We always used the cardboard chits for SFB. We wouldn't have been able to afford enough miniatures to make it worthwhile.If I don't count the small badly painted Lyran fleet from the 1980s, or the unpainted bunch in Ascension: Tactics... then one (ordered for a sci-fi game that never got started).
Just counting the rule books (I think I still have all of them in a big binder downstairs somewhere), it was a lot of $$$ for not many chances to play :-/We always used the cardboard chits for SFB. We wouldn't have been able to afford enough miniatures to make it worthwhile.
I enjoyed SFB a lot when I was playing 1-3 games a week, 0-2 duels, 0-2 small fleet (200-500 point Commanders/Captains). that was 1990 to 1994 or so.Just counting the rule books (I think I still have all of them in a big binder downstairs somewhere), it was a lot of $$$ for not many chances to play :-/
I think I only had a handful of the minis, so that part of the cost wasn't nearly as bad as my paint and gluing jobs.
My SFB pal gave me all his stuff in the early 2000s. I've never been able to find another human being willing to play, so the game has sat untouched and unloved for many, many years now. At this point, I doubt I'll ever have the opportunity to play again.Just counting the rule books (I think I still have all of them in a big binder downstairs somewhere), it was a lot of $$$ for not many chances to play :-/