Space Battle - Fighting off Attackers in Future Tales!

Here is another sample of game play for Future Tales, the upcoming science fiction pulps game from Two Hour Wargames.  This time, we're showing a sample of a new scene; the Space Battle!

Our hero, Bart Blast, and his robotic ally, YM-3 need to reach the space station Harlan, and to do that, they need a ship to make the trip to the station.  Now for Future Tales, you do not need a map, board, or figures for these scenes.  I just posted them to illustrate the game play.

Just a nice, quiet journey through the system.

And here are our heroes at the controls, well, YM-3 at the controls while Bart sits back and listens to music.

"This is the life, YM, no worries, no stress, just a quiet trip through the stars."
"Bart, I believe that light blinking means we are being followed."

Most of the time, your trips are uneventful, but other times, this happens:

"We are the Orlocks,  Surrender and prepare to be boarded."

The number and types of ships differ with each battle.  In this case, the heroes are being attacked by minions of the Big Bad.

Rolling on the Space Battle table, Bart manages to out-maneuver his new foes, gaining an early advantage.

"Come and get me, slag brains!"

Unfortunately, they're hit and suffer damage.  At times, your crew might have to race to certain parts of your ship for a specific task.  In their case, the star drive is damaged so YM-3 attempts to repair it while Bart leaps into a turret for some target practice.

"Just try and board us, I dare ya, space slime!"

While YM-3 repairs the star drive, Bart takes aim, blasting one of the ships to pieces.

Direct hit!

If you score enough 'Hits,' you'll disable or destroy your enemy and escape.  If not, things will go from bad to worse.

In case you were wondering, they did not escape.

For our heroes, not only did I fail to roll enough Hits, but the enemy succeeded.  Bart's ship is disabled, and the enemy prepare to take it over.

What's next?  If you fail in a Space Battle, all is not lost.  But that is for our next adventure.

Next time, the Boarding Scene!

"They are boarding our ship, Bart."
"YM, we really need to work on your communication skills."