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Starfire
Starfire
by Eagle Games (II) (1975)
Player Count
2

Player Ages
10+

Playing Time
30 minutes
Categories
  • Science Fiction
  • Wargame
  • Designers
  • Stephen V. Cole
  • Mechanisms
  • Hex-and-Counter
  • Paper-and-Pencil
  • Simulation
  • Grid Movement
  • Family
  • Starfire
  • Player Count: Two Player Only Games
  • Players: Two Players Only Wargames
  • Rating: 8/10 from 3 users

    Description

    The original Starfire, obscurely published in 1975, was the prototype for the later Task Force Games series. The presentation is minimalist: a mostly blank hex sheet and one page of rules. Players must improvise their own counters!

    Like its successor, the game depicts combat between spaceships. Each ship is represented by a series of letters,with each letter representing a system (shields, engines, several types of beam weapon, torpedoes, guns, etc.). In each turn, ships fire their weapons, then move. The probability of a hit depends upon range. A hit destroys one of the target's systems, gradually reducing its firepower, defenses and speed. Movement is simply a number of hexes equal to the number of engine systems - no momentum or other complications of physics.

    There are three scenarios: "Main Battle Fleet", "Convoy Action" and "Planet Assault". Terrain, in the form of radiation belts or asteroids, may be added in the players' discretion.

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