#starguard

Ship names; Knightmare, MidnightProtecter, StarGuard, GoodKnight

artists. writers. you know what must be done

smol comic !

-Powers: Flight, heat visión, intellect, invulnerability, stamina, super speed, super strength, telepathy, teleport, unarmed combat

John McEwan has been in the miniatures business since at least the early 1970s, as McEwan Miniatures, Reviresco, and now on tin-soldier.com where these star fighters are still available alongside other sci-fi figures (1/72 Starguard, 1/300 Days of Empire), fantasy, and various scale historical miniatures.  The Terran Marine infantry for Starguard have different helmets now, but there are still 2 vehicles pictured crewed by marines in stormtrooper helmets.  (Ad from Best of the Dragon I, 1980)

Space Marines, the 1977 sci-fi skirmish game from FanTac -- From A Mark Ratner’s 5-page article with detailed designer notes, explaining the different inspirations for the races, some rules corrections, and adding new rules, Dragon 14, May 1978.  He starts with a nod to Guidon/TSR’s Tractics and John McEwan’s Starguard!, then adds his justification for ground combat in a far future setting, something some people still seem to struggle to understand.