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Years active
  
2013 to present

Age range
  
8+

Playing time
  
1 hour

Players
  
2

Setup time
  
5 Minutes

Skirmish Tactics Apocalypse

Illustrator(s)
  
David Thompson, Rick Hershey, Sean Sevestre

Skirmish Tactics Apocalypse (STA) is a two player skirmish-level tabletop hybrid miniatures/board/wargame. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic near future.

There are two ways to play STA: skirmishes and conquests. Skirmishes are standalone games played for a single victory, with no lasting repercussions. Conquests are a series of skirmishes linked in a league-style arrangement. In conquests, players begin with a group of recruit characters. Skirmish Tactics Apocalypse was released on BoardGameGeek as a free print and play game in February 2013.

STA is a scenario driven game. Each scenario typically has multiple objectives, and combat between factions is usually a secondary or tertiary objective. Players win skirmishes in STA by gaining victory points through accomplishing these objectives.

The game board for STA - called the gamescape - is formed from modular tiles which are themed to represent different environments. Players build the game board with nine modular tiles, each of which are divided into a 7x7 grid. Characters use the grids for movement.

Each character in STA is represented by a token and has a corresponding character card. During conquest play, characters improve their attributes and develop new abilities as they progress from Recruit to Veteran and then Elite status.

Players control characters from one of the game’s six factions. The Combine and Marauders are part of the core game; the other four factions can be integrated seamlessly:

  • Combine: The Combine is the military arm of the government that rules over much of what is left of the world.
  • Echo: Echo is a faction led by a secretive cabal of humans with psychic powers.
  • Erthen: Erthen are a biologically developed race formed from a mixture of human, mineral, and organic matter.
  • Marauders: The Marauders are a loose-knit band of human rebels who specialize in guerrilla warfare.
  • Order of the New Dawn: The Order of the New Dawn are creatures from the strange subterranean realm known as the Basement.
  • Soldiers of Light: The Soldiers of Light are humans who believe the fall of mankind was brought about due to a dependence on technology.

    • References

    Skirmish Tactics Apocalypse Wikipedia
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