Star Trader (1982)

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Board Game Rank: 1704

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Designer	John H. Butterfield Nick Karp Redmond A. Simonsen
Artist	Redmond A. Simonsen Timothy Truman
Publisher	Encore SharpSharkGames SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Year Published	1982
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games Thematic Games (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Science Fiction
Mechanic	Commodity Speculation Stock Holding Trading
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Family	Ares Magazine Games
Primary Name	Star Trader
Alternate Names	Gwiezdny Kupiec Star Trader 3000
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Ares Magazine #12. Star Trader is a game of interstellar economics set in the 24th Century. Each of up to 6 players is master of a fleet of star faring trade vessels, competing with opponents to increase his own profits at the expense of the other players.

[This game can be used in conjunction with the RPG Universe, also by SPI]

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Star Trader 3000

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Sharp Shark Games edition

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Year: 2011

Size: 10.00 x 10.00 x 3.00 inches

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Encore edition

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Year: 1982

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Star Trader

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Ares Magazine edition

Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Artist: Timothy Truman

Year: 1982

Product Code: Ares 12

Size: 11.00 x 8.25 x 0.12 inches

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Star Trader SD Tracker walk-through

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3	General Possible to buy the "Star Trader 3000" version?	2012-01-20	magnoguido	2
1	Play By Forum New York - Need Players (Gracze Poszukiwani)	2011-06-07	pmiszczyk	0
6	General Star trader 30 years- the star systems reviewed	2011-04-09	pvicente	2
1	Variants Speed Trader variant	2011-02-10	sielim	9
3	Play By Forum How about a play over the phone across the globe? Interested? Look inside and sign in!	2009-11-15	sielim	0
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Tables with hull and pods characteristic

Like in title but with some look improvements, easy to print.

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2011-11-10

Tabel of News - Opportunities

Like in title Good looking improvements.

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2011-11-10

Tabel of News - Events

Like in title

Vyzygota

2011-11-10

Polish instruction to StarTrader with some looklike improvents.

New version of instruction still in Polish

Vyzygota

2011-11-10

SD Tracker Instruction

Instruction showing how to use [filepage=62731]SD Tracker[/filepage]. Done together with (thanks John!) [user=JohnRayJr][/user] Check youtube instruction that describes - how to use this one (after printing it) [url]http://boardgamegeek.com/video/4861/star-trader/sd-tracker-walk-through[/url]

sielim

2011-01-12

SD Tracker printable

This is the ultimate Supply and Demand Tracker for Star Trader and Star Trader 3000 remake. Check youtube instruction that describes - how to use this one (after printing it). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqETTgXy8S0 Enjoy

sielim

2011-01-08

All Printable Tokens - Version PL

This is a file, that consists all the tokens in printable, PDF version. Two A4 pages to be printed. Dwie strony z żetonami do drukowania i wycięcia. Dokładny mapping oryginalnej wersji polskiej.

sielim

2009-12-08

Star Trader supply-demand track calculator PL

This excell sheet calculate a final price modifier for every 18 goods from 6 planets. Only thing you have to do is write your price and how many commodity you want. Program automatically show last position and price of all buying/selling (or not) goods. All texts in Polish. Posted by designer.

Leszy

2009-10-05

Automatic FLASH Calculator for Star Trader

Calculating prices in Star Trader made easy! Flash component helping in solving all the price / trades with just simple drag and drop without having to know the maths :)

sielim

2009-07-25

Editable Vector Game Map for White Background

Created in Inkscape (freeware). Feel free to create your own language versions and with different backgrounds. Original: language PL with white background

sielim

2009-05-06

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Board Game Rank:	1704
Thematic Rank:	221
Strategy Game Rank:	678
Num Ratings:	162
Average Rating:	7.13
Standard Deviation:	1.61
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.8
Fans:	13

Personal Comments:	73
Users Owning:	360
Users Wanting:	40
Users Trading:	9 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Polish review at GamesFanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2004/05/16/gwiezdny-kup...	2011-04-06
Ares magazine archive	http://members.iinet.net.au/~avalon11/IMPRINT/ARES...	2009-12-19
Engish rules	http://sunet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/universerp...	2009-11-17
PBeM game of "Star Trader" run by Mike Dommett	http://www.pevans.co.uk/Gravity.html#Top	2007-05-22
Review by Douglas E. Jorenby at grognard.com	http://www.grognard.com/reviews/startrad.txt	2006-05-30
Start Trader Sqequence of Play at Groganrd.com	http://www.grognard.com/variants/starplay.html	2002-08-05