Hyperspace Skirmish

18 Cards, 1 page rule, 10-15 minutes.

A 2-player micro card game about short and lethal duels between small fleets in space, with emphasis on ease of learning, low randomness and high player agency.

Each player has the same 4 ships, and set them up in formation secretly. Each round, you draft your action cards, maneuver your ship, then place your orders.

Your ships start concealed and safe, but sooner or later their cover will be blown and all hell breaks loose. Do you play cautiously or go in guns blazing? Do you focus your attack on the flagship or methodically disassemble their fleet one by one?

Designer Notes

This game was designed around a 18 card and 1 page rule limit as part of a game design assignment. The current released version is the third major iteration after several playtests.

If you are interested in reading more about the design process, I wrote about this game more detail in my portfolio page.

If you have any feedback, feel free to leave a comment here, or shoot an email to 888888zombies@gmail.com. I would love to hear how the game felt, even if it was atrocious and unfun (but hopefully not)!

Attributions

Some card icons taken from Flaticon.

Dextrous was used for card formatting and generating printed/TTS versions.