This is an attempt to list all of the spaceship board games both in and out of print. If you have items to add or mistakes to point out please email them to me at "thomas . granvold @ sun . com". Remove all spaces in the email address. This is unfortunatly needed to cut down on spam emails I receive.
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A galactic expansion game orginally based on the unreliesed board
game, Galactic Empires. All of Component Game System games are
compatible with each other.
newer version of CB5-101 (1998)
Includes Narn, Centauri, Earth, and Minbar (1997)
There was a limited and unlimited edition of this.
- no longer available
2258 Vorlon, 2259 Psi Corps, and 2258 League.
The following are not yet avaiable:
This game allows ships from any science fiction universe
to be used in fast ship to ship combat. The rules are
available for free at
http://www.red-jack.com/~sfbtng/indexbtw.html.
A plantary invasion game which is light on the space side.
This game can be downloaded free at http://grognard.com/board.html#complete.
Probably out of print
"A battle to destroy/save the Imperial Battle Sphere."
These rules are available at
http://www.geocities.com/thedugan/projects/index.htm.
These rules are available at
http://www.geocities.com/thedugan/projects/index.htm.
Out of print
Set in the Traveller RPG universe.
Out of print. Includes 3 dimensional combat. Designed by Redmond Simonsen
and Brad Hessel. It was packaged in both box, flattop
and ziplock bag versions.
This may be released by Decision Games with the name Free Mars!.
This game covers the economic, public opinion, and miltary
conflict between Earth and Mars.
There is an article about this game in issue 19 or the
Space Gamer magazine (1978).
Out of print
"A game of starfighter combat." Catalog # 6001.
For two or more players.
The rules for this game can be found for free at
http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/.
Not yet released.
A game similar to the Babylon 5: 2258.
All of Component Game System games are compatible with each other.
Stock # CB5-101.
The rules are at http://staff.bus.bton.ac.uk/fesg/bsg/.
Written by Francis Greenaway.
This game is a mix of a role playing game and a board game.
Each player controls one or more crew members of a ship and
a game master takes them through scenarios. Over time the crew
members can advance and gain new skills. There are several
aliens races in addition to humans. Inspiration is taken from
several science fiction books, movies and TV series.
While a game of mecha it does include some
spaceship combat in some supplements. In
September, 2001 FASA went out of business and
the rights to Battletech went to Whiz Kids who
are making it into a collectable miniatures game.
In 2002 Fantasy Productions started releasing
Classic Battletech products which is a continuation
of the FASA products.
Out of print.
A combination of AeroTech 1st ed. and BattleSpace,
includes vector movement rules.
This is a newer version of Leviathan
Has some AeroSpace fighters and dropships.
Has some AeroSpace fighters and dropships.
Has some AeroSpace fighters and dropships.
Has some AeroSpace fighters and dropships.
Has some AeroSpace fighters and dropships.
A space empire game with no space combat.
A planetary invasion game with both ground and space combat.
Includes AeroTech rules.
Out of print. Designed by D. Campagna.
A stellar conquest type game. There was a supplement
called Andromeda Foundation Official Battle Manual.
There was a sister game Warriors of the Dark Star.
This games requires a huge amount of record keeping
while the rulebook was 43 pages of 8 pt. type.
Parts of this game were called Deliverance From
Beyond and Xenon Empire, Crushing the War-Lords
of the Worlds. These may have been sold as
seperate games or supplements.
"This is an asteroid-miner game, where each of the
miners gets to design their own ship. The rules are
easy and the ship design has LOTS of options. The players
then vie for an Alien Artifact adrift in the asteroid belt.
This is really a fun game, and I expect it to do better
than Wiz-War." - Tom Jolly
Out of print. Economic rivalry in the asteriods.
Can have up to four players. Designed by Marc Miller and Frank Chadwick.
Based on the novals of Fred Saberhagen about robot
spaceships attacking earth. Designed R. Loomis.
"Man Against Machine in a Race for Survival."
Includes a campaign game. There are at least two editions.
Product number 6101.
Designed by Paul Arden Lidberg. Out of print.
This is a game that has been designed but yet published.
It is a game where the players are rogue merchants that
risk running a blockade to visit planets to earn the most
prestige. 2 to 5 players, 15 to 30 minutes. Play is
simultaneous. To be published by Shifting Skies Games.
Links:
A free game written in Italian.
The rules are at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Atlantis/1781/.
Out of print. Designed by Condon.
A game of human invading a computer controlled spaceship.
Not yet released as of 1998.
This game is related to the game Breeders: THE ASSAULT,
both designed by Carl Forhan. Designed to be fast and
be able to handle large fleets.
Out of print
Set in the Traveller RPG universe.
There are rules to convert this to the Classic Traveller
miniature rules. See Aether Traveller at Aether Traveller.
Out of print.
This board game includes some plastic spaceship miniatures.
Note that some of these miniatures, Battlers, are "dead ringers"
for some Sather ships from Star Frontiers.
Out of print. This was a game printed on the back
of a Post cereal box. There were "space capsule game
tokens" for the game.