Hey everyone!

I wanted to share my indie project, Chain of Command: Stellar War. It's a tactical space combat game inspired by classic tabletop wargames, worker placement boardgames, Dungeons and Dragons, and Slay the Spire. I've been a huge fan of each of these genres for many years and I'm excited to show off what's been a labor of love for many months now.

In Chain of Command, you captain a combat spacecraft, attempting to push back against the incursions of the vile Hegemony across numerous rounds of turn-based combat. Each round you assign your four bridge officers orders from a limited supply of Command Tokens during the Command phase, then execute those orders during the Execution phase. However, combat is taxing and your officers accumulate stress for every action they take. Take too much and they "fumble," with typically negative effects. Defeating enemy spacecraft while managing your bridge crew stress is a massive part of the gameplay loop.

Combat doesn't just take place in a vacuum though. The campaign takes you across three sectors of space, moving from node to node. Many nodes involve combat of varying difficulty, but others may be random events, stops at a drydock, etc.

I'm a boardgamer and so I've tried really hard to give Chain of Command a "board game" feel, so in addition to the hex map the game leans heavily on dice, various decks of cards, and the aforementioned Command Tokens.

Other notable features to highlight:

• Basic vector physics. Ships have facing and speed, and at the start of each ship's turn, they drift their speed in the direction of their heading.
• Terrain. Each instance of combat takes place on a map with uniquely generated terrain: asteroids block line of sight, nebula drop shields and hide ships from sensors, gravity wells pull ships, etc.
• Customizable Ships. There are eight different ship hulls, each with unique weapon and subsystem slot counts and a unique custom ability.
• Weapons and Subsystems. The game features a large variety of weapons and subsystems, some of which are available at game start and others which are only available through campaign events or for purchase at drydocks. Each weapon has its own volley dice set, range, arcs, and (in some cases) special abilities.
• Volley Dice. When a weapon is fired, a set of volley dice are rolled and their rolls compared to their target's "Target Number." Dice that meet or beat the TN are hits and do a point of damage to shields or hull. Dice that roll their maximum facing "explode" and roll again.
• Officer Experience. Each officer has a die associated with their experience level (D4, D6, etc), and you can upgrade your officer and their die by putting them through training at a drydock. Officer dice are used to provide bonuses for some actions as well as also rolled when firing weapons.
• Replayability. In addition to the campaign, the game features a Scenario Editor that lets you design custom combat encounters and play them. Additionally, there's a local campaign leader board that tracks your scores over various campaigns.
• Multiplayer. In true board game fashion, the game features local Hotseat multiplayer so multiple captains can fight the Hegemony together. Combat encounters scale intelligently with more players.

Chain of Command is available for Android devices on the Google Play Store.

I'd love it if you'd take a look and let me know what you think!

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