title: Battle-Sphere
text: # Battle-Sphere
  
  Battle-Sphere is a 2-player science fiction combat board game that was published by Sten Productions in 1978.
  
  ## Gameplay
  
  Battle-Sphere is a game which involves a group of rebel ships assaulting an imperial Battle-Sphere that is stranded and defenseless without a necessary component. The Imperial player tries to deliver the missing component; the rebel player tries to either destroy the Battle-Sphere before it is operational again, or destroy the ship that is delivering the component. If the Imperial player is able to repair the Battle-Sphere, its powerful armament will usually overwhelm the rebels.
  
  ### Components
  
  The game comes with the following components:
  
  * 18" x 14" map
  * game rules
  * fictional explanatory notes
  * cardboard counters for the rebel and Imperial ships
  
  ### Victory conditions
  
  The player with the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner:
  
  * Imperial Battle-Sphere is worth 7 points (awarded to Imperial player if it survives, to the Rebel player if it is destroyed)
  * Rebel captain is worth 3 points (awarded to the Imperial player if the captain dies, to the Rebel player if the captain survives)
  
  ## Reception
  
  In the June 1979 edition of Dragon (Issue #26), Tony Watson called Battle-Sphere "a fairly clever, if simple, game. It is ideal for an evening of easy gaming, but still requires enough thought to make it all interesting."
  
  