Starship Troopers (game)

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This 1976 Avalon Hill game is based on Robert A. Heinlein's novel of the same name.

It used the conflict-zones of the book as a setting, without getting into anything beyond the strategy/tactics of warfare with the Powered Armor and other tech-items. It was one of Avalon Hill's entry-level games, meaning that each of its seven levels could be easily set up and played in under a couple of hours. For a stone strategy gamer it wasn't very satisfying. You had to practically try to lose, for the Bugs or Skinnies to come out the winner.

Tropes used in Starship Troopers (game) include: