The design of "Star Fleet Battles" began during 1975... Jim Brown... and I were playing a lot of "Jutland"... One afternoon I was studying the "Jutland" battle that was in progress on my floor (left from the previous evening) when the ["Star Trek"] re-run of the day came on. I began to consider the possibility of doing a space game on the "Jutland" system. JagdPanther was in operation at the time, and I had vague thoughts that I could somehow get a license for the game.