Starleader: Assault!

Starleader: Assault! is a board game published by Metagaming Concepts in 1982 as MicroGame #21. It was intended character combat rules for the planned Starleader science-fiction role-playing game, but Metagaming went out of business before any future titles in the series were published.[1]

Starleader: Assault!
Designer(s)Howard Thompson
Publisher(s)Metagaming
Years active1982 to 1983
Genre(s)Science-Fiction Role-Playing Game
System(s)Starleader

Gameplay

Starleader: Assault! is a futuristic man-to-man combat module focused on ranged combat within structures,[2] and a second planned MicroGame, Starleader: Warships, covering starship combat was announced,[3] but never published.

The Starleader system was similar to Metagaming's The Fantasy Trip RPG in that characters were built around three stats and a points system was used to purchase talents; however, the two systems were not the same. Despite this, as Starleader: Assault focused on ranged combat, the game rules included a rudimentary conversion guide for adapting The Fantasy Trip or Melee's rules for handheld weapons and hand-to-hand combat.

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed Starleader: Assault! in The Space Gamer No. 61.[2] Barton commented that "In the SFRPG field, S:A just doesn't stand out enough to make it worth the effort."[2]

References
  1. Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry: The '70s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.
  2. Barton, William A. (March 1983). "Featured Review: Starleader: Assault!". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (61): 2, 4–5.
  3. Thompson, Howard (September–October 1982). "Coming Distractions". Interplay. Metagaming Concepts Inc. (8): 1.
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