Fed2 Star - the newsletter for the space trading game Federation 2

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: January 10, 2016

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FED

by Hazed

Happy birthday to Fed, happy birthday to Fed… the game is 28 years old today! It was on January 10, 1988 that it first opened for business on the Compunet network in the UK, and it’s been continuously available ever since. You can read all about its first year in the Fed archives here.

Champagne and cake all round.

2016 is going to be a momentous year for the game because we’re going to bring back ship fighting – more on that in the next story.

I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and new year breaks, if you had one. The newsdroids have returned looking decidedly seedy from over-indulging in intoxicants such as oily nog and luboils and from eating too many spicy chilli cog camshaft meals. They’d better not let their hangovers affect their work!

Santa has packed up his grotto and gone back to the North Pole for the year, and Diesel is back to charging for her pizza and drinks again. She has refurbed Chez Diesel in a new, rather bold style – come along to Mars and see what you think.

Now, on with the news – and happy new year to all our players.

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