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| Publishers | Avalon Hill[1] |
|---|---|
| Publication | 1976 |
| Players | 1–2 |
| Playing time | circa 120 minutes |
Starship Troopers is a board wargame by Avalon Hill based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.[2] It was originally released in 1976 and designed by Randall C. Reed. Twenty years later, Avalon Hill redesigned and re-released a "movie" version (entitled Starship Troopers: Prepare for Battle!) in 1997 to coincide with the movie's release.
The game is a hexagon-based wargame for two players.[3] The player who takes the side of Arachnids has a sheet of paper with a copy of the map-board on which he plots out his bug-hive and tunnel system. The Mobile Infantry player sends in his soldiers and tries to dig them out. A third faction, the Skinnies, starts out playing on the bug side, but switches to the human side during later scenarios.
- ^ Gray, Michael (December 11, 1977). "Science: Players can match wits among the stars". Star Tribune. p. 133. Retrieved December 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Martin Easterbrook (June–July 1977). "Open Box: Starship Troopers (review)". White Dwarf (1). Games Workshop: 13.
- ^ "Starship Troopers". Boardgamegeek. 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2018.