping I can make it to one of the Littoral Commander: Space Force games. Particularly since I dropped a joke with @sebastianbae.bsky.social about "Littoral Commander: Fargo" and he went "Well, actually...."
Two kick butt space games from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social & @adastragames.com at @armchairdragoons.bsky.social online boardgame convention!
Sign up to play at tabletop.events/conventions/...
Sign up to play at tabletop.events/conventions/...
January 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I'm hoping I can make it to one of the Littoral Commander: Space Force games. Particularly since I dropped a joke with @sebastianbae.bsky.social about "Littoral Commander: Fargo" and he went "Well, actually...."
Want to learn how to play Squadron Strike?
I'm running two teaching games next weekend!
I'm running two teaching games next weekend!
January 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Want to learn how to play Squadron Strike?
I'm running two teaching games next weekend!
I'm running two teaching games next weekend!
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The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
We left Twitter/X almost a year ago; January 20th is the anniversary of the nuke date. Last post was in mid-2023.
Now that it's a non-consensual AI nude photo generator and CSAM clearing house, it's worth your time to ask, as a business, why you're still on it.
Especially in the game industry.
Now that it's a non-consensual AI nude photo generator and CSAM clearing house, it's worth your time to ask, as a business, why you're still on it.
Especially in the game industry.
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 AM
We left Twitter/X almost a year ago; January 20th is the anniversary of the nuke date. Last post was in mid-2023.
Now that it's a non-consensual AI nude photo generator and CSAM clearing house, it's worth your time to ask, as a business, why you're still on it.
Especially in the game industry.
Now that it's a non-consensual AI nude photo generator and CSAM clearing house, it's worth your time to ask, as a business, why you're still on it.
Especially in the game industry.
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does anyone know who did the KCD2 loading screen art? The studio just released them as wallpapers and I remember thinking they were gorgeous but they've obnoxiously not credited the artist
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
does anyone know who did the KCD2 loading screen art? The studio just released them as wallpapers and I remember thinking they were gorgeous but they've obnoxiously not credited the artist
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So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
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This is the most beautiful edition of this brilliant book. Bravo @chaosium.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
January 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
This is the most beautiful edition of this brilliant book. Bravo @chaosium.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
Hasbro needed to add vector movement, fuel tracking and thermodynamics to this, right @nyrath.bsky.social?
Also, stealth in space doesn't work...
Also, stealth in space doesn't work...
Battleship: Outer Space
A 3-layer game of Battleship that's out of this world!
boardgamegeek.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Hasbro needed to add vector movement, fuel tracking and thermodynamics to this, right @nyrath.bsky.social?
Also, stealth in space doesn't work...
Also, stealth in space doesn't work...
A third party is covering Attack Vector ships on their YouTube channel!
Trashtalk on Attack Vector: Tactical: George Kennet Class Patrol Frigate
YouTube video by 11dragonkid
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
A third party is covering Attack Vector ships on their YouTube channel!
We switched to monthly royalty payments for contributors, and man has that simplified things.
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We switched to monthly royalty payments for contributors, and man has that simplified things.
This sale ends soon! Take advantage of it while you still can!
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25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!
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25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
This sale ends soon! Take advantage of it while you still can!
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Over at Wargame Vault, the Winter Offensive sale is running!
www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...
25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!
www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...
25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!
Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!
Wargame Vault is the largest wargame download store.
www.wargamevault.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Over at Wargame Vault, the Winter Offensive sale is running!
www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...
25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!
www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...
25% off of everything Ad Astra Games publishes!
You've still got a few days to take advantage of this deal!