replaces his mysteriously missing frigates.
From Horrendous Gaming
PDF – $9.38 USD
A solo tabletop adventure wargame where you control a squad of troopers in a science-fiction setting. Whether as a mercenary unit trying to gain a high reputation, a group of rebels trying to drive the alien invaders off your planet, a team trapped behind enemy lines after a daring raid, or one of the other seven campaigns, each of the 15 games takes the form of a battle between some of your squad and a small number of adversaries.
The game is not aiming to be in any way a detailed simulation of armed combat. Instead, it concentrates on getting to the action as quickly as possible. All rolls in battle are 1D10, with a natural 1 being bad and a natural 10 being good. A single roll takes into account hitting, penetrating and wounding. Weapons are generic. It's not just a wargame, it's an adventure, or that's the intent anyway.
Every game has markers for where the adversaries might be, and your team has to uncover the actual foes. The adversaries always 'react' to the team, hence true solo-play rather than trying to play both sides. There are also sometimes innocent bystanders getting in the way, and there are often objectives to deal with.
Your squad will usually be six figures and will usually be fighting six to ten enemy figures, plus there may be up to eight bystanders wandering about. A battle lasts six to ten rounds, so you can set up your table, play through the game, and pack it down again in under three hours, probably two once you are used to it.
There are a selection of different locations (and therefore table layouts) where the action takes place, a selection of different adversaries, and a slow but steady increase in difficulty to balance the improvements and added gear your posse will get along the way.
These 104 pages include ten story arcs, full rules for gameplay, a four-page quick reference for the battle tables, and an example campaign roster/tracker. You will, of course, need your own miniatures and terrain pieces, but the scenarios are as open as possible to enable you to use the stuff you already have, or give you an excuse to collect more.
Look out for the other five titles in this series by Horrendous Gaming, and more are coming soon.