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The Succession Wars

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The Succession Wars is a strategic board wargame published by FASA Corporation in August 1987 as the first boxed game set in the BattleTech universe, with primary writing credited to L. Ross Babcock III and development work by Jordan Weisman, Todd Huettel and others. It seats two to five players, each commanding one of the five Successor States of the Inner Sphere in the year 3025: Katrina Steiner, Hanse Davion, Theodore Kurita, Maximilian Liao or Janos Marik. Players deploy house troops and mercenary forces across an area-based map of the Inner Sphere, moving units between regions aboard JumpShips and resolving combat with dice. The game ships with counters representing leaders, BattleMech units, conventional forces, JumpShips and manufacturing centers, along with event cards and C-bill play money used for taxation and financial management. Its design emphasizes strategic decision-making over intricate rules, framing more than two centuries of warfare among the Successor States for control of the Inner Sphere, with victory going to whichever player proves the most capable military and political leader.

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Sport
Game Type (category)
Strategy Game 1
Game Type (category)
Tabletop Game 1
Classification
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Origin Year
1987 1
Sources
1. The Succession Wars (Sarna.net)
  • Introduction
    From the back cover [ edit ] THE INNER SPHERE IN FLAMES For over 200 years, the five Successor States of the near legendary Star League have warred among themselves for dominion over the whole Inner Sphere.
  • Infobox
    Publisher: FASA, Year: August 1987
  • Infobox, Year
    August 1987
  • Introduction
    The Succession Wars is a 2- to 5-player game, where each player assumes the role of a House leader.
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