#starguard

[oldschoolfrp]

McEwan Miniatures, ad from Dragon magazine 7, June 1977

5 decades later most of the companies that advertised in the old magazines are long gone, but a few of the oldest gaming companies are still around. John McEwan's Reviresco and McEwan Miniatures can be found at tin-soldier.com, including the 1/72 scale Nektons, Terellians, and robots, plus rules for the Starguard sci-fi miniature game first published in 1974, now in its 7th edition.

[tul1pdude]

Adventure!

[shinokorileauge]

smol comic !

[girlsofcomics]

Lady Supreme

-Real name: Chelsea Henry

-A.k.a.: Probe, Supreme, Lady Probable

-Publisher: Image

-Type: Superhuman

-Afilliations: Starguard, Supremacy

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

[oldschoolfrp]

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)

[oldschoolfrp]

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.

[staticdreads]

brutal battle

[70sscifiart]

Chris Foss