Starship Troopers
"Interstellar Warfare in the Twenty-Second Century"
Title: Starship Troopers
Publisher: Avalon Hill #820 (1976)
Designer: Randall C. Reed
Subject: Robert Heinlein's science fiction story of the Bug War
Scope: squad level
Box: 8.5" x 11.5" x 2"
Counters: 2 sheets of 252 0.5" square counters.
sheet #1:
25 red/black (1st complex Arachnid warriors)
5 red/black (1st complex Arachnid heavy weapons)
25 red/black (1st complex Arachnid workers)
25 crimson/black (2nd complex Arachnid warriors)
5 crimson/black (2nd complex Arachnid heavy weapons)
25 crimson/black (2nd complex Arachnid workers)
21 gold/black (breach - neutral)
21 gold/red (RAD - neutral)
14 gold/red (disrupt - neutral)
25 yellow/black (humanoid warriors)
11 yellow/black (humanoid workers)
6 yellow/red (missiles)
11 yellow/red (beams)
14 yellow/white (strong points)
8 yellow/black (decoy)
3 yellow/black (communications)
2 yellow/black (power)
1 yellow/black (water)
3 yellow blanks
1 red blank
1 crimson blank
sheet #2:
6 lightblue/black (terran command)
42 lightblue/black (terran marauder)
6 lightblue/black (terran scout)
1 lightblue/black (terran special talent)
6 lightblue/black (terran combat engineer)
6 lightblue/black (terran air car)
6 gray/black (terran command)
42 gray/black (terran marauder)
6 gray/black (terran scout)
2 lightblue/black (retrieval boat)
2 lightblue/black (rocket beacon)
9 lightblue/red (high explosive)
7 lightblue/red (nuclear demolition munitions)
2 lightblue/black (perimeter marker - neutral)
6 lightblue/black (listening device)
12 lightblue/red (delayed action proximity)
11 lightblue/red (delated action remote)
7 lightblue/red (heavy nerve gas)
1 gray/red (heavy nerve gas)
2 gray/white (captured arachnid brain)
4 gray/white (tunnel movement - neutral)
21 gray/white (killed in action - neutral)
21 gray/white (wounded in action - neutral)
21 gray/white (heavy damage - neutral)
2 gray blanks
1 lightblue blank
1 green/black (game turn - neutral)
Map: 1 22" x 24" 6-panel mounted
Rules: 1 24-page booklet
Player Aids: 1 player's aid card
1 alien control pad
Dice: 1 6-sided
Information on this title compiled by
David Krause
on December 24, 1999.
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