From the back cover, "Bugs. Arachnids. Call them what you will, they are the greatest and most terrifying threat Mankind has ever faced. A species so utterly ruthless and alien that they are beyond comprehension. The Arachnid Army Book takes this most compelling threat and reveals a level of detail never before seein inprint." The Arachnid Army Book...
From the back cover, "The Homeworld of the Arachnid menace has been located and the Mobile Infantry has been moved into position to strike -- are you ready to join the greatest battle Mankind has ever initiated? Klendathu Invasion is the largest combined fleet and Mobile Infantry operation of the Arachnid War to date. Within these covers: Invasion: The...
The best trained troopers within the Mobile Infantry, it is the role of the Pathfinders to accept and complete the most hazardous missions in the war zone. Equipped with the advanced M-1A6 power suit and taught to take the fight to the Arachnids, Pathfinder platoons can be found in every campaign. With squads having easy access to specialists and advanced...
Featured on recruitment adverts throughout the Federation, the Roughnecks have grown into a legend. From their first encounter with the Arachnids on Pluto to the Klendathu Invasion and beyond, the men and women of the Roughnecks have defended the Federation with their lives. Always at the centre of a campaign, the Roughnecks are a veteran unit of the...
The greatest army in the history of mankind, the Mobile Infantry is the place for dedicated men and women who are ready to put themselves in harm’s way for the safety of the body politic. Equipped with the best weaponry that Earth can provide, there are few enemies that can resist them for long. The United Citizens’ Federation is in need of such soldiers....
The Skinnies have raided the borders of the federation for years but the Mobile Infantry has concentrated its military might on the far more dangerous Arachnids. Now, the Skinnies have declared outright war on humanity and no amount of diplomacy or politicking seems likely to stop them. The Skinnies Army Book reveals this mysterious race: their culture...
Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! should not be confused with the original Starship Troopers wargame, also by The Avalon Hill Game Co, published in 1976. Starship Troopers was based on the Heinlein book. Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! is based on the film version. This is a fast-paced tactical wargame which begins simply and then adds...
The United World Government has decided to sell the moon. Each player of Starship Tycoons is a space merchant trying to raise enough money to buy it. The first player to reach one of the Star Systems Leo, Pegasus or Scorpio with enough money to buy the moon, wins the game. The playing pieces represent starships with from one to four Cargo Holds, according...
From the publisher's web site... "Vicious, gigantic bugs want our candy bars and they're willing to invade Earth to get them! The arsenal of the entire planet has turned out to repel them... too bad it's the 1950s and that arsenal doesn't amount to much. Starship War PIGs pits plastic Bugs against plastic Infantry Guys in a titanic miniatures struggle for...
This is really a tile-laying game using cards. An improved version of Up the Creek (a.k.a. Ogallala) transposed to a Science Fiction context. In a "space dock" you build up starships. Cards represent prows and poops, and everything in between --missile launchers, laser turrets, shuttles...Special "prizes" appear as pairs of cards; should you be lucky...
Societies in the 28th century roam the galaxies in continent-sized starships. Captains of these starship societies gather to negotiate peacefully in the Starships Assembly. While the peace holds you will recruit captains to your side and deploy a fleet of starships. But after a declaration of war there is no course left except to engage your opponent's...
12 turns. 1-6 players. A winning player can do so as soon as at the end of his turn he or his Alliance have colonized sufficient discovered (initially upside-down) planets, dead but mineable, friendly or, less easily, unfriendly. A player's turn consists of adding a starship for each new planet he acquired in his previous turn, and then moving his...