(TFT) TFT in Space-- Starleader Assault

[David Peterson <peterson@vigyan.com>]

Greetings, TFT list members! I was wondering if anyone out there could 
answer a question about Metagaming's #3121, Starleader: Assault! MicroGame 
21. I would like to know if Starleader Assault was based on Melee or TFT 
rules, and if so, how the system was adjusted for the far future setting. I 
also would like to know how the system was changed to justify it being a 
"Howard Thompson" game design, if anything about it sticks out in your mind.

I have run across a few mentions of Starleader, but have not seen it. I had 
exited from the active board gaming scene by 1982 when it was released. 
Interestingly, there was a TFT Science Fiction variant called "Martian 
Vanguard" published in Interplay #4 by Chad Brandt of Richmond, Virginia. 
This article described a well-developed conversion of the TFT rules for a 
Traveller-like setting. This was well before Starleader shipped. It was 
apparently close to the bone: the Interplay editor added a parenthetic 
comment that Martian Vanguard was not intended to be compatible with the 
forthcoming Starleader rules.

Evidently Starleader was to have a space ship combat microgame shortly 
after the point in time when Metagaming shut down. I can't imagine what it 
would have been likeanyone care to speculate?

Thanks,

Dave Peterson
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