Science Fiction

Bladerunner Print-And-Play Boardgame

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Blade Runner: Rep-Detect is a free print-and-play boardgame based on the Blade Runner film.

Blade Runner: Rep-Detect is a game of action and suspense based on the 1982 film Blade Runner. In this game, players portray one of the film’s titular detectives and must search futuristic Los Angeles for five genetically-engineered humanoid Replicants, who have illegally escaped to Earth from the off-world colonies and are virtually indistinguishable from the human population. It is the Blade Runner’s job to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant. However, it is possible that any one of the Blade Runners may become a fugitive Sympathizer and attempt to escape the city with one or more Replicants.

In the game, players move about the city by rolling a die and moving any amount of spaces up to the number rolled, in any direction. Players investigate locations from the film by drawing cards, and test Suspects using the Voight-Kampff empathy test from the film. If a Suspect is revealed to be a Replicant the Blade Runner must engage it in combat, and later on, the players’ characters will likely end up fighting against each other.

There are three ways to win the game:

Retire more Replicants than any other Blade Runner.
Escape from the city as a Sympathizer.
Be the last player whose character is still alive.

Atmospheric Wargaming Photos

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Here’s an impressive set of Flickr photos with atmospheric Warhammer 40K images.

Come With Me If You Want To Live Board Game

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Come With Me If You Want To Live is a tongue-in-cheek board/card game in which players try to gather the most followers to save from the apocalypse.

Micro Space Empire

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Micro Space Empire is a print-and-play solo game.

Micro Space Empire is a short “express” type game for one player. It was an entry in the QPnP (Quick Print and Play) contest; it is designed to be portable and easily constructed (less than 20 cards to print, plus a player mat).

The player is the ruler of a single solar system. There are ten other systems available to conquer and each system has its resistance to conquest and can provide resources to your expanding Empire. Resources are used to enhance your military and research new technologies. However, creating a vast interstellar Empire is not without its challenges; events such as revolts and invasions can pose obstacles to your rule.

The object is to survive and accumulate as many victory points as possible before time runs out.

Star Viking Board Games

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Another Dwarf Star classic, Star Viking is now available as a print-and-play game.

STAR VIKING is a game of interstellar raiding and plunder for two players. Using a unique system of 12 mapboard tiles to represent the various star systems in the Outrim sector, it captures the tense uncertainty and the sudden, flashing battles of an interstellar war. Units represented include Viking cruisers, sloops, and fighters. Federate and local frigates, battle-cruisers, and patrol boats, as well as raiding detachments, security forces, grav-armor units, specialized warfare pods, and conventional low-tech armed forces ranging from atmospheric aircraft to stone-age hordes.