CREDITS

Intergalactic Space Trader (IST)

A roll-and-write, print & play, solo player, space trading game

Written and Designed by

Toby Lancaster

Illustration by

Peter Sagas - Pen 2 Saga Designs

Proofreaders

Jeffrey Mullen, Brian Moore, Allan Rothberg, Daniel Glassey,

Jonathan Mortimer, Joao Campos, Clive Crous, Scott Kirby
and Jakob Thunvall

Copyright 2023 DR Games (Version 1.5)

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 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Intergalactic Space Trader or IST. Work your way
through this book first, then book 2 and 3. The rules are
explained as you go. There are thousands of planets in the
Intergalactic Trade Network or the ITN. They have all signed
up to the Trade Agreement, paid a tax to help maintain the
network and have a System Gate installed in their star system
which gives access to their main trading planet. These are
your destination planets, worlds you have never visited
before, home to space ports where you will trade your goods.
Your Trade Planets Index is a log of all the planets you have
scanned to receive preliminary data. It is the first book you
access on your trip to the stars.

This book logs all the information you can establish before
you arrive at a planet. When you scan a planet on the ITN you
receive a range of information which will help you decide if
it’s the world you want to sell your goods at. If it is then head
to the system through a System Gate, fly to the planet using
your Ship Manual, open up the Planet Guide and start a
Planet Sheet once there. This will establish further details
about this new world and the price of its trade goods.

You can scan up to five worlds and select one to be the world
that you visit.

In the beginning you start with 200c, 85 Fuel, 10 Grains and

2 Flume Cells. Mark these in your Ships Manual (Book 2).

As a rule there are no decimals in the game. If you wish to use

dice you will need a d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and a d20. If you do
roll on a table there will be a dice for the ‘x’ axis and one for
the ‘y’ axis. These vary.
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 SCANNING PLANETS
You are going to be gathering the following information when
scanning a new planet on the ITN. Each is called a stat and is
generated by randomly selecting or rolling an option from the
listed tables. At the back of this book are the Planet Stat
Tables, fill one out as you go. You do not have to visit this
planet but it has now been established in your Trade Planets
Index and you may visit it later. Because planets are only a
System Gate jump away, so distance between these worlds
makes no difference, it’s just knowing of their existence that
counts. When you enter the new system you will use your
Ships Manual to fly to the planet’s space port. You will
generate the following stats, listed below, for each world. If
you run out of Planet Stat Tables simply print some more.
With each table comes a small image of the planet which you
can colour or detail. Start on page 5 with the Planet name
and work on through the tables, refer to this page as you do.
Planet Name: Use the Planet Naming Table
People: Planet name plus one of the following
‘ians’, ‘ish’, ‘ans’ or ‘tons’. Your choice.
Technology: Technology Level Table
Geography: Geographical Type Table
Environment: Environmental Feature Table
Instability Level: Instability and Activity Table
Activity Level: Instability and Activity Table

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 PLANET NAMING TABLE
Roll on this table at least twice and at the most six times.
20 ke he gol de tel doi do sil qu ul lol zi
19 gil fol folk fil vol we ill fol xo gu to col
18 ad fa cea ca ka gal mil mo do ji do sa
17 cad di fi il po wio fio ta lu tu mu ni
16 nee fee gol fei pu un bu nu fo fu til on
15 an few tiu xi az oz ko fre tee hol mo ul
14 uo no ter ler ner dil gol sal saz taz eel ael
13 ko kco il ho ha has gas uol yo hil dos sos
12 tas hi ga vab vi vel rev sed sad wo wa qu
11 lo bi gi hu jiu fas oo aa ee ho vo di
10 foo hui ho sal sil yo yid da pee das mo bi
9 za ax ool eal ul fe tee tea gea alz io ma
8 bu bit but to you fil we nee po pal del zel
7 von can vel vol fol fee fet kel ket lil ga da
6 po kip hip fus ust eek ook ilk gil zoo ciz tot
5 ju ko jas jit yon hos gi bok re rol ok osi
4 fo ow in im om ger ret ron yim sa suo ji
3 ux box ew ism con the rial uel uct eat ast lie
2 ins ous hol he oil cat off od eed om ett red
1 eal sea eva esh tus lis ver low ent un age ed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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 TECHNOLOGY LEVEL TABLE
Roll once on this table
12 A B A S A B S B S B S A
11 B S A B S A S S A S S B
10 S A S A S S B S S B S S
9 S S B S B S S A B G B A
8 B S A S A S A S S B S S
7 S B S B S B S A S S A B
6 B G B S A S S S B A S S
5 S B S A S S B S A S B A
4 S S S B S A S S S B A S
3 B A A S A S S B A S S B
2 A B S S S B A S S S A S
1 S A S A B A S B A S B A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

There are a 4 levels of technology. Some are rarer than

others and all are advanced enough to facilitate a working
space port. Roll on the table above.

B - Basic S - Standard A - Advanced G - Godlike

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 GEOGRAPHICAL TYPE TABLE
Roll once on this table
12 T T D T T M I T D T D T
11 D O T M O D T M T I T M
10 T D I T M T M T O D I T
9 M T T O T I D T M O T O
8 I T D T M T T M T D T T
7 T O T I T O T O I T D M
6 D T M T I T O T M I M T
5 T T D I T M T D T O T M
4 O M T T D T I T M T D T
3 T I T M O T T M T D T O
2 T T T D T I O T M T I T
1 D M I T O T I T O T D T
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

There are a 5 types of planet geography that support a space

port capable civilisation. Some are rarer than others and each
will have an effect on the type of goods the planet buys and
sells. Roll on the table above.

D - Desert I - Ice O - Ocean M - Mountain T - Terrestrial

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 ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE TABLE
Roll once on this table
12 SW ET US US ET US SW SW TW US IC ET
11 TW SW ST TW SW SW ST ET ST SW ST SW
10 ST IC SW US TW ST SW US SW ET US SW
9 SW ST SW ST US SW ST IC SW SW SW TW
8 US TW US SW ET TW ET SW ET SW ET US
7 ST SW ET TW ST SW SW ET SW ST SW TW
6 SW TW SW US SW TW ET SW ST SW US SW
5 SW ST ET ST SW IC SW US SW TW SW IC
4 US SW SW US TW SW ET SW ST SW ET SW
3 IC TW ET SW US ST SW ST US SW US TW
2 ST ET SW US SW IC US SW ST TW SW SW
1 SW US SW TW SW US ET IC SW ET TW SW
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

There are a 6 types of environmental weather features. Some

are rarer than others and might have an affect on the type of
goods the planet buys and sells. Roll on the table above.

SW - Stable Weather US - Unpredictable Storms

ET - Extreme Temperature TW - Turbulent Winds
ST - Seasonal Tornados IC - Ideal Conditions

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 INSTABILITY AND ACTIVITY TABLE
Roll once on this table for your Instability and Activity Stats
10 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 2
9 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 1
8 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3
7 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1
6 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 2
5 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 3
4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1
3 1 2 3 1 3 2 3 4 2 3
2 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
1 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Roll on the above table for Instability and Activity stats.

Double the Activity result. Write this on to the Planet Stat
Table. These numbers will affect your encounters in the new
star system and the price of goods.

Or - This means the number goes down or up 1 point,

depending on the arrow direction, the second time you visit
the world and it then stays at this new total.

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 YOUR TRADE PLANETS INDEX
By the time you reach this page you will have filled in your
first Planet Stat Table. Generate up to 5 when leaving a
planet. It is important to remember you do not have to visit
all the planets you generate if you feel they would not be
great locations at which to sell your goods or that potentially
they could be too dangerous. But you will have to select one
at which to trade.

As you explore you will find that particular types of planets

have and sell goods for prices that are affected by their status
and that planets with high activity or instability may well be
good opportunities to grab a bargain. Sometimes the prices
of goods at a planet are hard to discern from the planet scan,
in which case you’ll just have to visit it to find out.

The higher the instability of a planet the more extreme the

prices of the trade goods that are bought and sold there. The
number in the activity stat indicates how many obstacles
there are in the system before you reach the planet. Not all
of these are bad, for instance, you can mine out asteroids but
they could also be pirates.

When you have decided on the planet you want to visit take
up your Ship Manual, book 2, and follow the instructions
therein. You will now be entering the System Gate. When
doing so you need a Flume Cell. More on this in the Ship
Manual.

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People:
Technology:
Geography:
Environment:
Instability Level: Activity Level:

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