THE STARS Our DECIMATION is the name for a series of interrelated science fiction wargames built around the actions mechanic. TSOD games all feature hand-built rules, hex grid regulated movement, a unique actions system, and versatile unit design rules. Ground Zero is a tactical ground combat game, best suited to running company-level combats. Rules are...
The Stars Our Decimation is the name for a series of interrelated science fiction wargames built around the actions mechanic. TSOD games all feature hand-built rules, hex grid regulated movement, a unique actions system, and versatile unit design rules. Voidstriker is one of the games in the series. It is a fleet-oriented game of starship combat. Ships and...
Starship Captain comes with 9 good quality hex space maps measuring 20" x 15", 2 sets of cardstock ships (some 5" long), and rules and scenario booklets with one d20. After choosing the scenario to play each player takes the relevant ship cards, these show attack defense and damage charts. Damage is recorded on separate sheets. Playing the game is in turn...
Starship Combat is a game of interstellar combat circa 2700 A.D. Each hexagon on the plane sheet represents a trillon miles of an imaginary sector of space, yet each unit counter represents just one starship or inner stellar base. The starships move in hyperspace mode at speeds greatly faster than light (I will not make any pretense on knowing how it is...
Starship & Empire is a strategic space conflict game with a tactical combat resolution system. The strategic map consists of 1-4 sectors, each of which is a 10x10 grid with each space having 10 height indicators, thus making each sector a 10x10x10 cube. Star systems are located in various spots on these maps and serve various functions depending on the...
A tactical science fiction ship combat game played on a hex map. Fleets are created by allocating build points and designing ships. Different races have unique weapons and other characteristics. The entire game comes in a 3" x 5" ziplock bag. The rule book is 2.5" x 3.5" and has 30 pages. A folded hex map (8" x 9") with tiny 1/4" hexes is included and has...
A campaign game supplement for Starship Shootouts played on a hex map. Exploration discovers worlds which are then developed to produce build points which are used to build ships and bases. Rules for designing bases and new ship types (fighters and carriers) are included. Combat is resolved using Starship Shootouts with additional rules for attacking...
Starship is a fairly elaborate tactical simulation of a contact between two starships, each of which has an mission that is unknown to the other ship. One player's ship is designated as the "intruder" and the other is the "intercepter" (sic). At the beginning of the game, each player secretly chooses a mission. The possible missions vary depending on the...
Starship Troopers is based upon the popular novel of the same name written by the dean of Science-Fiction writers, Robert A. Heinlein. In the novel, Heinlein describes a futuristic war involving homo sapiens from our Earth (Terrans) against a Humanoid race (nicknamed the 'Skinnies' for obvious physical attributes) and their cobelligerents, the totally...
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...
A tactical level simulation of combat between a small number of StarSoldiers, powerful future warriors - shades of Starship Troopers. Firmly rooted in SPI wargaming - along with the usual complexity and breadth of rules. One notable about the game is that it has simultaneous plotted movement - manageable since each player only controls 3 - 12 warriors....