The Quick Start Rules are a highly simplified set of tactical combat rules for starship combat based on the Solar Starfire ruleset. Written in three sections, this 11-page rulebook contains the basic tactical rules, six scenarios, and the printable counters and map required for the scenarios. Th Quick Start Rules are designed for players new to 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...
Starvation Island is a re-implementation of The Decisive Battle Guadalcanal which appeared in Japanese hobby magazine Game Journal back in 2001. This time around it's a magazine game. One of the major changes from the Japanese edition is that instead of a hex based map, you now have an area based map, and the rules are in English as opposed to Japanese. A...
Two thousand years have passed since the collapse of civilization. The great nuclear war obliterated nearly all traces of humanity, leaving the planet scorched and desolate. The resulting climate upheaval reawakened dormant volcanoes, reshaping the Earth’s landscape. In this harsh new world, humanity has reverted to its primal roots, becoming hunters and...
Steel Colosseum is a competitive team combat arena game for 2-4 players, featuring a series of scraps between two teams of two customisable fighting robots. Gameplay is card-driven. Each robot has its own unique Control Deck; each round, players simultaneously select a single Control Card for each robot, all of which are revealed simultaneously. Each card...
(from Compass Games website:) Steel Wolves is a solitaire simulation of the German submarine war against British and Allied shipping, the follow-on title to the award winning Silent War. Volume I covers the period from the start of the War in 1939 to the early months of 1943. You serve as BdU, Befehlshaber der U-Boote; the Supreme Commander of Uboats...
Steer to Glory is a resource management racing board game for 1-8 players simulating a Grand Prix around the racetrack. Holding your steering wheel you rely on the resources of your racecar or use your tactical cards and pilot abilities driving on the edge while your goal is certain: victory. Grab your steering wheel as if you were jumping into your...
First published by Metagaming in 1975 (later as a boxed edition in 1979), Stellar Conquest is considered to be one of the first 4X (eXplore, eXploit, eXpand, eXterminate) board wargame. It plays four, but can be adapted for more players with the addition of extra sets of pieces. It is also possible to replace the deck of stars with random generation...
This is the first of the Area-Impulse games done by Avalon Hill which later included Thunder at Cassino, Turning Point: Stalingrad and Breakout Normandy. The game simulates the ferocious battle for the Arnhem Bridge on September 18-21, 1944. The game begins with the British holding the area around the bridge, surrounded by the Germans. They try to hold out...
"Storm Over Kunlun Pass, 1939" is a two player wargame simulating the Battle of Kunlun Pass from December 18 to 30, 1939. One player plays the Japanese army and the other plays the Chinese KMT troops. Battalion level for the KMT Chinese, Company level for the Japanese Army. The game is 13 turns long with each turn equal to one day. The game has 8 pages of...
ATO #25 Storm Over Taierzhuang is a two player game simulating the Battle of Taierzhuang from March 25 to April 6, 1938. One player plays the Japanese Army and the other plays the Chinese KMT troops. The game is 13 turns long. Simulates the most famous battle of the Second Sino-Japanese war 1937-1945 which the Japanese 10th division with 25,000 fanatical...