Stargrave: Acceptable Losses

Stargrave: Acceptable Losses

Take to the battlefield with Acceptable Losses , the first military-focused supplement for Stargrave , featuring rules for vehicles and a host of new solo and cooperative scenarios. Despite its many perils, the Ravaged Galaxy still contains abundant wealth, territory, and technology – and no small number of states, corporations, and factions willing to fight for them. With any military force of note obliterated in the Last War or routed by the pirate fleets, these rivals now turn to small, independent contractors to fight their battles. In these brutal conflicts, a single armoured vehicle or a squad of veteran troopers can make all the difference. But these are valuable, potentially irreplaceable, assets, so every mercenary commander must continually ask the question: “Is the risk worth the credits?” Acceptable Losses brings this warfare to the Stargrave setting, allowing players to form their own mercenary companies and sell their services to the highest bidder. It presents rules for military vehicles, heavy weapons, varied types of combat armour, and specialist military tactics such as airdrop deployment, artillery strikes, and laying minefields. Also included is a host of new solo and cooperative scenarios to test the courage and tactical acumen of aspiring soldiers of fortune. After all, everyone in the Ravaged Galaxy lives a step away from death – might as well get paid for it. Joseph A. McCullough 's first brush with writing for games was as co-author of The Grey Mountains supplement for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing Game , and he has remained passionate about Fantasy gaming since, going on to become an award-winning game designer. He is the creator of the “ Frostgrave Family” of skirmish wargames (the Fantasy titles Frostgrave , Ghost Archipelago , Rangers of Shadow Deep , and the Sci-Fi evolution, Stargrave ), the Oathmark Fantasy battle game and The Silver Bayonet , a game of Napoleonic Gothic Horror. The latest information on his game design and other writing can be found at: josephamccullough.com. Biagio D'Alessandro is an Italian illustrator. After graduating in fine art, he decided that drawing monsters, demons and aliens would be more fun. In a decade as a professional illustrator, he has collaborated with a wide range of publishers such as Paizo Publishing, Monte Cook Games, and AEG.