Intergalactic Space Trader (IST)
A downloadable game
Intergalactic Space Trader (IST)
Now on Version 1.5 (see patch notes below)
Greetings Galactic Citizens,
This is a solo player game where you take on the role of an Intergalactic Space Trader. You have a freighter which you will use to fly from planet to planet selling your trade goods in the hope of making a profit. You can upgrade your ship, buy bigger ships, make investments and trade goods. Along the way you might do some mining, find a derelict ship, fend off space pirates or head into the entertainment sector. Who knows whom you might meet there.
It is important to understand this game is the following:
1) Free (with a pay what you want option, any contributions are appreciated)
2) A print and play game
3) A solo player game
4) Designed for economy printing, with minimal colour
5) A portable tabletop game
IST is a game you can play on the move, as you do not have to use dice although a set of polyhedral dice is handy. You can instead, close your eyes and place a pen on a chart and generate a result that way.
Format
IST is designed to be portable, being in an A6 format. Each page is A6 but can be printed A5 also. Using a PDF reader you can set the files to print as booklets if you have A5 paper, and you can always tear in half A4 pages in half. The game was always designed to be carried in a pocket.
Feedback
This is early days for IST. If you have any feedback or spot any typos then please please email me at toby@drgames.co.uk and I’ll update the files when I have a few put together. This will then form the content for a new patch, details for which will be added here and the file updated. We would love your thoughts!
Files
With this base set you receive:
Book 1 – The Trade Planets Index
Book 2 – The Ship Manual (This one is your starting ship the TICK F6a)
Book 3 – The Planet Guide
The Planet Sheet
To Play
Simply start with Book 1 and work your way through the books. Once you have finished with book 3 and visited your first planet you will come back to book 1 and plan another trade route. There is no separate rule book.
New Spaceships are available separately.
Inspirations
This game is inspired by my love of Sci-fi and the Amiga game Frontier: Elite II. Of course the original Elite has a part to play as the god father of space trading games but I sunk most of my time into Frontier at just about the right age. Han Solo probably has something to do with this game as well.
Thank you for playing Intergalactic Space Trader
Toby Lancaster
Update 1 to Version 1.1 - 07.10.23
Patch Notes:
Update 5 to Version 1.5 - 29.04.24
Book 1:
Page 8: Added Ideal Conditions to the ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE TABLE.
Page 9: Added three 4s into the Instability table.
Book 2: Minor changes
Book 3: Features changes to tables making many d10 rather d8 and adding more options. Also, there are new additions to the PLANET ENVIRONMENT AND GEOGRAPHY tables. These are key changes.
Page 6: Changed the Number Chart to a d10 chart.
Page 7: Corruption level is now rolled on a d10 chart.
Page 9: Add Nervous and Devout traits to the Trait Table making it a d10 table.
Page 11: Add two more results in the CUSTOMS CHECK FOR BASIC TECH LEVEL table making it a d10 table.
Page 12: Add two more results in the CUSTOMS CHECK FOR STANDARD TECH LEVEL table making it a d10 table.
Page 13: Add two more results in the CUSTOMS CHECK FOR ADVANCED TECH LEVEL table making it a d10 table.
Page 13: Add two more results in the CUSTOMS CHECK FOR GODLIKE TECH LEVEL table making it a d10 table.
Page 15: Added Solar Radiation to Environmental Factors table.
*Page 17: PLANET ENVIRONMENT AND GEOGRAPHY tables updated with new adjustments.
Page and Ideal Conditions added to the Environmental factors.
Page 20: EVENTS FOR BASIC TECH LEVEL is now a d10 table, giving two more results.
Page 21: EVENTS FOR STANDARD TECH LEVEL is now a d10 table, giving two more results.
Page 22: EVENTS FOR ADVANCED TECH LEVEL is now a d10 table, giving two more results.
Page 23: EVENTS FOR GODLIKE TECH LEVEL is now a d10 table, giving two more results.
Page 30: Added the sentence: If an encounter requires you to lose points of any kind and you do not have points of that type then they remain at zero.
Page 31: The table PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED - BASIC TECH is changed to a d10 table, giving more options.
Page 32: The table PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED - STANDARD TECH is changed to a d10 table, giving more options.
Page 33: The table PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED - ADVANCED TECH is changed to a d10 table, giving more options.
Page 33: The table PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED - GODLIKE TECH is changed to a d10 table, giving more options.
Page 36: Adjusted this paragraph “You cannot return to this planet until you have visited two other planets in other systems. There must always be this interval when returning to the same planet.”
Planet Sheet Version 1.3 is up to date
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1 USD. You will get access to the following files:
