Presents...

Starship!
Miniature Spaceship Combat

If you are looking for an exciting, laser-blasting, torpedo-firing, fighter-launching kind of spaceship combat game, then you've come to the right place!

Unlike other space combat games on the market, Starship! is played in a real, three-dimensional environment!  Ships gain and lose altitude with the use of the Battlepole©, "flying" through six different flight bands as they maneuver into position before erupting with a barrage of devastating weaponry!

Ships are classed by size in Starship, with Size 1 being the smallest and Size 5 being the largest.  Size 6 is reserved for Starbases, immense constructs with tremendous firepower.  Size 1 ships are small scout ships, fast and maneuverable but without much longevity in a head-to-head battle.  On the other end of the spectrum, Size 5 ships are mighty dreadnoughts, capable of wrecking havoc on smaller, less well armed and protected ships!  It is the larger class ships that dominate the battles in the world of Starship!

And what weaponry there is:   Disruptors, Graviton Guns, Ion Cannons and Photonic Mortars just to name a few!  If that isn't good enough for you, then there are missiles, six different types of torpedoes (including energy torps), three fighter classes and three types of mecha!
 

Starship! is a game with a real anime feel.  The action is intense as small Class 1 ships dart about while the ponderous but powerful Class 5 Dreadnoughts turn space into a death zone with their batteries of guns.

But that's not all Starship! offers. . .  There are rules for campaigns, customizing your own space faring race, and designing your own ships!  It's everything you need in one package!

The original intent behind Starship! was to create a system that would work well for any sci-fi space combat genre.  While the focus was on being able to "recreate" anime-style space battles, it was important that players be able to recreate battles from their favorite series, movies, books, etc.

<<< An EMC SS5 Superdreadnaught

To that end, the rules include many ship design options, allowing you to build ships from just about any sci-fi universe.  The campaign system also supports this "play it the way you want" ideology.  The bottom line is that, while we have started a "Starship! Universe", you do not have to play in it if you would rather play in a universe of your own, or someone else's making.

We currently produce two fleets for Starship!:  The S'Tang and the EMC.  The DARC have been discontinued for the time being until they are resculpted.  The EMC are humans who have taken to using cybernetic enhancements.  This has separated them from the rest of humanity, including the DARC.  While not necessarily evil, EMC society is seen as being oppressive by others.  The S'Tang are aliens, and are described in full in the Starship! rules.

Here's something important to remember when playing Starship! or any of our other games:

There are many great ranges of models and toys out there suitable for use with Starship!  If you already have a painted fleet and really like the figures - keep using them!  The Battlepole can be adapted to just about any figure with a minimum of work, so you should be able to use any but the heaviest models with our rules (really heavy models are not suitable for the Battlepole).

We are working on lots of free goodies for Starship!, including downloadable ship design spreadsheets, race and ship designs, special scenarios, campaign ideas, etc.

Keep checking back here for new goodies!

Well, you can get a copy from us famous game designers here at Flagship Games of course!
 

We also offer a new starter set for Starship! that comes with a copy of the Starship! rules, two Battlepoles, and one each of the SS4 S'Tang Battleship and the SS4 EMC Battleship.  The starter set is a good deal because you save $11.00 off the purchase price if you were to buy all those items separately.  It's a great way to get started playing Starship! with a friend!  Of course, you can purchase ships separately too.  We also have sets of the Fighter/Mecha, torpedo, shuttle, pod, etc. pieces available, along with the awesome Battlepole!

We are also working on some new Fleet Packs to help you build your Starship! fleets quickly and easily while saving a few bucks in the process!

Click here to go to our catalog page.

If you would like to see some great shots of games in action, hit one of the links below:

Battle at the Solar Flare!

Star Trek Battle!

Keep checking back here for more Starship! battle reports!

A small piece on the development of Starship! as a wargaming system, detailing the perils and adventures of designing a game with a complimentary miniature line.  If nothing else, it's a look at how we operate, for better or worse!  There are also some preliminary sketches on the EMC and S'Tang ship designs, and some other interesting bits of information.

If you are interested, you can check it out here.