Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
From the manual: BattleSpace, The Battletech Game of Space Combat simulates battles in space between the Houses of the Inner Sphere and the invading Clans. Battlespace was designed to allow players to run a campaign in space.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Role Playing
Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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From the manual: BattleSpace, The Battletech Game of Space Combat simulates battles in space between the Houses of the Inner Sphere and the invading Clans. Battlespace was designed to allow players to run a campaign in space. Both a stand-alone game and an expansion. As a stand alone game, you can play out battles between large ships and squads of fighters, as well as dogfights between individual aerospace fighters. As an expansion, you can incorporate both of those levels of play into your Battletech games. Re-implements: Renegade Legion: Leviathan