Battle-Sphere is a 2-player science fiction combat board game that was published by Sten Productions in 1978.
Battle-Sphere is a game which involves a group of rebel ships assaulting an imperial Battle-Sphere that is stranded and defenseless without a necessary component. [1] The Imperial player tries to deliver the missing component; the rebel player tries to either destroy the Battle-Sphere before it is operational again, or destroy the ship that is delivering the component. If the Imperial player is able to repair the Battle-Sphere, its powerful armament will usually overwhelm the rebels. [2]
The game comes with the following components: [2]
The player with the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner: [2]
In the June 1979 edition of Dragon (Issue #26), Tony Watson called Battle-Sphere "a fairly clever, if simple, game. It is ideal for an evening of easy gaming, but still requires enough thought to make it all interesting." [2]
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