Star Reporter
BGG rank
BGG #26,763
BGG rating
6.2

Star Reporter

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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 60 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.7/5

Rules assistant for Star Reporter

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Star Reporter is a board game released in 1937 for 2–6 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. Its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move.

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About the game

Players act as reporters for the newspapers published in "Urbania". Each player attempts to bring in as much news as possible and to be 'on the spot' when a breaking 'Headline' story or 'Scoop' shows up. The board is broken down into different modes of transportation: car, train, and plane. Each player roll dice and moves to a city that matches one of his News cards to score the news story and gain points... each story is worth from 10 to 25 points. Whenever double six is rolled on the dice, a Headline card (50 points) is drawn, which goes to the player who gets to the city first. Once four Headline cards have been 'captured', the next card flipped is a Scoop (100 points). When the Scoop is delivered, the game ends and the player with the most points wins.

Editions

  • Star ReporterenParker Brothers1960
  • Star ReporterenParker Brothers1958
  • Star ReporterenParker Brothers1952
  • Star ReporterenParker Brothers1952
  • Boake Carter's Star ReporterenParker Brothers1937
  • ReporteritEditrice Giochi1976

Publishers

  • Parker Brothers
  • Editrice Giochi

Questions and answers

Star Reporter supports 2–6 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.