Banner-ships of the 10,000 Stars

The Asiryang System, Twol League space

Tension mounts on the flagship of the Black Egrit Banner. You all had been sent here to help the people here with a natural disaster on the planet below, but now sensors detect incoming vessels from a neighboring hostile system.

Gravity drives spin up as you prepare to maneuver, but will you have the resources to fend off this attack and still help the people below whose lives are counting on you?

Rally the Banner for the Mission is Clear!

Hello and Welcome to Banner-ships of the 10,000 Stars! This is a space opera strategy TTRPG Inspired by anime like Legend of Galactic Heroes, Seikei no Senki, and  Starship Operators, as well as games based on them like Lancer: Battlegroup. While characters can be used to interact with the game world, most of your action will be through your Banner, the ship or fleet at the player's command.

Mechanically, it is built on the XD6 system by Michael Low with extra mechanics from Tiago Junges's C4, Cesar Capacle's recently released Nexalis, and my own Blossom system. These provide a level of abstraction, allowing you to play a more narrative and resource-focused game than dealing with the nitty-gritty of tactics and number crunching common in tactical space strategy and tactical games like the aforementioned Lancer series of games. 

It also makes a great game for dice goblins to maximize their collections:

What will I need to play?

Aside from the text, you will need 

• 1-3 hours per session
• At least one player (solo or group play is okay)
• At least one eight-sided die and ten-sided die
• Many six-sided dice (minimum 20, but more is better) or a die roller app
• Copies of other provided documents will help but are not required

To learn more, check out this video!

Plans for Future Development

Banner-ships as a game framework is structurally complete and will likely only go through changes in formatting/layout,  corrections, and editing for clarity. However, if there is interest I will start to develop other elements like settings splatbooks, expanded examples, and  generation tools to make the game easier to use for groups newer to more narrative and abstract games like this one.

Background image  is a Photo by Iván Díaz used under the terms of the Unsplash License.