Starfire series

These are the sets in the Starfire game series.

Starfire (1975)
Early prototype from Eagle Games Limited (II). Contained only a blank hex sheet and one page of rules.

Starfire (1979)
The original “Pocket Game” from Task Force Games. It contained 108 Counters, a Rulebook, and a 28x34 hex blue map.First Edition Expansions
Starfire II (1980) Added fighters to Starfire. It contained 108 Counters, a Rulebook, and a 28x34 hex blue map.	Starfire III: Empires (1982) Added a campaign system for Starfire. It contained a Rulebook, and a small campaign map.

Starfire Second Edition (1984)
This came in a boxed edition. It contained the counters from Starfireand Starfire II for a total of 216 Counters. It included a Rulebook with the rules from Starfire and Starfire II with additions and errata. It include a larger 30x42 hex black map, a Player’s Information Card, and dice.Second Edition Expansions
Starfire: New Empires (1985) Added a campaign system to Starfire Second Edition as Starfire III: Empires did for Starfire.	Starfire: The Gorm-Khanate War (1985) Added the Gorm race and a campaign for their war with the Orions.

Starfire (3rd Edition) (1992)
A complete revision of the original rules. This version also added a ten sided die to replace two six sided dice. It also contained 432 Counters, a Rulebook, and 30x42 hex map. Third Edition Expansions
Imperial Starfire (1993) Added a campaign system for Starfire (3rd Edition). It contained 540 Counters, a Rulebook, and large campaign maps.	The Stars at War (1993) Included the scenarios and “future history” of the First, Second, and Third Interstellar Wars, and the Gorm-Khanate War. This product combined with Starfire (3rd Edition) could play out the tactical combat and scenarios of the original game.	Starfire: First Contact (1993) An expansion for Starfire (3rd Edition) that added the Vestrii and Corsairs of Tangri to the Starfire “future history”, and included the scenarios for the tactical combat. The expansion included 108 Counters, Quick Reference Card, and the Rulebook.
Starfire: Crusade (1994) This scenario book added the scenarios for the “future history” of the Theban War. Based on the David Weber Starfire book of the same name.	Starfire: Alkelda Dawn (1994) An expansion for Imperial Starfire that added the scenarios and campaign for the “future history” of the Vestrii introduced in Starfire: First Contact. It included a campaign map, Rulebook, and 108 Counters.	Starfire: Sky Marshal #1 (1995) A Starfire journal containing fiction, scenarios, questions and answers, and errata.

Galactic Starfire (2000) Complete redesign of the Starfire system to address game balance and ease of campaign gameplay. Released as a box set with counters and a 4-part map.

Elite Starfire (2002) An electronic document with improvements and new material for the Galactic Starfire rules.

Ultra Starfire (2004) A vast improvement to the Galactic Starfire rules, this edition made even larger changes to the campaign rules and included hundreds of pages of additional resource materials. Design primarily for player versus player competitive game play. Released as an electronic document available for download or on CD.

Solar Starfire (2012) Started as an upgrade to Ultra Starfire, these rules have become a living rule set by a new team of developers. The rules are being built for the new background story, the History of the Terran Solar Union. The first iteration of the rules is available as an electronic document for download or on CD, with new iterations every six months.