
- BGG rank
- BGG #2,929
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Skull Tales: Full Sail!
- 1–5 players
- 60–150 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
- 2019

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Star Saga: The Terror in the Deep is an expansion for Star Saga released in 2018 for 1–5 players. It was designed by Glenn Allan and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Modular Board.
The once peaceful Nameless are leaving their home worlds and expanding further into GCPS space. Their distinctive ships have been spotted on abandoned trade routes before quickly disappearing into slip space. Seemingly random attacks on GCPS monitoring posts are taking place throughout the galaxy. Now the Council has received information that a group of Nameless has settled on a planet on the edge of Corporation space, building a hi-tech biosphere deep beneath the ocean. Blaine and his team of mercenaries have been hired to find out why the Nameless are making these incursions into GCPS space, while also stealing any samples of the arcane technology used by these mysterious beings. But heading underwater, into the natural environment of the Nameless, could prove to be their most dangerous mission yet… —description from publisher's website This is the first expansion for Star Saga, the science fiction dungeon crawler for 1-5 players,where one player becomes the Nexus Player, who is responsible for controlling the actions of the minions and bosses, all represented by the new Nameless aliens plastic 28mm miniatures. The other players take the role of the mercenaries, with 2 new mercenaries miniatures in this expansion. The box includes the new storyline 'The Terror in the Deep' Mission Book, with 6 new missions to play through, and contains: 2 Pre-assembled Plastic Mercenaries 2 Pre-assembled Plastic Bosses 18 Pre-assembled Plastic Minions 2 Mercenary Cards 2 Boss Cards 6 Minion Cards 21 Equipment Cards 14 Nexus Cards 8 Skill Cards 6 High Quality, Double-sided, Cardstock Tiles 24 High Quality, Double-sided, Cardstock Counters
Star Saga: The Terror in the Deep supports 1–5 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.
Star Saga: The Terror in the Deep belongs to these categories: Exploration, Adventure, and Miniatures. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Modular Board. 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 Star Saga: The Terror in the Deep are: Glenn Allan. 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 Star Saga: The Terror in the Deep as an expansion for Star Saga. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Star Saga to use it. Check that your edition of Star Saga is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.