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Federation – Dahlians – Anthozoans – Orzo – Xixan – Spectral Fleet

Pledge your allegiance and swear your oaths, power up your annihilation drives and charge your laser blasters, welcome to Space Battles, the new age of galactic warfare!

Written by renowned rulesmith Rick Priestley, using standard playing cards, Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide is an exciting, dice-less spaceship tabletop wargame. Quick-paced, easy to pick up, while also tactically challenging, Space Battles allows players to battle it out amongst the stars as they lead their fleets of spacecraft in a series of exciting scenarios.

While the game can be played and greatly enjoyed as a generic system, Space Battles also includes a dynamic backstory and range of unique factions. Each with their own individual playing style, five different factions are detailed within this book; the Federation, the Dahlians, the Orzo, the Anthozoans, and the Xixan. There is also the mysterious Spectral Fleet, an esoteric force of spacefarers who slip in and out of corporeality. In addition to his reputation as one of the finest wargames writers of all-time, Rick Priestley is also regarded as one of the greatest creators of backstories and lore, this is clearly evident in the unique universe he has created for Space Battles.

Published by Wombat Wargames, Space Battles is available for purchase worldwide via Amazon.

Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide

  • 167-page, full colour, A5-sized premium paperback
  • Core rules
  • Advanced rules
  • Index of Spacecraft Types
  • 6 Scenarios
  • A Spacefarer’s Guide to Known Space
  • Campaigns
  • Summary
  • Counters
  • Making a Game Mat for Spaceship Battles
  • Index

Note: The Space Battles book contains all the rules needed to play this tabletop wargame. Two packs of ordinary playing cards (not included) are required.

Gaming resources: Available for download, we offer a range of free gaming resources to further enhance your games of Space Battles. Find downloads here.

Fully supported: A Wombat Wargames publication, Space Battles is a fully supported games system. Space Battles gaming resources can be found here, on the Wombat Wargames website, while the publisher’s monthly magazine, Shadows of Centralis Monthly Magazine, features regular Space Battles content. Part of the Wombat Wargames brand, a growing range of official Space Battles models is also available via RPE Miniatures & Games.

Rick Priestley: Rick Priestley’s Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide blog here.

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