Star Realms

STAR REALMS http://starrealms.com/ http://starrealms.com/where-to-buy/ http://starrealms.com/learn-to-play/ http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147020/star-realms UPDATE: The official digitlal version is out now. You should go buy it. http://www.starrealms.com/digital-game/ Star Realms is a spaceship combat deck-building game by Magic Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle and Rob Dougherty (Ascension Co-founder). Star Realms is a fast paced deck-building card game of outer space combat. It combines the fun of a deck-building game with the interactivity of Trading Card Game style combat. As you play, you make use of Trade to acquire new Ships and Bases from the cards being turned face up in the Trade Row from the Trade Deck. You use the Ships and Bases you acquire to either generate more Trade or to generate Combat to attack your opponent and their bases. When you reduce your opponent’s score (called Authority) to zero, you win! The game consists of: • One 80 card Trade Deck • Two 10 card Personal Decks, consisting of two Vipers and eight Scouts each • 10 Explorer cards • 18 double-sided Authority cards for keeping score • One Rules Sheet Each of the cards in the 80 card Trade Deck is a Ship or a Base belonging to one of four factions: The Trade Federation, The Blobs, The Star Empire or The Machine Cult. Trade Federation: In the far future, the more traditional governing bodies of the human race have been replaced with corporate leadership. The earth and its surrounding colonies are ruled by a group of corporations called the Trade Federation. The Federation’s policies are focused around trade and growth, but especially in profit and prosperity for those at the top of the corporate ladder. While they prefer to deal with other star realms using trade and diplomacy, they have a large defense branch dedicated to protecting the Federation’s trade and other interests. The Blobs: These mysterious creatures are the first alien life forms encountered by the human race. Most of