
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,244
- BGG rating
- 8.5
Five Leagues From The Borderlands: 3rd Edition
- 1–2 players
- 30–120 min
- Complexity 3.3/5
- 2022

Expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition
Rules assistance for Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs
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Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs is an expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition released in 2020 for 1–2 players. It was designed by Ivan Sorensen and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Solo / Solitaire Game.
This expansion pack offers new optional rules for your games of Five Parsecs From Home. Included is an alternate approach to close combat, rules for adopting a defensive stance in combat, a new (risky) option for firing while dashing, an alternate approach to armor, a new hit point system if you want a more RPG-style experience and finally random AI tables to make your gun fights more unpredictable. While designed for Five Parsecs From Home 2nd edition, these options should be adaptable to other Five X systems as well. —description from the publisher
Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs supports 1–2 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.
Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs belongs to these categories: Miniatures, Science Fiction, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Solo / Solitaire 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 Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs are: Ivan Sorensen. 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 Five Options from the Notepad: Optional rules for Five Parsecs as an expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition to use it. Check that your edition of Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.