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A Billion Suns: Second Edition

Interstellar Fleet Battles

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A Billion Suns: Second Edition

Interstellar Fleet Battles

Description

A revised edition of A Billion Suns, a game of epic fleet battles in the void of space featuring new missions and modes of play.
A Billion Suns is a tabletop, science-fiction, miniatures wargame of interstellar combat for 2–4 players. You command a fleet of mighty battleships, sleek destroyers, and agile fighters, battling for supremacy of the stars. This revised and updated edition contains improved, streamlined, and expanded gameplay, alongside multiple campaign systems and new solo rules. This new edition makes the rules more approachable for new players, while also offering more, and deeper, gameplay for spacefaring veterans.

Battle within three different Eras of galactic history. Each containing unique factions, missions, and campaign systems, while also presenting players with distinct and increasing levels of game complexity.

This new, streamlined second edition provides all the rules for players to lead their fleet to victory and assert their dominance over the stars.

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Additional accessibility information

  • WCAG level AA
  • WCAG v2.2 compliant
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Quick Start Rules
3. Core Rules
a. Core Concepts
b. The Round
c. Jumping
d. Activations
e. Combat
f. Space
g. Commands
4. Limited and Unlimited Modes
5. Setting Up A Game
6. Core Systems Contracts
7. Warzone Contracts
8. Fringe Contracts
9. Design Your Own Corporation (Competitive Advantages)
10. Campaign System
11. Solo Mode
12. Quick Reference

Product details

Published 29 Oct 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 160
ISBN 9781472871732
Imprint Osprey Games
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Mike Hutchinson

Mike Hutchinson is a passionate gamer and model-ma…

Illustrator

Rob Turpin

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