game editions

Full Thrust Second Edition [GZG 1992] 

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Second Edition version of the game and the the basis for all the other rules. If contains the basic ideas of the turn, ship plotting movement and weapons. There are no ship designs but there is a basic design system. 

This version contains:

Core Rules

• Ship models and other playing pieces

• Dice

• Other equipment for play

• Playing area

• Units of distance

• Sequence of play

• Ship groups and classes

• Course determination

• Ship velocity

• Thrust ratings

• Movement

• Making course changes

• Movement orders

• Special notes on movement

• Fire control systems

• Fire arcs

• Beam weapon batteries

• Bearing of beam batieries

• Weapon ranges, firing and damage

• Defensive screens

• 'Threshold points' and specific systems damage

• Ships leaving the table

• Filling out the ship record sheet

• Introduction scenario

Ship classes

• Basic ship classes and hull sizes

• Basic ship diagrams

• Key to symbols used on basic ship designs:

Advanced rules fighters

• Fighters

• Fighter attacks

• Anti-fighter defences

• Fighter to fighter combat

Advanced rules weapons

• Pulse torpedoes

• Needle beams

• Submunition packs

• Mines

• Minelaying

• Minesweeping

• Spinal-mount Nova Cannon

Advanced rules general

• Sensors and target identification

• 'Dummy' bogeys and 'weasel boats'

• Collision and ramming

• Merchant ships: damage to cargo and holds

• Faster-than-light (FTL) drives

• Leaving the table under FTL drive

• Entering batile under FTL drive

• Asteroids

• Movement of asteroids

• Non-FTL ships

• FTL tugs and tenders

• Starbases and other installations

• 3D, or not 3d?

• 'Q' ships

Advanced ship design

• Ship design and points costs

• 'Standard' and 'special' hulls

• Hull cost

• Drive systems cost

• Fitting weapons and other systems

• Symbols for weapons from advanced rules

• Mass values and points costs for weapons and systems

Battle scenarios

• Scenario A: the attack on convoy 990

• Scenario B: mining station Con-Am 12

Campaign rules

• Campaign games introduction

• The campaign map

• Use of an umpire

• When fleets meet in a star system

• The stand off

• Campaign objectives and victory conditions

• Repairs, replenishment and reinforcements

Campaign Scenario

• The Lafayette incident, 2178

• Campaign set-up

• Time scale and victory conditions

• Possible strategies

• The forces

• Campaign scenario map

• The Lafayette sector

Background

• The background and timeline

• Man's road to the stars

• Human history 1992 to 2183

• Situation update: 2183

Appendices

• Using miniatures

• Starship model availability

• The counters and templates

• Copeland's models Full Thrust miniatures

• Ship counters and course gauge template

• Ship record sheet

More Thrust [GZG 1994] 

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Published in 1994 is this is the second companion volums to the Second Edition of which it is part. It adds more rules for fighters and missiles and introduces the Kra'Vak and Sa'vasku alien fleets and their new weapon types. This and Full Thrust Second Edition form a cohesive standalone ruleset for this time in the mid 1990s we will call Second Edition. 

More Thrust builds on the core rules in Full Thrust so it is required to use it. This pair of books would mostly be superseded by the Fleet Books which improved the basic design system of the Second Edition books that had been exploited. However some systems and game mechanics would only be defined in these earlier works marked *. 

This version contains:

introduction

• Designer’s notes

• Design credits

• Full Thrust errata

new weapons and systems

• Missiles 

• AA megabatteries *

• Wave gun 

• Planetary bombardment system (ortillery) 

• Reflex field 

• Cloaking field 

new optional rules

• Basic rules revisions

• Using C batteries as anti-fighter / anti-missile weapons

• Sensors – expanded rules 

• Sensor jamming – electronic counter measures 

• Damage control

• Boarding actions 

• Fleet morale 

• Striking the colours 

• Squadron operations (large fleets) 

• Terrain effects 

expanded fighter rules

• Optional fighter turn sequence

• Fighter group morale 

• Scrambling fighter groups 

• Fighter endurance

• Fighter pilot quality aces and turkeys 

• Advanced and specialised fighter types 

planets and atmospheric operations *

• Planets and other large bodies

• Entering and leaving planetary orbit

• Atmospheric streamlining

• Atmospheric entry – planned and accidental

combining with ground combat games *

• Interfacing space and ground combat actions

• Full thrust/Dirtside II interface

• Transporting ground troops

• Interface craft

• Ground support for Dirtside II games

• Full Thrust fighters in ground support

• Marine contingents

• Damage to troop transports

• Full Thrust/Hellfire interface

• Ground support in Hellfire

• Interfacing with other systems

competitive and tournament games

• Ship design and fleet composition

• Size of fleets

• Type of game and scenario

• Suggested special rules and limitations

ship designs

• Superships 

• Expanded space installation rules

• New general designs

xeno file 1 – the kra’vak

• Contact!

• Overview of Kra’vak technology

• Kra’vak thrust and manoeuvre

• Kra’vak armoured hull costs

• Beam weapon fire against kra’vak armour

• Kra’vak railguns

• Railgun fire arcs

• Railguns against screened targets

• Kra’vak “scatterguns”

• Kra’vak fighters

• Notes on combining human & Kra’vak technologies

• Mass and points values for Kra’vak

• Weaponry and systems

• Kra’vak basic ship designs

xeno file 2 – the sa’vasku

• The Sa’vasku

• The role of the Sa’vasku

• Sa’vasku bioships

• Using power points

• Energy pulse weapons fire

• Anti-fighter fire

• Damage points

• Screens

• Drone pods

• FTL drives

• Sa’vasku ship diagram

• Using Sa’vasku ships

background 

• Timeline continuation

• Science and technology in Full Thrust

• Using Full Thrust in other backgrounds

• The humour element

scenarios

• The assault on Starbase 13

• Liberté

• The battle of Stig IV

• Scenario outlines

model availability

• Update of available models

• The Full Thrust starship range

Full Thrust Warlords [Stephen Mulholland 2007] 

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Reall a set ouf house rules modified by Wellington Warlords club to be a better fit to how they wanted to play. The layout isn't great with the paragraphs using huge hanging indents. Really for a specific club so they could coordinate their games.

From the authors so it's been iterated to hell and back over like 15 campaigns. It is fairly balanced, but has some of the peculiarities of how some of the players played/designed ships baked in.

What is not in this version:

• Xeno rules are still only in Fleet Book Volume 2

This version contains:

Ship Models and Playing Pieces 

• Dice 

• Other Equipment 

• Playing Area and Setup 

• Units of Distance

• Terminology

• A Note on Movement and Physics

• Technology Types 

• Initial Deployment in Tactical Battles 

• Sequence of Play 

• Sequence of Play Explained

Core Rules 

• Movement 

• Sensors 

• Fire Control

• Fire Arcs 

• Weapon Varieties

• Ordnance

• Fighters 

• Marines

• Mines 

• Ships' Fire

• Missile and Fighter Attacks

• Ship Damage 

• Threshold Tests 

• Damage Control 

• Flotillas

• Entering or Leaving the Table via FTL

• Fleeing battles without FTL 

• Terrain 

• Hyperspace Battles and Terrain 

• Tugs and Tenders 

• Ship Design 

Ships Systems

• Hull and Drives:

• Defenses

• Direct Fire Weapons 

• Ordnance Weapons 

• Spinal Mounts 

• Fighters 

• Mines 

• Other 

Campaign Rules 

• Campaign:

• Natural Wormholes

• Strategic Movement

• Starting Resources 

• Income 

• Building 

• Supply Lines 

• Repairs and Resupply 

• Intelligence

• Real Space in Campaigns 

• Wormhole Badlands

• Strategic Turn Order

• Victory Points (optional rule)

• Quick Reference Sheet 

Full Thrust Remixed  [Hugh Fischer 2008] 

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Remixed is an attempt to fix the problems that the failed Third Edition tried to address. It unifies the rules spread across Second Editions and the Fleet Books

If you are new to Full Thrust, or do need to look something up, having four books can get a bit complicated! Full Thrust: Remixed brings together the core and advanced rules from the original four books into a single volume. It replaces the Second Edition, More Thrust, and the new rules introduced by Fleet Book Volume 1. But not the rules for alien fleets in Fleet Book Volume 2.

What is not in this version:

• Xeno rules are still only in Fleet Book Volume 2 

This version contains:

Introduction 

• Rules Overview

• Ship models

• Playing area

• Time and space

• 3D, or not 3D?

• Ship classes

• Ship System Status Display 

• Sequence of play

Cinematic Movement 

• Ship movement

• Making course changes 

• Movement orders

• Special orders

• Ships leaving the table

• Collisions and ramming 

• Squadron operations 

• Moving table 

• Disengaging from battle 

Ship Combat

• Fire Arcs 

• Fire control systems

• Beam weapons

• Defensive screens

• Hull armour

• Threshold points

• Pulse torpedoes

• Needle beams

• Submunition packs

• Introductory scenario 

Fighters 

• Movement

• Attacks 

• Anti-fighter defences 

• Fighter to fighter combat 

• Fighter screens

• Interception of missiles 

• Endurance

• Morale 

• Specialised types

• Pilot quality

• Re-arming

Salvo Missiles

• Firing

• Defence

• Damage 

• Mountings and magazines

• Magazine capacity

Threshold Points

• Damage to systems

• Core systems

• Damage control parties

• Crew casualties

• Cargo and passengers 

FTL

• FTL exit

• FTL entry

• FTL tugs and tenders 

• Non-FTL ships 

Ship Design

• Overview

• Mass rating 

• Hull strengths

• Cargo and passengers

• Drives 

• Atmospheric streamlining

• Hangar bays

• Defensive Systems  

• Weapon systems 

• Ship design procedure 

• Mass and points cost 

Vector Movement

• Vector movement system

• Course and facing 

Advanced Rules

• Sensors and ECM 

• Advanced sensors 

• Dummy bogeys and weasel boats

• Electronic counter measures 

• Boarding actions

• Fleet morale 

• Striking the colours 

Advanced Systems

• Mines

• Ortillery   

• Wonder weapons

• Mass and points cost  

Terrain

• Asteroids

• Movement of asteroids

• Dust or nebulae clouds 

• Solar flares

• Meteor swarms and debris

• Battle debris  

• Starbases  

• Really big bases  

Planets

• Entering and leaving orbit

• Atmospheric streamlining 

• Atmospheric entry

15 Settings for Full Thrust games 46

• Tournaments 

• Other backgrounds 

• Humour 

• Background and timeline

• Human history 1992 to 2183 

Scenario SSDs and counters

This version omits:

• All the xeno Kra' Vak, Sa' Vasku, Phalon systems

So the question is why omit specific rules if you are trying to unify the ruleset. I don't know probably to do with the sheer effort of adding everything. 

Full Thrust Cross Dimensions  [Hugh Fischer 2021] 

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Full Thrust Cross Dimensions, often shortened to ‘FT:XD’, began in 2010 as a consolidation of the original Second Edition rules and Fleet Books into a single volume, with a few new rules and systems added. Now many Full Thrust players prefer the Project Continuum rules, but Cross Dimensions is still an excellent introduction to the game.

Cross Dimensions has many small differences from the GZG edition of Full Thrust – think Rugby Union and Rugby League, or American football and Canadian football – but the intent has always been to remain as similar as possible to the style and spirit of the original. The First Rule of Full Thrust still applies: if you don’t like any rule, ignore it or change it!

What is not in this version:

• Xeno rules are still only in Fleet Book Volume 2 

This version contains:

Introduction

• For experienced Second Edition players

• For new players  

• How to use this book 

• Playing equipment

Rules Overview 

• Distance and direction

• 3D, or not 3D?

• Ship classes

• Ship System Status Display

• Game turns 

• Full Turn Sequence

Cinematic Movement 

• Ship movement

• Thrust ratings

• Advanced drives 

• Making course changes

• Orders 

• Squadron operations

• Collisions

• Ships leaving the table 

• Vector movement 

Beam Combat

• Beam weapons

• Fire Arcs

• Range bands

• Fire control systems

• Beam fire

• Defensive screens

• Armour

• Optional rule: rear arc attacks

• Threshold points

• Rolling dice

• Introductory scenario

Offensive and Defensive Systems 

• Grasers

• Torpedoes

• Submunition packs

• Needle weapons

• FireCon

• Defensive screens

• Advanced screens

• Shell armour

• Stealth

• Point defence

• Area-defence fire control

• Alien technologies

Missiles

• Launching missiles

• Point defence

• Damage 

• Mountings and magazines

• Magazine capacity

• Optional: multi-stage missiles

Fighters 

• Launch and recovery

• Movement

• Screens and pursuits

• Target selection

• Point defence 

• Fighter combat 

• Ship fire against fighters

• Endurance

• Specialised types

• Extra capabilities

• Optional rules 

Threshold Points

• Damage to systems

• Core systems

• Damage control parties 

• Crew casualties

• Cargo and passengers

FTL

• Advanced FTL drives

• FTL exit

• FTL entry

• FTL tugs and tenders

• Battle riders and motherships

• Jump gates and portals

Optional Rules 

• Sensors and ECM 

• Advanced sensors 

• Dummy bogeys and weasel boats

• Electronic counter measures

• Mines

• Ortillery

• Boarding actions

• Fleet morale 

• Striking the colours

Ship Design

• Scale

• Mass rating

• Hull strengths

• Systems

• Ship design procedure

• Mass and points cost

Special Moves 

• Thrust 0 drives

• Rolling ships

• Towing ships 

• Moving table 

• Disengaging from battle

• Docking

• Ramming

 Terrain 

• Asteroids

• Dust or nebulae clouds

• Solar flares

• Meteor swarms and debris

• Battle debris

• Collisions

• Starbases

• Planets

• Atmospheric entry

 No! Not the Nova Cannon!

• Spinal mount nova cannon 

• Wave gun 

• Reflex field 

• Cloaking field 

Battles and Campaigns

• Deployment

• Tournament fleets 

• Combat Points Value 

• Humour

• The GZG setting 

• The cross dimensional setting

Quick Reference

Introductory SSDs and counters