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?
Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! should not be confused with the original Starship Troopers wargame, also by The Avalon Hill Game Co, published in 1976.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! should not be confused with the original Starship Troopers wargame, also by The Avalon Hill Game Co, published in 1976. Starship Troopers was based on the Heinlein book. Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! is based on the film version. This is a fast-paced tactical wargame which begins simply and then adds additional rules with each new scenario. Note that the original Starship Troopers game has completely different rules, maps, units, etc.