Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld

About this board game

Rogue Stars is a 2016 character-based science-fiction skirmish wargame for two players, placing rival crews in the dangerous underworld of galactic civilization.

Each player commands a crew typically made up of four to six characters. The character and crew creation systems support practically any concept, from bounty hunters and space pirates to merchants, prospectors, smugglers, mercenary outfits, planetary police, and other shady factions.

Every encounter can present different tactical challenges. Detailed environmental rules cover flora, fauna, gravity, dangerous terrain, and atmosphere, giving the battlefield an active role in the action and helping missions feel distinct.

• Create a highly individual crew and characters.
• Take on varied scenarios that demand adaptation and cunning.
• Play across unusual science-fiction environments, including ocean worlds and the cold depths of space.
• Fight encounters involving contraband deliveries, alien kill-teams, research vessels, and zero-gravity boarding actions.

Scenario design rules ensure that missions are varied rather than predictable. Success depends on responding to the situation at hand, whether your crew is running contraband technology to rebel fighters while being hunted, or pursuing a research vessel for a dangerous boarding action.

With its flexible creation systems and richly defined environments, Rogue Stars is built to support a wide range of science-fiction stories. If you can imagine a crew, location, and conflict on the fringes of civilization, the game provides a framework for bringing that encounter to the table.