Starcraft ~ the board game

[Ramy]

heya... looky looky what my cousin brought home for the land down under

also known as Warhammer 40k inferiority complex...

ahaha... joke... i love both franchises equally >_<

at anyrate... i am just loving all the starcraft mini models that come with it

they are unpainted though... but thats where our warhammer painting skills come in handy ^_^

Spoiler for WIKI:

StarCraft:The Board Game is a game inspired by the StarCraft computer game, published by Fantasy Flight Games. Players take control of the Terran, Protoss, or Zerg and battle across multiple worlds. Each of the three races features a distinctive play style, and the inclusion of two distinct factions for each race allows up to six players to play simultaneously.

Pre-release copies were sold at GenCon 2007, as well as at Penny Arcade Expo 2007, and was finally released in October 2007.

Description

The game features a modular game board consisting of up to twelve specific planets in the Starcraft universe. At the start of the game each player places two planets into the galaxy so the map size varies depending on the number of players. Players control the familiar Terran, Protoss, or Zerg air and ground units in a bid for domination of these worlds. Players collect resources (minerals and gas) which are used to purchase units, buildings and technology. The combat system uses a card system instead of dice.

The game has multiple win conditions depending on the faction each player chose, so it is rare for a player to have no chance to win. The board is modular with the players creating the map at the start of each game. Each time the game is played the map will be different.

The Game has a total of 180 plastic figures with dozens of unit types, StarCraft: The Board Game features an modular board which guarantees a new experience each and every game. An exciting card-driven combat system allows players to modify and upgrade their faction with a wealth of powerful technologies. Players can unleash a Zergling rush, use powerful Protoss shields to halt an enemy invasion, or even dispatch cloaked Ghosts to guide nuclear missiles to their target.

The game is designed for 2-6 players and takes 2-4 hours to complete a game.

our review:
The game is good, you keep a hand made up of battle cards and you have to keep cards that match the units your going to fight with. Zerg and Protoss can have a max hand of 6 cards and Terrain can have 8.

And you conquer planets and sections of planets, and gain property cards like in monopoly but they are either crystal or gas cards.

Theres about 4 different ways to win, every race has a special victory condition they can meet to win.

They can wipe out the other players.

Or there are these event cards and some of them can end the game. Event cards can give you special bonuses for individual rounds as well and you pick them up when you research.
Or theres a few other ways to get them but you can't get the ones that end the game till way later in the game.
Because the event cards are separated into 3 time sections so theres early game cards mid game cards and near the end game cards.

And lastly on most planets there is a capture point and when you take one you move a marker up a chart and if you capture 15 you win.

The games don't take too long once you know the rules and the board size gets bigger with the more players you play with. A basic game with 2 people has just 4 planets then you add 2 planets for each additional player.

The turns system where you issue orders really makes you think and adds more strategy as every turn you can do quite a lot so it's important you place your markers correctly.

Plus with building things you have to decide like in starcraft if your going to go for air or build more collector APC type things or go ground, probably end up doing a bit of both. Also you can max out your unit cap and make lots of units.
It plays a lot like Starcraft definately fun so far.

Theres even more things to the game with special order commands that you get from research facilities and anti air towers, plus unit special abilities like nukes and spider mines etc.
Also you can add more cards to your battle hand when you research.
But like I said before you can't go over you max hand limit so you usually have to throw some out too.
And lastly to travel from planet to planet you have to build a transport in between them then you can invade.

Spoiler for more pics:

er... the figures dont realy look like their ingame counterpart... but oh well >_<

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lol thats the goliath from starcraft's alpha version!

[sylv3rblade]

Originally Posted by Ramy

er... the figures dont realy look like their ingame counterpart... but oh well >_<

oo nga.. they look like they're rip offs from an oriental company o.O

pero still wow... anlaki nung play area.. pede bang gawing pang patintero yan?

[Ramy]

hehehe... wala lang... its just nice to be able to play with starcraft unit figures... asar nga lang balik na ausie ang pinsan ko after this weekend >_< i hope we can finish the zerg by then... if we could ever agree on a color scheme that is T_T

i hope the chinese toy makers will be able to steal the molds of these... starcraft is famous enough right? hehehe

also... we are making up rules to have starcrat vs. warhammer battle... with magic card spells in the mix... will let you guys know how that turns out ^_^