Tactical space combat. Each player is a pirate squadron or convoy escort squadron (on its way to relieve a besieged Mars). The action occurs amidst the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, Star Wars style (e.g. this "belt" looks more like a proto-planet than an actual asteroid belt) --asteroids offer shelter and menace as you weave your way through...
The premise of this two-player SF wargame is that the US and USSR have established competing well-armed mining operations in the asteroid belt when a period of massive solar flares makes manned space travel inside the orbit of Mars impossible. A nuclear war between the two mining bases then begins, featuring both missiles and spacecraft; the winning power...
Starfleets vs. Planetbusters! Exodus Series #2 At the end of the Exodus Wars, the first interstellar battle between four post-diaspora star empires, a gigantic alien war machine devastated the frontier worlds. The war-weary militaries of all four empires joined together as one and sent massive fleets of capital ships and escorts to the beleaguered frontier...
Astra Titanus Deluxe is a solitaire game of space ship fleet battles against a titanic alien AI controlled death machine. You command fleets of warships against a lone Titan or two. The Titan is controlled by a deck of AI cards that drives the Titan unerringly towards its objectives. Defeat the Titan before the objectives are destroyed to achieve victory....
On December 10th of the year 2031, a commercial flight, with a manifest of more than 300 passengers, departed from Boston. The flight was in route to Puerto Rico. Then a bright flash of white light... Moments later, all of the passengers of Zephyr Air Flight 309 somehow found themselves alive and well on the beach of a strange island surrounded by...
A game created by a mad scientist (according to the cover) who combined "the best parts of Chess, Checkers, and Chinese Checkers." An abstract strategy game with some light outer space chrome. The hex grid mapboard is double sided -- one side is for the two player game, the other side is for three players. The object of the game is to occupy hexes in an...
AstroNavis Merchant is a solitaire PDF boardgame set on the frontier of human space in the 2310s. It's designed to provide a realistic game of tramp freighter shipping in an original science fiction setting. Closer to how small, ocean-going merchants really operated in the 20th century than most SF games, it uses history as a guide while reflecting the...
A game of empire building and conquest in outer space. Each player starts with a home system and ten random units. The players explore space searching for new planets, establish diplomatic relations with inhabited planets, and build colonies to bring in revenue. Revenue is required to maintain fleets and train new leaders. As the empires of the players...
At Any Cost: Metz 1870 is a game simulating the situation west of the Metz fortress during those few days of August 1870. The game is designed to be a playable, two-player brigade-scale game that allows players to experience the unique tactical warfare matchups that characterized fighting during the Franco-Prussian War. This era, though generally...
At Neuve Chapelle provides a tactical re-play of the World War I battle. The British attempted to reduce a poorly-defended German salient centered on the town of Neuve Chapelle. Plans were to expand a breakthrough and with cavalry and infantry reserves take the Aubers ridge line. However, poor communication and coordination and the weather conspired to...