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2022 Simulation Cup Results… Finally!

Image by Malkfan What a tournament! A record of 88 fantastic entrants led to another record of 36 awards to be conferred below. Before we get to those, however, you might remember that we're running this Tournament of Simulations (ToS) under the Simulation Cup banner to honor the 2012 and 2014...

2022 Simulation Cup: Enter Today!

Image by Malkfan With calendar year 2022 in the books, it's time for us to formally close it out with the annual Simulation Cup. Wait, don't I mean the annual Tournament of Simulations aka ToS? Yes, they are one at the same! According to our records, the 2012 tournament was held under the...

Whether it’s coffee, Earl Grey, or Romulan Ale, it’ll taste better in your very own UtopiaFleet mug!

That's how it read on the shopping or merchandise or whatever they called it page on the Utopia Fleet website more than 20 years ago. As I recall, they sold at least four different Utopia Fleet-branded items: ItemPriceDescriptionPitch100% Cotton T-Shirt$14.99"White T-Shirt with Fleet logo on the...

2021 WarGames Competition Winners

Image by Malkfan It's time to announce the winners of the latest Tournament of Simulations (ToS). But before we get to that, you might remember that we're using the WarGames banner this year to honor the 2001 tournament from 20 years ago. My how times flies! Anyway, we asked for...

A Round of Applause for our Squiddie Nominees

Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Role Playing The window for Squiddie nominations has closed, and my did we get some good ones! In addition to the high quality, I was surprised by the sheer number of nominations we received: 88 total over all three years. It's quite a bit for our...

2021 WarGames Competition

Image by Malkfan 2021, which was equally as dreadful as 2020, has finally come to a close. That means it's time for the annual WarGames Competition! Wait, don't I mean the annual Tournament of Simulations aka ToS? Yes, they are one at the same! According to our records (which are suspect,...

30 Years of STF: 1991-2021

Main banner/logo from April 22, 1998 (archive.org) A few weeks ago I got to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my home club. But how about a 30th anniversary? As far as I can tell, today is the 30th anniversary of the founding of STF, which likely makes it the oldest club still in existence,...

4 Reasons to go to SciWorld this Saturday, June 12th

That's right, if you haven't already heard, SciWorld '21 is on Saturday, beginning at 11:30 AM EDT (-4) / 4:30 pm BST (+1). Our team from Independence Fleet & TNU Project have put in a lot a work to create a dynamic and provocative list of events backed by an outstanding infrastructure. It's...

2020 ToS Winners!

It's time to announce the winners of the latest Tournament of Simulations (ToS). We asked for nominations in January, and you responded by nominating a whopping 64 absolutely incredible games from across the community. That's definitely a modern tournament (since 2011) record, and maybe even of...

Bye Bye, 2020–Good Riddance!

Poussin's Plague of Ashdod (1628-30) 2020 was unlike any year most of us have ever experienced before as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc. Beyond the most unfortunate loss of life, many have also lost jobs, friendships, and more. 2020 is certainly a year none of us will...