Introduction to Warpspawn Games
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- RESEARCH CARDS A research card can be used like any other type of card. Basic Research: Discard a research card in your trade phase to draw 2 cards. OPTIONAL ABILITIES
- SPYING An Attack card may be discarded at any time to look at an opponents hand or to look at the next 5 cards in the deck. DIPLOMACY
- STARSHIP TROOPERS INTRODUCTION
MOVEMENT PHASEActive player only. Armadas: Multiple friendly Fleets in the same space may be stacked together as an Armada. (or Starmada) Free Move: You get one free move. Move one Fleet or Armada one space orthogonally (no diagonal moves) Hazards: Fleets & Armadas cannot enter spaces occupied by hazards: Supernovas, Black Holes, and Nebulas. Spaceflight: A move card may be discarded to move one of your fleets or Armadas one space. A Fleet or Armada can move multiple times per turn. Beam me up: A Fleet or Armada at a stargate may move to any other friendly stargate as its move.
BATTLE PHASEUnits: Fleets and Colonies are the two types of 'units' in the game. Battlefield: A battle occurs if opposing units occupy the same space and at least one player wants to fight. All units in the space must participate Resolution: The side with the highest force total wins. Each unit has a force value = 1. Homeworlds have a force value = 4. Attack Cards have a force value = 1. Players simultaneously reveal the Attack cards they are using. (On the count of 3) This is done once. More Attack cards cannot be added later. Players may use some, all, or none of the Attack cards in their hands. Attack cards used are discarded. Win: The winner suffers no casualties. Lose: All units of the losing side are destroyed (including Stargates). Mutual Destruction: If the totals are tied then all units of both sides are destroyed. RESEARCH CARDSA research card can be used like any other type of card. Basic Research: Discard a research card in your trade phase to draw 2 cards. OPTIONAL ABILITIESThe following rules for spying, diplomacy, retreat, and disaster are optional, but recommended: SPYINGAn Attack card may be discarded at any time to look at an opponents hand or to look at the next 5 cards in the deck. DIPLOMACYA player may discard 2 Trade cards during an opponents move to prevent any opposing fleets from moving into a target space occupied by one of that players units (or homeworld).
RETREATDuring an opponents move phase, if an opponents fleet enters a space containing one of your fleets or armadas, you may discard a move card to move your fleet or armada to an adjacent space not containing enemy units. The opponent may pursue by discarding his own move cards. DISASTERFive Attack cards may be discarded to destroy any fleet, stargate, or colony anywhere on the map. This is the result of solar flares, asteroid impacts, seismic events, etc.
OPTIONAL RULESExploration: The map chits are not set up at the beginning of the game. The identity of a space is not revealed (picked randomly from the pile) until a Fleet enters it. Discard a trade card for a unit to see into an adjacent space. Players cannot trade until their empires adjoin. To the Death: The game lasts until only one player is left. Low Technology: Do not use stargates. Power cards: Draw a star on 4 build, 4 attack, 4 trade, and 4 move cards. These are now worth two cards each. MORE OPTIONAL ABILITIESBefore play starts determine which optional abilities and rules are to be used, by whom, and when. Uneven Start: Players start the game able to use one optional ability not useable by the other players. Breakthrough Technology: Discard 1 Research card and 4 build cards. You gain 1 optional ability that you could not already use. (Make cards for the Abilities listed in the Optional Ability List below. When gaining a new ability select a random card) OPTIONAL ABILITY LISTHyper jump: Discard 5 Move cards to move one fleet or Starmada to any nonhazard space on the map. Defend the Homeworld!: Five Move cards may be discarded to immediately move some or all of your fleets back to your Homeworld. Expansion: Discard 2 Build cards to build a fleet at a colony. Wormholes: Black holes can be used as one way gates to supernovas. This means that these spaces can be entered. Piracy: Discard 2 Attack cards to make opponent discard a random card. Planning: Discard 2 Build cards to put the top card of the discard pile into your hand. Treason: Discard 5 Trade cards to replace an opponents unit with one of your own. Allied Minor Race: Discard 4 Trade cards to build a colony on an empty world within 2 spaces of one of your units. Treaty: Discard 5 Trade cards. You and an opponent cannot attack each other for the next 2 turns. Nebulous Navigation: Discard 2 Move cards to enter a Nebula Border Raids: Discard an attack card. An enemy colony adjacent to one of your fleets cannot be counted on that players next turn in his draw or support phases. Warfleet: Discard 2 Build cards to build a Warfleet at Homeworld. Identical to regular fleet except that it generates 3 Force points and cannot build. colonies. Indicate with a different kind of Chit. Sabotage: Discard 3 Attack cards to negate a nonbattle action just performed by an opponent. COUNTERS & CARDSThis very cool counter & card set was created by David Ashton: david.ashton@cheshdatasys.co.uk David has also made counters and cards for Space Insurrection.
Battle between Human Troopers and the Arachnoid Threat. Each figure represents a Trooper or Insect(s).
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