Faction Turn

The Multi-Player Faction Turn Rule set has evolved from the Stars Without Numbers' Faction Turn created by Kevin Crawford. The current rules set results from a playtest lasting approximately 20 turns followed by a short break in which lessons learned were applied to the game and new systems were developed for sector-wide events. While the rules have continued to evolve through this second game based on new learning and updated source guidance from Crawford. Below, the components of the Faction Turn are summarized including: information on how to join a Faction, what factions produce to participate in the game, and links to summaries of previous Faction Turns.

Mechanical Factions
Factions consist mechanically of From these components, the rest of a Faction's abilities can be gleaned, including its income and the force projection it can make on the Sector at large.
 * 1) a Stat value of 1-8 for each of Cunning, Force, and Wealth;
 * 2) a Homeworld;
 * 3) Faction Tag(s);
 * 4) Assets on the Sector Map.

Actions
Each turn Factions choose a single top-level Action to take from the following list. In addition to these Actions, a selection of 'Free Actions' may also be available for Factions to take if they meet the requirements for the Free Action.

Tags
Below are the Faction Tags currently relevant to our game. The full list can be found on the page detailing them.

Quests
To Draft

Sector Events
To Draft

Assets
Assets represent a Faction's ability to have a game-level influence on the board. These assets merely stand in for fictional assets that may already exist but simply rise into prominence on the Sector scale or by a single Asset or Individual traveling across the sector. The asset list is too long to list here. A full list of assets can be found on the Faction Turn Asset List.

The Spreadsheet
To Draft

Sector Map
The Sector Map represents a 19x19 Hex grid on which worlds the Factions can inhabit exist. Each hex with worlds in it can have 1-3 planets. As part of this game revolves around exploring new planets, Hexes with a Point of Interest can be explored and reveal new Planets. In addition to these modifications, the 'Revise Charts' Free Action also enables factions to add Moons, Gas Giants, and other Sector Map elements into existence. With some luck, spaceships may even discover a black hole. A visual representation of the Sector Map is available, however the spreadsheet should be considered the only official tracking of Asset locations.

Joining a Faction
To Draft

Faction Turn Slate
To Draft

Monthly Turn Stream
To Draft