﻿GOLLOPS STAR / LASER SQUAD
TEXT COMBAT TEST KIT 0.2
26 October 2026

This is a playable text prototype, not the finished free base game.
Use six ordinary D6, coins or counters, pencil and squared paper. You can roll shots sequentially, so no large dice collection is required. Print the text files or keep them open beside the board. Draw squares large enough for your counters; there are no rulers or weapon range measurements.

FILES
01 Quick reference: attack procedure and AP costs.
02 Soldier cards: five soldier profiles, rank skills and XP rules.
03 Equipment and enemy cards: starting weapons, armour and enemies.
04 Test board and scenarios: board legend, setup and encounter instructions.
05 Full turn rules: detailed movement, sight, actions and alien behaviour.
06 Playtest record: blank results sheet.

Start with Scenario A to check the rules. Scenario B isolates cover and weapon differences. Scenario C tests rank unlocks using an explicit test-only XP starting value.

The board is an original test layout, not Olympus Station. Mission1's D4/D5 correction is still outstanding. No art, STL or paid generation is included. Health, damage bonuses, AP costs, rank thresholds and encounter difficulty are provisional. Agreed accuracy, Blind Luck, free turning, Voss free brace and MG cover penetration are retained.

VERSION0.2: Blind Luck uses one attack die needing6, then one luck die per point below accuracy+1, each needing4+. No accuracy floor. Attack-die rerolls do not reroll luck dice. Updated Voss probability examples. No other balance values changed.

PRINTABLE CARDS INCLUDED
Laser-Squad-soldier-cards-A4.pdf: five soldier cards plus squad reference, on three landscape A4 sheets.
Laser-Squad-equipment-cards-A4.pdf: eighteen equipment/reference cards on two portrait A4 sheets.
Print both single-sided at100% / Actual size; disable Fit to page. Cut on card borders. See Printable-cards-read-me.txt for sizes and details. These PDFs use current text kit0.2 rules.

ACTION REFERENCES, BOARD AND COUNTERS
See 07 Starting equipment and print setup.txt for assigned equipment and the two additional printable PDFs.
