- BGG rating
- 8.0
Rules assistance for Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet?
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- 2–8 players
- 120 min
- 12+
- Complexity 3.3/5
Rules assistant for Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet?
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Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? is an expansion for Battlestations released in 2012 for 2–8 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jeff Siadek and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Role Playing, and Cooperative Game.
About the game
From back cover: The 4th Expansion for the Unique RPG/Boardgame of Starship Adventure: Battlestations TM The Galaxy is at your feet! (wheels, flippers, jets, or whatever motility appendages you deploy). This book details over 50 planets with challenges and opportunities abounding. A Galactic Map 8 New Species (Blootian Bubbloids, Chronosian Timehoppers, Double-acting Diploids, Friendly Kerbites, Tiny Minutians, Pyreltian Phasoids, Tentacled Vomegs and Mighty Whaleoids) New Special Abilities (Fume Runner, Rammer, Weapons Officer, Smuggler and more!) 22 New Missions A complete campaign system for operating as Free Traders.
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- Gorilla Games
Questions and answers
Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? is 120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? has a complexity rating of 3.3 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? belongs to these categories: Humor and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Role Playing, and Cooperative Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? are: Jeff Siadek. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Battlestations: How Much for Your Planet? as an expansion for Battlestations. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Battlestations to use it. Check that your edition of Battlestations is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.