A murder has been committed in the Victorian steampunk city of St. Sebastian. You have made the short list of police suspects and the only way to retain your freedom is to prove that one of the others on the list is in fact the murderous culprit. Players take turns making Accusations against the other players by placing Method, Motive, or Opportunity cards...
In a post-apocalypse future (à la Mad Max), with scarce resources and few individuals, the survivor clans resolve disputes through ritualised racing instead of open warfare. You are one of these mad drivers. Only the first place counts, and no holds are barred. The print-yourself components include 10 two-sided race track segments, six player cars and...
From the Publisher: First the players choose a driver from among six armed and dangerous psychopaths. They hop aboard futuristic, armoured and over-equipped vehicles. And the race begins. The goal is to be the first across the finish line, as only first place counts. No matter the game mode used, Arcade or Overdrive, the race is always a deadly obstacle...
Two players (one is Human, the other is Alien) face each other and seek to destroy their opponent by dealing 3 damage to their planet. The planets are separated by 18 spaces. The Human has 5 ships available, spawning from the Mothership (placed adjacent to Earth at the beginning of the game). The Alien has 5 flying saucers at his/her disposal, spawning...
Rust & Rebellion is a 2-8 player competitive survival game set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world. Lead your band of survivors through a devastated landscape as you scavenge for resources, fend off threats, and face grueling dilemmas that will shape your journey. Each playthrough introduces a new, unpredictable apocalypse—from alien invasions and...
A Twisted, New Reality! The world has been ravaged by the greed of humanity, destroying not only the world we live in, but the very thread of Time-Space itself. Dive into the Post-Apocalyptic Oddpunk world of Urde as you scavenge and scrap to keep your camp safe while fending off monsters and cryptids. Rustbelt: Ground Zero book focuses on the...
The StoryIt is the 23rd century. There is an energy and resource scarcity on Earth. The planet is exploited and the world economy is about to collapse. Desperately Spaceships be sent out to explore the neighboring planets. A crystalline substance, shining like gold, with incredible energy content is discovered on Mars. It gets named Rich Yield Crystal...
Rymdimperiet (Space Empire in English) is one of the few games the Swedish publishers "Äventyrsspel" did on their own without licensing an already exciting American game. The gameplay in itself is simple and each player will play the part of a space trader shipping goods across the galaxy. The goal of the game is to generate a net of 150,000 credits and...
This is a Swedish Monopoly-clone from the 1950's, judging by the look of it. Players take turns making "launch attempts" using the spinner, which determines their destination in the Sol planetary system. Unless a player has already bought the destination, it may then be purchased using "space fuel". When all planets/moons in a set are owned by a player, he...
Synergic Entropy and Ramifying Closed Hour User summary A Japanese indie card game simulating the "endless day loop" fiction genre. Game is played on a 6 card wide and 5 cards high "timeline", and players take turns inserting cards on the timeline by pushing the other cards around. Pushing certain cards activate special powers, pushing others causes other...
SF3D began as a feature in the May 1982 issue of Hobby Japan under the name, “Wonderful Junk Kit.” Included in that early feature was a scratch-built kit built by Kow Yokoyama of a powersuit pieced together from a Microman action figure, ping pong balls, and salvaged model kit parts. The response to Yokoyama’s design was huge — the era of “realistic” mecha...
(from the back of the Twentieth Century Imports version:) S.F.3.D #2 is a fast-moving, realistic 2-player game of war. It is a sequel to S.F.3.D #1, and is meant to expand this game. While it can be played separately, most of the scenarios enclosed involve using maps and counters from both games. This game has been thoroughly playtested in the U.S....