Before the great Terraforming Mars, Jacob Fryxelius created a card game called Space Station. It already showed his unique style and love for engine-building card games. Over the years the game evolved, the mechanics were streamlined and updated, and Hexy Studio gave it a completely new theme and artwork: Star Scrappers: Orbital.
The space industry is booming again after the Hy'dran Wars, and global funds reward the corporations that excel. As the head of one of them, you compete to build the biggest, best and most beautiful space station the worlds have ever seen.
You start your station with just a core module, then over five years (rounds) expand it with new module cards, following very specific connection patterns.
Each year begins with a five-card hand, crew tokens and fresh funds, and the structure of your station decides how much crew and money you get. Money pays for actions and new modules, while crew trigger special effects on many of your cards.
During a year, players take turns performing one action each: building modules, operating them, playing event cards, making repairs or buying cards from the market. When everyone has passed, the year ends and victory points are awarded.
There are six kinds of modules, and for each kind the player with the most undamaged modules scores a victory point.
Star Scrappers is an original science fiction setting created and developed by Hexy Studio. Take part in a struggle between powerful corporations, make use of amazing technology, meet various alien races and achieve eternal glory with the finest space station in the galaxy.
Orbital can also be played solo in two different ways. If you prefer peaceful development and watching your creation grow, choose the peace mode. If you want fierce rivalry while playing alone, bring in the bot players and get ready for an attack!
