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You read that right folks the Firestorm Armada rules can now be downloaded. This will let you take a look at the game mechanics and get some otheres involved.

I am the owner of The Black Ocean, a Sci Fi Wargaming site. You can download this pdf from Spartan Games directly or come see our website or Facebook for a mirrored copy.

Enjoy!

Could be a sign maybe? Either they're getting desperate to give it the sales a push (though if i recall its still more popular than Uncharted Seas), or it could be that its close to getting more attention like DW does?

I vote for the second option. I think Firestorm will be getting some love.

I hope so! The game is fun, fine and looks interstellar on the tabletop

Where can I find the books/PDFs that have the info on the Rense Systems Navy ships and the Zenian League vessels?

I remember reading somewhere that there is an expansion in the horizon similar to Dystopian Wars with ground units also.

 Warlord Imp wrote:
I remember reading somewhere that there is an expansion in the horizon similar to Dystopian Wars with ground units also.

If you mean Firestorm:Invasion its already out with 2 starters, check Spartan Studios for it

I think part of the issue is that, well.. Spartan Games really only has 1 game. It just has several skins. Uncharted Seas and Firestorm however, don't feel as well fleshed out as DW.

DW really is where things came together and the ruleset worked. A lot of ideas were prototyped in Firestorm, and you can see where a lack of real game designers on staff bit them in the butt for their first edition, when lots of rules just didn't *work*.

I suspect they're trying to draw people back to Firestorm, which is cool. But they need to differentiate Firestorm from Dystopian Wars in a way that's more than just 'it's the same game, but we use spaceships instead of blimps'.

Firestorm doesn't feel very space-ey, which is a big issue.