Board Games | Miniatures Games

Core Space: First Born is a sci-fi miniatures board game in which you control a band of Traders venturing into the ancient First Born temples. The game takes place on the highly- detailed 3D board included in the box. Your Traders must explore the area, fulfil their objectives, salvage what they can and then escape back to their ship, spending their earnings on desperately-needed repairs. The exciting campaign system will track your crew from game to game, developing their skills, upgrading their equipment and immersing you in their story. First Born is based on 2019’s cyberpunk bestseller Core Space but is a fully standalone starter set playable by new and existing players alike. It retains the same simple core mechanics and Battle Systems' unique ‘real search’ system while seamlessly integrating this new and mysterious alien race.

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  This pack contains a fully playable Trader crew for Core Space, including the Machine Mac and the augmented Marlowe. Get to know Captain Weaver and his crew in a thrilling new mission, and add a twist to your regular games with the new Assistance Cards and equipment such as the Shield Pod.

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     This booster pack for Core Space bolsters your Purge forces with Harvesters, Devastators, and even an Assassin and a Live One. These are perfect for larger games or just when you want more of a challenge, and the new Event Cards will seamlessly integrate them into your missions.

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   This expansion brings the Traders back out of the asteroid temples and introduces a host of new characterful NPCs at the local Trading Post. It includes everything required to integrate the new miniatures and terrain with the starter set, including equipment tokens, event cards and a mission booklet.The new narrative campaign in the expansion will see your Traders visit the Trading Post hoping for a big score from their recently acquired alien loot. They can peruse the stores, meet with contacts, and even recruit new Traders to their cause. However, the aliens that they so rudely awakened have followed them back… Can they defend the settlement from its attackers trying to reclaim their asteroid home?The new terrain in the set forms part of Trading Post 5 and is made up of shops and cargo in pre-fab containers. The expansion is populated by new NPCs, including Civilians, a lone Galactic Corps agent, and the Ganger proprietor of the Trading Post. All of these can be used in the new expansion or combined with their respective NPC types from other expansions.On top of this there are four new playable Traders. These wandering Traders can be hired by any crew, or combined as a crew in their own right!

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   The Galactic Corps is an expansion for Core Space that introduces the disciplined Galactic Corps and the local Security Wardens – new types of NPC. Work with and against them in a series of thrilling new missions, and then add them to your regular games with the new Event Cards and Security Dice. They’re here for the Purge, but don’t get in their way! New terrain adds the centrepiece Particle Transmitter to your board, and new equipment such as the Riot Fist will give your crew new ways to survive!

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This pack contains a fully playable Trader crew for Core Space, including the skilled Hoskins and the dependable Thoman. Get to know Captain Teelac and his crew in a thrilling new mission, and add a twist to your regular games with the new Assistance Cards and equipment such as the Jump Pack.

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   Purge: Outbreak is an expansion for Core Space that reinforces the Purge with the menacing Gatherers and the lethal Annihilator. Ramp up the difficulty and defeat these colossal constructs in a series of thrilling new missions, and then add them to your regular games with the new Event Cards. Just don’t let them take you alive! New terrain infests your boards with living biomass, and new equipment such as the Mother’s Venom will give your crew new ways to survive!

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   Shootout at Zed’s is an expansion for Core Space that introduces the dastardly Zed and his gang of criminals, a new type of NPC, as well as some new Civilians. Learn to love or loathe them in a series of thrilling new missions, and then add them to your regular games with the new Event Cards. They are also a fully playable Trader crew! New terrain adds the centrepiece two-storey Zed’s Bar to your board, and new equipment such as the Teleport Grenade will give your crew new ways to survive!

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Get to the Shuttle! is a mini-expansion for Core Space that introduces a brand-new piece of terrain, and mode of transport! The shuttle makes it much easier to extract your crew from a tight spot or get around between games, but it doesn’t come cheap. In two thrilling new missions that slot straight into an existing campaign you will purchase a shuttle, and then be forced to escape with it, and your lives…

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     This pack contains everything you need to upgrade up to two crews with named ships, along with the rules for doing so and pre-designed ship cards for all crews released to date, as well as plenty of blank ones to make your own.

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   This expansion adds the ancient Gates of Ry’sa to the game in the form of some new terrain pieces along with some powerful new First Born threats – the Talos and the Cerberosa. It includes everything required to integrate the new miniatures and terrain with the starter set, including dice, equipment tokens, event cards and a mission booklet.The new narrative campaign in the expansion will see your Traders attempt to secure one of these gates for themselves before passing through it to reach yet more undiscovered treasures in the more distant asteroid bases. New equipment and mining opportunities await amongst the incredible new terrain pieces included in this set. The gates are housed in enormous caverns large enough for all manner of creatures to come through, and the shifting colours in the energy pylons make for an eye-catching centrepiece to your gaming table. New event cards shuffled into the deck will represent the reality-shifting nature of the nearby gate.There are three Cerberosa included in the set. These vicious beasts are deadly in close-assault and take advantage of the rules for poisoned attacks, further weakening their wounded victims. Cerberosa do not roll the Knowledge Die when they attack, instead coming with their own bespoke die. Its additional effects include crippling strikes that reduce your Skill pegs, frenzied attacks that target multiple opponents, and pure brute strength, adding further poisoned hits to their attacks.The Gates of Ry’sa includes two Talos. Like the Cerberosa the Talos rolls its own bespoke dice when attacking representing the physical effects of its powerful energy blasts. These include knocking opponents from their feet, instilling panic, and even setting their victims on fire! Talos are also very tough to kill. Getting through their rock-like armour a first time will only make them stumble – you’ll have to hit them again before they recover to permanently power them down.

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   Space Cadets: Away Missions is a cooperative, scenario-based, tactical action game for 1-6 players, which is set in the Golden Age of science fiction. In this game, the third standalone title in the Space Cadets franchise of cooperative/team space-themed games from Stronghold Games, players take on the roles of adventurous human spacemen who explore UFOs, acquire Alien technology and fight hostile extraterrestrials. Each turn, spacemen have three action points to spend on activities such as firing their atomic rifles, analyzing exotic equipment, or subduing the malicious Brain-in-a-Jar. When the spacemen are finished, the aliens take their turns by following simple movement and combat protocols; seven types of hostile aliens threaten the players, from the repulsive mind leeches to the rampaging titanic sentinels. Space Cadets: Away Missions contains twenty scenarios linked in a campaign story. Each mission features different combinations of aliens on different spaceships, with hexagonal map tiles arranged to form flying saucers, rocket ships, space stations, etc. Cooperation, tactical planning and good dice are essential if the spacemen hope to overcome the relentless horde of little green men.  

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   This expansion focuses on the non-combatants that enter this new warzone alongside your Traders. The New Crew actively get themselves in the line of fire for the sake of a good story, while the Prospectors are gemologists and miners hoping to extract the new and valuable minerals from the catacomb walls. Both will often hire Traders as security when entering dangerous environments. The expansion includes everything required to integrate the new miniatures with the starter set, including equipment tokens, event cards and a mission booklet.

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This deluxe, 176-page hardback rulebook contains everything you need to play Core Space in one place. It is a companion product to the Starter Set and other associated products, expanding the game with advanced rules, background and customisation.

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Space Cadets: Dice Duel – Die Fighter brings two new experiences to the Dice Duel universe to give veterans a whole new way to play: • Fighters are flown by a single person and are fast and maneuverable, but lack shields and can be easily destroyed. In "Carrier Strike", suitable for 6-10 players, each team gets one original ship (now called a Capital Ship) and one fighter. "Fighter Assault" has two fighters trying to take out a single heavily armed capital ship and is designed for 4-6 players. Finally, "Fighter Duel" brings the Dice Duel experience to two players, as two fighters go head-to-head for a quick and intense battle. • Experimental Equipment cards upgrade the capital ships with a variety of unique and powerful abilities. Through a draft mechanism, each side selects two upgrades and needs to tailor their strategy to take advantage of their strengths. The 27 cards include new weapons, enhancements to existing systems, new movement options, and more.  

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    This pack contains an additional set of First Born miniatures, as well as the Event cards required to expand your games with additional enemies.

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  This expansion adds the First Born’s so-called True God to the game, flanked by its hulking Guardians. It includes everything required to integrate the new miniatures with the starter set, including equipment tokens, event cards and a mission booklet.

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    Space Cadets: Resistance Is Mostly Futile is the first expansion for the original Space Cadets game. A variety of new missions, map obstacles, and enemies are included to challenge both novice and veteran crews. Even missions for just two players! Blast parasites, save a space station and stop the mighty Star Kraken, an enemy unlike any you have faced before. Also Cadets, be sure to welcome your new crew mate, the Science Officer! Any difficulty can be bested with one of his helpful inventions... If only they weren't made of parts of the ship. Survive lasers and tentacles and the well-meaning Science Officer tearing apart your ship and prove that you deserve the title of a true Space Cadet!  

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  This expansion adds the First Born’s so-called True God to the game, flanked by its hulking Guardians. It includes everything required to integrate the new miniatures with the starter set, including equipment tokens, event cards and a mission booklet.

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