STAQS is a strategic two-player board game played on a 5x5 grid. Each player has four stackable pieces of their color (blue or white), which they place and move on top of 25 neutral stackable pieces. Players take turns moving their stacks one step at a time, aiming to create the tallest stack on the board. The game combines elements of territory control...
"The Game of Circular, Spiral, and Straight Manneuvers" Star*Chess is a chess derivative that features a board of tesselated quadrilaterals surrounding a ten-pointed star. Each player has a general, two brigadier generals, colonels, majors, captains, 1st lieutenants and three 2nd lieutenants. The first five types move like kings, queens, rooks, bishops and...
The StarComm Wars is a game of economic warfare simulating the Helion wars of 2312 to 2317. Players take on the roles of merchant companies and of the ill-fated Helion Imperium in an attempt to survive and prosper. Two introductory scenarios introduce the merchant mechanics and how to play the Imperium. There is then one short and one full campaign...
A game of exploration and encounter in deep space, Star Explorer puts each player in the role of a star ship captain. After modifying ships and optimizing their crew complement, captains set out to explore a set of planets near their common Starbase. Each planet presents a series of exploration missions (mostly unknown at game start) ranging from...
From the back: CAPTAIN'S LOG #1 features the short story and scenario, "Objective: Juggernaut," by Christopher Allen. This story creates a unique background for a five player situation which requires skill in combat and finesse in diplomacy. Involved are the Federation, Tholian, Klingon, Orion and the fearsome extra-galactic Juggernaut. Also included in...
CAPTAIN'S LOG #2 features the short story and scenario, REFINER'S FIRE, by James Ashauer. The story details the Romulan attempt to destroy the Gorn Heavy Cruiser Reptilicon as a prelude to an invasion of the Gorn Confederation. The decisive battle occurred at the Gorn/Federation border. The Scenario allows up to four players to recreate this climactic...
CAPTAIN'S LOG #4 includes the following features: Where Wisdom Fails: The exciting story of the first combat test of the Hydran Hellbore. A Mini-Campaign: Based on the story. A series of five scenarios. The Tholian TK-5 Destroyer: A Commander's SSD. The Orion OK-6 BattleCruiser: A Commander's SSD. The Consolidated Addenda: A compendium of three years of...
The third expansion for the Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition). It included 86 new ships, new light cruisers, pseudo-fighter tenders, minesweepers, eight new scenarios, and complete errata and expanded rules. Required Star Fleet Battles: Expansion #1, Star Fleet Battles Expansion #2, and Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition). Expands: Star Fleet...
This was the first product of the Star Fleet Battles Commander's Edition. It was originally titled only as Star Fleet Battles with the front box cover of the Star Fleet Battles (Designer's Edition) (2nd cover). It later was named to Star Fleet Battles Volume I. The Commander's Edition of Star Fleet Battles was produced as a box set with counters, map...
The lead product of Star Fleet Battles Captain's Edition. This is the fourth edition in the Star Fleet Battles series, and it is the current edition. There have been two major reprintings of the rules, each of which incorporates some errata and cleanup in the rules in 1999 and 2005. These can be identified by a year printed on the lower part of the front...
This is the description on the cover: Includes all the rules needed to for play: - Capitalist Movement--A campaign game - 7 scenarios for Capitalist Movement Technical information including: - More X-1 ships (Cruisers, Capsules & Combination Units) - An advanced Starbase and Battlestation - Krebiz Carrier and Control Ships - Krebiz tactical concepts -...
From the publishers website and press release: This is the first entirely new game system from ADB, Inc., in years. It brings infantry combat in the Star Fleet Universe to life in a way that allows ground battles to be fought simultaneously with the space battles portrayed by Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander, Starmada, or A Call to Arms SF. Over...