Starship & Empire

Welcome to the current home page of Starship and Empire, S&E. I have developed the game over several years altering ideas and models to make it work. I found that space board space games usually lack some important aspect of a space conflict game so I wanted to make one better. The counter graphics and maps were self made to be easy to read and appealing to view. I have attempted to make the rules simple and easy to understand flowing together in unison with the least amount of special rules. S&E employs political, economic, and military system to make the game fun. I took into consideration science fiction and science fact. I merged the two to make a plausable reality within the game while also making it enjoyable.

S&E employs the following within the game system: Political treaties, planetary defenses, carriers, cloaked ships, planetary invasion, colony blockade, colony bombardment, mining outposts, bases, map flexibility allowing for hundreds of different types of maps.

Currently I am taking submissions for play testing. If you are interested please click the link below. I have included some samples of maps and counters on this page.

Map Sector B2   |   V-twin Nebula Sector   |   Counter Types    |   Game Chart (word doc)

And to answer the immidiate question, yes I took many ideas from other games including counter design. Why reinvent the wheel when someone did it already. I tried to take the best ideas from all the games I knew of. Please email me here to request a copy of the game for playtesting.
Contact the Game Designer: Use the contact us link above.

Download Starship and Empire Board Game 24MBs zipped yea its free.

Other games I am working on
Brute Force: 1939-45 -- A corp level wargame of World War 2 spanning all theatres.
Fantasy Kingdoms -- A strategic game of fantasy empire battling for control of their world.

Map Example with Counters