Starfire is a game of battles between fleets of space warships. Each player commands a fleet of starships, moves their starships, and fires their weapons. This is a 2014 PDF version of the rules (and only the rules, not any of the other physical components) that were originally published in 1984 for the second edition of the Starfire board game. This...
Adapted from the box: The game is a simulation of events within a conjectural future history in which telekinesis is used to move ships through space. It is played on a map which displays 74 star systems in a three-dimensional "sphere" of space measuring roughly 40 light years in diameter, with Earth's home system at the center. A grid of hexagons printed...
In Starlight you play as a galactic trader buying and selling ancient alien relics for profit. Players manipulate the price of relics by changing the board (which is made up of 16 Location Cards). Prices can be further nudged using Research Cards, but players should make sure not to run out of fuel and have to rely on Investors! —description from the...
Starmada is a board game of starship combat. At its most basic level, players take command of space fleets in a general attempt to reduce each other to just so much space junk. At its most advanced, the game can be customized to breathe life into any science fiction background that players might imagine. Novices shouldn’t fret; the core set of rules has...
Wardogs puts players in charge of mercenary forces hired by independent colonies, colonial militia, or the military of one of the four burgeoning multi-system nations that exist in the thirty-fourth century. Included in this book are record sheets for three dozen Wardog units, plus eleven standard infantry squad types typically found deployed among the...
Starship Awesome 3000 is a board game inspired by old-school space-flight sim games with tactical maneuvering, weapons systems that are customized during game play with card combinations, and a novel dice mechanic for resource management. In the default scenario, players are initially competing to destroy the most Drones on the board, until one player 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...
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...
Start Frei is the "big" title in the new "Carrera Tabletop Games" series by Austrian publisher Stadlbauer. Each round players chose one of their hand-cards and place them face-down in front of them. After reveiling the cards a unique number on each card determines the order of play. Players may shift up/down or drive (roll the corresponding dice). The...
Deliver your customers to stations situated all across town, and be the first to get them to each before your competition in this latest title from famed game designer, Reiner Knizia. In Stations, players will compete to be the first to visit seven stations, represented by colored discs on both the board and in front of them. The first player to get rid of...