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Author Topic: STAR BREACH: The Multiverse Sci-Fi Skirmisher (CoOp/Solo Expansion! Pg15)  (Read 45098 times)

Offline Burma44

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Welcome to S T A R  B R E A C H.

Star Breach is a tabletop skirmish miniatures game, with a sci-fi multiverse theme. Players can use any sci-if models to play, building customized warbands of 4-12 soldiers to do battle within any sci-fi setting of their imagining. There are 20 different factions for players to choose from in Star Breach, covering nearly every sci-fi motif imaginable. Thus, players get to hobby and play with the miniatures they want to collect and customize, and not just the ones they have to buy.
 
Games of Star Breach are fought between 2-6 players, with tons of pre-built scenarios to choose from! Most games are kill-points based, with valuable bonus points earned for completing scenario objectives. Games are typically 6 turns in length, with two phases per turn: the Order Dice Phase and Special Actions Phase. Soldiers are activated by drawing and assigning order dice, an innovative system that keeps play order interesting and strategic, as well as balanced and realistic to the fury of combat. During the Order Dice Phase, soldiers each execute one of six orders, such as firing their weapon, running to a new position, or taking cover. After every soldier has an opportunity to take an order, the turn moves into a Special Actions Phase, where warband alphas and specialists alternate taking one final special action. Once these special actions are taken, players recollect the order dice and start a new turn.
 
Star Breach is best defined by its sleek and intuitive play mechanics, which are easy to learn and retain, but lend themselves to a whole new world of strategic play. Star Breach also involves lots of awesome customization and play variety, including hundreds of weapons, relics, skills and physic abilities that together make building your warband a fun and rewarding experience all of its own. Star Breach features both a tournament and campaign mode of play built right into the rulebook (both in the free PDF, and the hardcover). And if that's not enough, coming 2020 there will be an additional FREE expansion released titled Hunters, which will cover rules for Co-Op and Solo adventures in the world of Star Breach!

Star Breach Website with FREE PDF rules: starbreach.com
SB Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHkg9HyMmQOpxXQTY-I_nA
SB FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/198523234074229/
SB Instagram Handle: @star_breach

Star Breach Kickstarter for exclusive Hardcover Rulebook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starbreach/star-breach-hardcover-rulebook/description


« Last Edit: April 14, 2020, 01:43:11 PM by Burma44 »
Creator of Star Breach and NCO Tabletop Games: starbreach.com

Offline MachinaMandala

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2018, 01:19:36 PM »
Nice.

Now do one of these for fantasy. lol

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2018, 02:40:04 PM »
Nice.

Now do one of these for fantasy. lol

Thank you! And yeah... no. Haha. My life can only handle so much "create-an-entire-gaming-system-with-20-different-and-balanced-factions-and-then-release-it-and-support-it-for-free." Hahaha. There's already some decent-ish options for fantasy multiverse gaming, like Frostgrave or SoBH, so that's good!

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2018, 03:12:06 PM »
Crickies! I'm, for one, impressed!

Of course you know, you aren't helping in my cry of 'So many rule sets, so little life...'  ;D

Doug

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2018, 04:27:15 PM »
Crickies! I'm, for one, impressed!

Of course you know, you aren't helping in my cry of 'So many rule sets, so little life...'  ;D

Doug

Thanks for the love, Doug! Sorry to make your life decisions a bit harder! Haha. But I do hope you give Starfall a good read through and see it as worth at least a couple hours of your life to get it on the table! If you do, definitely let me know how you enjoyed it! :)

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2018, 06:41:04 AM »
Here's video #1 in our How to Play Starfall Series, which covers the overall structure and flow of the game, building a warband roster and the order dice mechanic.

Enjoy: https://youtu.be/LC1dd2MfPlY
« Last Edit: April 13, 2018, 06:44:39 AM by Burma44 »

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2018, 07:04:54 AM »
There seems to be a lot of work behind this, impressive!

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2018, 08:01:36 AM »
Sounds and looks really interesting and impressive! Kudo's to you, good sir 8)

I will take some time this weekend to read through your rules, because they might be very relevant to my interests... :D
Miniatures you say? Well I too, like to live dangerously...
Find a Way, or make one!

Offline Burma44

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2018, 09:29:33 AM »
@Ockman: Thank you, sir! You and I are on the same page as calling it "work", but my wife is still convinced it's a hobby.  lol lol A labor of love! I didn't want to release something that wasn't truly "finished", so I've been hiding and working on Starfall for a good 5 months. Very excited to finally release it!

@Daeothar: Thank you to you as well! I do hope you find the rules and supplements living up to or exceeding the hype. It's an honor you'll be giving them a read/try! Let me know what you think when you do!  :-*

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2018, 09:58:24 AM »
The more i'm reading these rules the more i'm loving the look of this game. I'm a big fan of the order dice system, it just makes games that little bit more random when it comes to planning so it feels like anything can happen.

Also thanks for the youtube clips its good to see the game in action and be shown how to play and not relying on my interpretation of things.... which can be way off sometimes  :D.

Looking foward to giving them a go!! :)

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2018, 10:00:51 AM »
From the quick read through I've done this is looking very good.  I've been wanting a game system to play Dune with along with various other things like AvPvT (Alien vs Predator vs Terminator) and randomly facing off various sci-fi warbands against each other and it looks like this might just do the job.

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2018, 01:27:52 PM »
The more i'm reading these rules the more i'm loving the look of this game. I'm a big fan of the order dice system, it just makes games that little bit more random when it comes to planning so it feels like anything can happen.

Also thanks for the youtube clips its good to see the game in action and be shown how to play and not relying on my interpretation of things.... which can be way off sometimes  :D.

Looking foward to giving them a go!! :)

So glad to hear it, Darathar! I knew you'd love it, and I would be honored to see your models in action for Starfall! Also very happy to hear you find the youtube clips helpful. Up to three vids, but hoping to add more as I can.

In my opinion, the order dice system or similar has become an essential mechanic to a genuinely competitive tabletop game. The system is absolutely ingenious and I am indebted to Warlord Games for creating and utilizing it. I do feel like the Special Actions phase for skilled soldiers as an addition is the perfect icing on the cake. Anyway, when you give Starfall a go, please PLEASE share your warband creations and battle rep! Would love to see them!

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2018, 01:36:15 PM »
From the quick read through I've done this is looking very good.  I've been wanting a game system to play Dune with along with various other things like AvPvT (Alien vs Predator vs Terminator) and randomly facing off various sci-fi warbands against each other and it looks like this might just do the job.

Glad to hear it, Giger! Starfall is EXACTLY what you're looking for if you want to mix and match models or play different universes against one another. The 20 different, "generic" factions should definitely be enough for you to find a warband for each and every one of your ideas. Alien=The Hive (or Hunters). Predators= Hunters. Terminators= Ancient Machine. Dune= would fit a number of warbands depending on your build. Have lots of fun! And please keep us posted with pics on what you come up with!

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2018, 10:48:09 PM »
And here's How to Play Starfall pt2, which covers the first three of the six orders that can be taken by soldiers during the order action phase: Down, Mend and Cover Fire.

Enjoy! https://youtu.be/ji7YLic_YOM

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Re: STARFALL: The Free, Multiverse, Sci-Fi Skirmish Game
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2018, 09:24:06 AM »
Closely coming up behind part 2, here's our next video for the "How to Play Starfall" series: Part 3, featuring the Fire, Advance, and Run/Assault Orders.

Get learnt here: https://youtu.be/q5vPORaRIdo

And here's a few stills from the video series that highlight my own Starfall board and warbands! What will yours look like!?