Warlord Games offers a set of free quick start rules for their science fiction small unit game, Beyond the Gates of Antares.
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Cybercity Blues RPG
Cybercity Blues is a free RPG that has a lighter take on the cyberpunk genre. The authors write:
“Cyberblues is a bit like Cyberpunk, only more mellow.”
Cyberblues City is a near-future, action-adventure roleplaying game. Fast-playing and often funny, it offers a lighter take on the cyberpunk genre, both in terms of system and tone. Cyberblues City uses a much modified version of the Fudge roleplaying system designed to make it easy on GMs. And best of all, it is absolutely free.
Black Skies Starfighter Combat Rules
Black Skies is a set of free wargames rules for star fighter combat. The author writes:
A while back I was looking for something new to play and decided I’d like to try a star fighter combat game. I checked out a variety of rule sets and found nothing that I really liked. In fact, the most popular set seemed to be unnecessarily complex and slow, not something I expected from a set of star fighter rules. What I expected fighter combat to be was FAST. Complex and slow just didn’t work. So I set out to create my own (with plenty of help from the guys at my local war gaming club). I tried and liked an unfinished set by Shaun Austin which had several good ideas, but I thought the turn sequence could be streamlined. Using the basic card movement idea, and a simple combat system I tried to make these rules feel more like the fast deadly action I imagine star fighter combat should be.
Small Spacecraft Combat Rules
Small Spacecraft Combat rules are a set of free wargames rules allowing players to first design and then fight it out with space fighters.
Space Station Zemo Board Game
From Inquest Magazine in September 1998, here’s a scan of their Space Station Zemo game, preserved for posterity.