In Space Lane Trader, you are playing a character in control of a cargo ship, trying to make a fortune in the newly opened up shipping trade. You buy and sell goods transporting them between planets within the Terran Federation, preferably to where demand and prices are high. The main objective of the game is to earn money (credits) faster than your...
The market simulation game Space Miners uses a simple production economy as a crucible for player conflict through commodity harvesting, conversion, and speculation, with an ultimate goal of sustained luxury good production. In Space Miners, players work to create a largely self-sustaining mining colony while competing for control over internal trade of...
This board game from Italy is one of exploration, development, war and conquest set in the far future. The players begin fairly far apart and can conquer neutral systems before running into each other. An interesting aspect of the game is the technology. You keep track of when ships were built on a ship record sheet. Newer ships have better technology and...
While we’re all spinning around in this fascinating galaxy, play to rule the universe! You could even own Mother Earth! And as you play, flip over the deeds and learn something about each cosmic element you own. Buy favorite celestial bodies and increase your rent by collecting Stars and trading them in for Orbs. Sounds easy enough until your launch fails...
In a galaxy far, far away... The pig clans are in a furious competition to control the planets which produce the precious acorns from which the Beer can be brewed. The Beer is a source of power and strength for those who drink it. You are the head one of the six great pig clans; you must impose your Beer recipe and thus become the most powerful pigs in the...
Great adventures take place in a galaxy rich in resources and opportunities, but also divided into various regions and systems controlled by different alien races, with their own characteristics, cultures and technologies. In this vast and enigmatic corner of the universe, the endless dance of stars and nebulae hides a complex network of competing alien...
From the rules: "Space Trader is a bidding strategy game for 2 or 3 Players, in which a contest is held by selected member worlds of the Alliance. Players are given comparable cargo holds of Goods. Each world desires different types of Goods, such as weapons or chocolate, and will award Credits to the Player who offers them the highest quantity of the...
Space War is a strategic space conflict game. The 2-4 players each start with a single home planet and must accumulate resources to build ships, capture additional planets (obtaining more resources), and eventually conquer the other players' home planets. There are three types of ships that can be built, plus immobile (but transportable) star bases....
Despite the name, The Space War Campaign Game devotes more than half of its length to rules for tactical space combat. These rules, which are designed for use with spaceship miniatures on a tabletop, use written orders. The system is fairly detailed, with rules for several different types of weapons, tractor beams, tanks firing from planetary surfaces...
Players fly their spaceship around the solar system to land on and purchase moons and planets in a this Monopoly style game. Rent is charged when opponents land on your property, and players are eliminated by bankruptcy, or being blown to bits in laser battle. Multiple ways to win (Fulfill your mission, last on the board, most assets), and lose (bankruptcy...