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StartQuest aka Space Crusade
StarQuest
StarQuest (Space Crusades) is an adventure board game designed by Steven Baker and produced by Milton Bradley and Games Workshop in the UK. It is in many ways the Sci-Fi version of HeroQuest. First made in 1990, it uses many of the concepts of the Games Workshop's Space Hulk and Warhammer 40,000 games, but has a simpler level of game play. StarQuest's (Space Crusades') less sophisticated level of play removes much of the complexity of the all encompassing Warhammer 40K rule sets and allows players of all ages to just have some fun gaming without having to read and abide by an encyclopedia of rules. Because of this many players from different continents have adopted StarQuest (Space Crusades) rules as the basis of their own home brewed Warhammer 40K universe game rules.
In Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, this game is known as StarQuest. It was know as Space Crusade in the UK, Finland, Ireland, France, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand. It was never sold in North America by Games Workshop.
The theme of the game involves 1-3 squads of Imperium Space Marines breaching the hull of a space craft filled with aliens. The Space Marines must then fight off the aliens, attempt to complete a specific primary and secondary objective and then make it out alive. The player on the alien side's objective is to kill as many Space Marines as possible and raise hell. The one with the most point (generally the most kills) wins. As much of the game is left to chance and the throw of the dice, a player can be invincible and racking out an enemy body count one moment and then running in fear the next.
All in all, it is one of the simplest, most fun and violent board games ever made. Unfortunately, it isn't made anymore and the few copies of the game left are horded by a few collectors and can sell for US$500. But if you are lucky, you may be able to find a set in a thrift store...in the UK or Germany. You can also custom make your own boards, find some ork and marines miniatures and borrow a copy of the rule book and you'll be on your way to playing a really fun board game!
Game Play
Game play is similar to many of the tabletop skirmish games out there. It differs from other games in that it has a very simplified rule set which allows for just enough sophistication to allow for reasonable battle play while allowing for quick and easy game play. The rules are so simple that children as young as 6 can play with some supervision.
There is a bit of a cult following for StarQuest (Space Crusades) despite it being out of print for decades and the availability of similarly themed and more developed games. This is likely because StarQuest (Space Crusades) is fast and easy to play. Fast and easy is good.
For information about the StarQuest (Space Crusades) rules set, see our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Rules Page.
Unit Cards are available which summarize various unit stats on and easy reference card. These can be found on our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Reference Card Page.
Expansion Games and Sequels
There are a number of "official" expansions and sequels for StarQuest (Space Crusades) as well as fan made rules.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Expansions Page for more information on StarQuest (Space Crusades) Expansions.
StarQuest (Space Crusades) Game Components
Here is what you get in the original StarQuest (Space Crusades) box:
50 Citadel Miniatures (StarQuest Miniatures Page)
Miniatures
3 Space Marine Commander (Blue, Red, Yellow)
12 Space Marines (4 Blue, 4 Red, 4 Yellow)
1 Chaos Marine Commander
4 Chaos Space Marines
4 Androids
8 Orks
14 Gretchin
1 Dreadnought
3 GenestealersWeapons
Space Marine Commander
3 Heavy Bolter
3 Power Axe
3 Power SwordSpace Marines
9 Bolter
3 Assault Cannon
3 Missile Launcher
3 Plasma Gun3 Dreadnought Weapons
4 Gameboards (StarQuest GameBoards Page)
Machine Room
Reactor Room
Loading Room
Command Center
Structures (StarQuest Structures Page)
4 Walls
5 Wall Clips
24 Doors with Bases3 Marine Docking Boards
3 Airlock Doors
6 Special Combat Dice (StarQuest Dice Page)
4 White Special Combat Dice (0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ,2)
2 Red Special Combat Dice (0, 0, 0, 1 ,2, 3)
64 full color playing cards (StarQuest Game Cards Page)
36 Chapter Cards (3 sets for 12)
Ultramarines (12)
Bio-Scanner
Blind Granades
Bolt Pistols
By Sections!
Close Assault!
Digital Weapons
Fire!
Medi-Kit
Melta Bomb
Move It!
2x TargeterBlood Angels (12)
Bionic Arm
Blind Granades
Bolt Pistols
Close Assault
Close Assault Blades
Fire!
Force Field
Melta Bomb
Move It!
Photon Granades!
2x TargeterImperial Fists (12)
Bionic Eye
Blind Granades
Bolt Pistols
By Sections!
Combi-Weapon
Fire!
Heavy Weapon!
Melta Bomb
Move It!
Suspensors
2x TargeterAlien Cards (28)
Alien Elite
Alien Task Force
Alien Teleporter
Android Fault
2x Auto-Defence
Battle Plan
Booty Trap
Communications Malfunction
Equipment Malfunction
Frenzy!
3x Genestealer
Gretchin Bomber
Lure Of Chaos
Master Controls
Mech Assault
Mothership Commo
Mothership Scan
New Orders
Ork Mekaniak
Out Of Ammo
Psychic Attack
Re-Deploy
Report In
Suicide Android
Weapons Jammed
88 Tokens and Bits (StarQuest Tokens Page)
1 Primary Mission token
1 Secondary Mission token
6 Honour badges
12 Rank Badges
4 Marks of Chaos
32 Blip Tokens8 orcs
14 gretchins
1 chaos commander
4 chaos marines
4 androids
1 dreadnaught
32 Reinforcement counters
24 Ork (14 gretchins, 8 orcs)
5 Chaos (1 chaos commander, 4 chaos marines)
5 Alien (1 dreadnaught, 4 androids)
4 Reference Cards (StarQuest Reference Cards Page)
1 Alien Control Panel
3 Space Marine Reference Charts
3 Commander Scanners with Adjustable Sliders (StarQuest
Console Page)
1 Rule Book (StarQuest Rules Page)
1 24 page Mission Manual, with 12 missions (StarQuest Rules Page)
Miniatures
Although the heart of StarQuest (Space Crusades) is the rules set, it's the miniature which really bring the game to life. And luckily, even with StarQuest (Space Crusades) being out of print, there are plenty of excellent replacement options.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Miniatures Page for more on Miniatures.
Game Boards
You will need a game surface to play on. The original StarQuest (Space Crusades) game came with 4 boards measuring 12 inches by 12 inches. These can be individually rotated and positioned in many different configurations. In fact, these four boards can be arranged in over a thousand different ways with them an a 2 x 2 square. If you add other boards and get a little creative with your setup and you can create all sorts of setups.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Game Boards Page for more on Game Boards.
Hulk Structures (Walls and Doors)
Being able to open and close doors adds a level of suspense when you are clearing rooms. You can't just lob a grenade into an adjacent room then run is and shoot everything when the door is closed. You have to walk up to the door and open it and who knows what is going to jump out at you from the other side!
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Structures Page for more on Hulk Structures.
Game Cards
Game cards add a lot of flavor to game play, particularly the way StarQuest (Space Crusades) uses cards.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Game Cards Page for more on Game Cards.
Blips and Reinforcement Tokens
This adds a level of unknown to the game. Blips allow the Space Marine player to be aware of "life forms" on board the ship, much like using the scanners in the movie Aliens. Knowing that there are 5 "things" on the other side of a wall and that they are moving towards you can make life very interesting. In StarQuest (Space Crusades), small double sided squares are used to represent the position of "Blips" on the ship. A blip can be a small Gretchen, a genestealer, a dreadnought, or even just a decoy! Once a play gets in line of sight of a "Blip" the identity of the blip is revealed and game play gets interesting.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Blips Page for more on Blips.
Game Tokens
Tokens can be used to keep track of victories and rank.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Tokens Page for more on Tokens.
Game Consoles
A Game Console can allow for easy referencing of your unit's stats.
See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Reference Card Page for more on Game Consoles.
Dice
You have to have special dice to play StarQuest (Space Crusades). Included with the gamer were 6 special dice. Two are red and four are white. The whites have a "1" on a single side and a "2" on a single side, while the other sides have a target with a "0" to represent a miss. The red ones have a "1" on a single side and a "2" on a single side like the white ones as well as "3" on a single side, while the other sides have a target with a "0" to represent a miss. The red dice are more likely to produce a hit and is able to hit with a 3.
Luckily, you can still play StarQuest (Space Crusades) without the original dice. See our StarQuest (Space Crusades) Dice Page for more on Dice.
Links
General
Boardgame Geek - Space Crusade
Unboxed Space Crusade Board Game Blog
lillepind.dk/crusade/expansions.php - dead link
John Liu - spacecrusade - Downloads
Space Crusade France French instructions and White Dwarf expansions.
General Freyberg'sBattle Group Site info on Imperium Battles and Space Crusade
GameHobby.net Space Hulk & Tyranid Attack Index+Space Crusade & Advanced Crusade Index
Headless Hollow Game Sheets
the-lost-and-the-damned td5800312 Expansion Downloads
Heroscribe Icons - useful for making mission maps
star-quest.de Dead; German web.archive
Expanded Rules
the-lost-and-the-damned td5934242 Chaos Rules
Fantasy Flight Games 19 Doom Rules
ironhands.com rcintro Rules Crusade - expanded rules
usagi3.free.fr/spip.php?article88 Space Crusade 2 with campaign rules - French
Web Archive star-quest.de/archive_des_imperiums now mostly at space-crusade.de/starquest.de/archive_des_imperiums German
Web Archive star-quest.de/merkur2 Imperial Guard Rules
Web Archive star-quest.de/merkur3 More Imperial Guard Rules
Web Archive star-quest.de/merkur1 Space Marine Dreadnaught
Web Archive star-quest.de/merkur4 Cover Rules
languedeserpent.free.fr space-crusade-redux Space Crusade Redux with News Extraterrestrials units - French
languedeserpent.free.fr/index.php?article32/space-crusade-les-xenomorphes xenomorph rules
languedeserpent.free.fr/index.php?article31/space-crusade-les-i-a AI rules
languedeserpent.free.fr/index.php?article30/space-crusade-les-mercenaires Mercenary rules
sites.google.com/site/dokuspeicher/spielmaterial German Rule Set - StarQuest Reloaded - Nice printable blips
sites.google.com/site/dokuspeicher/tyraniden Tyranid rules
couchcastle.de/2013/07/starquest-2-0-regelwerk-download/ Starquest 2.0 German
Space_Hulk_Bible_1st_edtion Space Hulk Rules
starquest.it/sciami goblins.net/downloads/starquest-sciami-di-scarabei-necron-regole-italiano Necron Scarabs Italian
the-lost-and-the-damned.664610.n2.nabble.com/Sisters-of-Battle-in-Space-Crusade-td7321683 Sister of Battle rules and Cards
mediafire.com/download/ui42yfyadpmgtn3/2+An+analisys+of+boarding+squads+ver+5d+bgg+ITA.pdf Rules by Tony Cap - Italian
mediafire.com/download/uzprfbxl9nx6mmt/3+-+A+new+hope+v2%2C4b+BGG.pdf Missions by Tony Cap - Italian
the-lost-and-the-damned.664610.n2.nabble.com/My-Space-Crusade-Revamp-of-Sorts-td6991079 Points value system for units
John Wheldon Space Hulk Solo Rules - including rules and other downloads
actioncom/chars Dead link; German web.archive Chaos Terminator Cards, alien event cards, blips
Rules Crusade - Skirmish style wargame based on 40K/Necromunda/Gorka Morka/Space Hulk/Mordheim based on Space Crusade
Starquest On Line Jimdo Lot of downloads, Rules, Cards - Italian
actioncom2 StarQuest-Ressource-Center Weapons List - German
actioncom2 Chaos-Expansion-Pack Chaos Cards, Alien Cards, Random stuff - German
actioncom2 Sororitas-Sisters-of-Battle Sororitas-Sisters-of-Battle - German
actioncom2 Tyranieden-&-Symbionten Tyran - German
actioncom2 TAU-&-KROOT Tau - German
actioncom2 Storm-of-Khorne Storm of Khorne - German
actioncom2 Voyage-Beyond-Expansion SCGAMEVoyage-Beyond - German
actioncom2 Eldar Eldar - German
actioncom2 Dark_Eldar Dark Eldar - German
actioncom2 Necron Necron - German
actioncom2 Double-Expansionpack Ultramarines, Black Legion, Legion of Damned - German
Le site d'Usagi33
d'Usagi3 102 Casus Belli Space Crusade Scenarios - French
d'Usagi3 598 Librarian Cards - English
d'Usagi3 606 Librarian Cards - French
d'Usagi3 607 Rules of Veteran Marines - French
d'Usagi3 560 Advance Space Crusade Rules - French
d'Usagi3 85 Official translations of extensions that appeared in White Dwarf for Space Crusade, Blips - French
d'Usagi3 74 Eldar Attack Rules and Cards - French
d'Usagi3 39 Tyranid Attack - French
d'Usagi3 175 Space Crusade Orpayan rules (with or without Grid) - French
d'Usagi3 187 Space Marine Rules - French
d'Usagi3 191 Tyranids Rules - French
d'Usagi3 196 Eldar Rules - French
d'Usagi3 608 Imperial Guard Rules - French
d'Usagi3 498 Junker Cards - French
d'Usagi3 855 Necron Rules and low quality Cards - French
d'Usagi3 13 Space Crusade 2 Rules, Maps, Blips - French
d'Usagi3 82 Sisters of Battle (Adepta Sororitas) Rules and Cards - French
d'Usagi3 83 Tau Rules and Cards - French
d'Usagi3 84 Codex Space Crusade, version 1.3-French
d'Usagi3 86 Advanced Space Crusade Rules, Maps and everything - French
d'Usagi3 87 Solo Rules - French
d'Usagi3 88 Combined Rules - French
d'Usagi3 96 Imperial Guard Rules and Cards - French
d'Usagi3 97 Squat Rules and Cards - French
d'Usagi3 92 6 Alien Event Cards - French
Game Cards
starquest.jimdo Orc Cards
gameshive. sc-resourcestm WD good scans of cards
imageshack spacecrusaderedesignhom.jpg
the-lost-and-the-damned 6018853 Overwatch Cards
the-lost-and-the-damned. 5834742 German Terminator Cards
the-lost-and-the-damned 6203817 Event Cards
imageshack spacecrusaderedesignhom.jpg mediafire rp956u4rclywu9t mediafire 5uu4w9j52siz5zb
trentdavis.net HeroQuest Card Creator
Info Cards
languedeserpent.free.fr panneau-de-controle-pour-croisiere-spatiale - Control Cards - French
boardgamegeek card-redesign-and-3-homebrew-marine-chapters picasaweb - Marine weapons - French
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