Stellar Conquest

1975 · BGG

Avg rating

6.47

Bayes rating

5.70

Weight

3.04 (Medium Heavy)

Players

2-4

Playtime

8 hr

Ratings count

628

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Description

First published by Metagaming in 1975 (later as a boxed edition in 1979), Stellar Conquest is considered to be one of the first 4X (eXplore, eXploit, eXpand, eXterminate) board wargame. It plays four, but can be adapted for more players with the addition of extra sets of pieces. It is also possible to replace the deck of stars with random generation tables.



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Secret Unit Deployment Simulation Tech Trees / Tech Tracks Variable Set-up

Themes

Economic Science Fiction Space Exploration

Publishers

Metagaming The Avalon Hill Game Co

Designers

Howard Thompson