BEGIN, A Tactical Starship Simulation should be available on,
this BBS.  It is the finest, most accurate Starship Simulation yet.

    Unlike almost all other "Trek" games, Begin does not employ the
unrealistic "quadrant-sectors" or the "Mass Hoard of aliens" approach.
Instead, all ships are created equal with intelligent enemy strategy
being used to defeat the unsuspecting human player.

    Begin also features four different nations, Federation, Klingon,
Romulan and Orion, with the human player becoming the nation of their
choice.  The program also provides for numerous ship classes of varying
design for each of the different nation.

    There are not any artificial "difficulty levels" in Begin. Instead
if a player wishes for an easier scenario, they may command a fleet of
up to seventeen ships against a smaller enemy force.

    We are currently planning Version 2.0 and are interested in your
ideas.  To make this exchange easier for all, we have set up the Micro
Foundry BBS. It is an open board giving all callers 60 minutes.

The Micro Foundry                           Tom Nelson
PO Box 610338                               Author, Begin
San Jose, CA 95161                          Sysop, The Micro Foundry
(408) 258-3484                              Feb 22, 1989