Star Traders is a science-fiction board game published by Steve Jackson Games in 1987. Players act as merchants who jump between planets along increasingly difficult routes in order to deliver cargo, earning money and Prestige as they go. They can also build bases, which grant travel advantages and give lucrative control over key worlds, so success depends on combining trade income with a growing network of holdings. The game was reviewed in a range of magazines, including Abyss, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Dragon and 321 Contact, and Games magazine placed it among its top one hundred games of the year in issue 87.
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Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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1. Board Game Matcher: Star Traders
2. Star Traders (Wikipedia)
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Star Traders is a 1987 board game published by Steve Jackson Games.
3. Star Traders (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: David Ladyman
- Publisher: Laurin Verlag
- Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
- Game Category: Economic
- Game Category: Science Fiction
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Pick-up and Deliver
- Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 6
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