Alpha Omega (board game)

Alpha Omega is a science fiction board wargame published by Battleline Publications in 1977 that simulates combat between alien and human space fleets.

In the distant future, the human race has created a small empire of a dozen star systems and is thriving.

Then a hyperspatial tunnel opens and the Droves, a race of hive mind androids, emerge to attack.

[2] Each ship produces energy that must be allocated each turn to various tasks: movement, scanning and cloaking devices, shields, beams, and special weapons.

[2] Alpha Omega was created by Sean Hayes and J. Stephen Peek and published by Battleline Publications as the company's first science fiction game.

Howe concluded, "Alpha Omega fills an important gap in sf wargaming: the multiple-scenario tactical space battle.

The rules for movement, facing and combat are more than a little reminiscent of [Battleline's previously published wargame] Submarine, a fine game but a poor parent for this one."

Freeman gave this game an Overall Evaluation of "Good", concluding, "If you can find or construct a scenario with relatively equivalent forces, it will provide an entertaining challenge.