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Rift Trooper

1976

Rift Trooper

0–0 players · 0 min · 12+

Rift Trooper is a simple tactical game based heavily on Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, but without permission. It has three scenarios, pitting Mobile Infantry against Skinnies (humanoids), Bugs (arachnoids living in tunnel systems), and Thoarks (reptilian aliens which are original to this game).

Components:

 Coversheet
 Rulebook
 Counter identification sheet
 Sheet of 32 counters
 Sheet of 128 counters
 Green map for the Thoark scenario
 Brown map for the Bugs scenario
 Blank white map for the Skinnies scenario (the terrain is all buildings, which are represented by counters)

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