Rogue Stars Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld

by Sfiligoi, Andrea; Egerkrans, Johan

• ISBN13: 9781472810779
• ISBN10: 1472810775
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-12-20
• Publisher: Osprey Games

Summary

Rogue Stars is a character-based, science fiction skirmish wargame, where players command crews of bounty hunters, space pirates, merchants, prospectors, smugglers, mercenary outfits, planetary police, and other such shady factions from the fringes of galactic civilization. Crews can vary in size, typically from four to six, and the character and crew creation systems allow for practically any concept to be built. Detailed environmental rules that include options for flora, fauna, gravity, dangerous terrain and atmosphere, and scenario design rules that ensure that missions are varied and demand adaptation and cunning on the parts of the combatants, make practically any encounter possible. Run contraband tech to rebel fighters on an ocean world while being hunted by an alien kill-team or hunt down a research vessel and fight zero-gravity boarding actions in the cold depths of space--whatever you can imagine, you can do.

Author Biography

Andrea Sfiligoi can claim he is “working” while playing with toy soldiers. The success of his Song of Blades and Heroes line of wargame and roleplaying books convinced him to write games for a living.

Johan Egerkrans is a Swedish illustrator who has been a professional illustrator for over 15 years, providing illustrations and art for games, comics, films, fashion, and books. In 2013 he wrote and illustrated Nordiska Vaesen, about creatures in Scandinavian folklore. Johan lives in Stockholm.