SSV Rulesets
Starship Valkyrie currently features several modes of play, both embodied (LARP-like crisis simulator or murder mystery) and tabletop/strategy game. Some of these modes of play can and do happen simultaneously within a single event, to capture different loci of the action.
​
SSV's live-action rulesets are Starship Valkyrie Basic (played at convention), its flagship ruleset Starship Valkyrie Advanced 2.5, and Starship Gryphon 3.0, which is a murder mystery/police procedural standalone module.
​
Starship Valkyrie Fleet Battle, a multi-player tabletop strategy game, is receiving its finishing touches to capture fleet combat. Several worldbuilding modules, such as "Medusa: The Journey," have also run in the past. Other tabletop-style modules, such as Away Mission and Drop Zone, are currently in playtesting or under consideration.
​
You can experience SSV Basic at Strategicon in Los Angeles, three times a year on President's Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day weekends. These games may be attended by anyone with a Strategicon badge, and they are run by Starship Valkyrie's Mechanics Lead, Robert Prag, and Lore Lead, T.A. Leederman.
Starship Valkyrie Advanced 2.5
The flagship ruleset of SSV is Advanced, played on most private ships in Southern California. Advanced is the original starship crisis simulator the Valkyrie family came to know and love, initially created and run by Christian Brown in 2010. The newest edition, 2.5, has been the work of three years and much private playtesting and effort by Robert Prag, T.A. Leederman, and our hardworking Valkyrie core. Currently, the Advanced ruleset is not available for sale or license; all games are canon, and occur under the oversight of Robert Prag and T.A. Leederman in Southern California. If you're in the area, the best way to experience Starship Valkyrie Advanced 2.5 is by inquiring about joining a game! We are also interested in running one-off games for events, at other conventions, and in public venues, if you would like to bring some Starship Valkyrie to your neck of the woods.
Starship Valkyrie Basic
A simplified version of the SSV Advanced ruleset that is easier to teach and to learn at conventions, Basic is the version you're most likely to play if you try Starship Valkyrie at Strategicon. Though it still features the classic five-section starship structure of SSV Advanced, Basic involves fewer resources, fewer abilities, and over all less complication. It is extremely friendly to young players, people new to Valkyrie, and those who are new to gaming or LARP. Basic was originally pioneered as a backer project by Christian Brown, with assistance from Mechanics Lead Robert Prag since early days. Since taking over the IP, Robert and the team have been editing, iterating upon, updating, and cleaning up the Basic ruleset while running it at Stratcon.
Starship Gryphon 3.0
Originally created in 2015 by T.A. Leederman in order to run games for a police procedural ship called the ERS Gryphon, Starship Gryphon is a murder mystery module that enables crime scene investigation, forensic and database processing, interrogation and questioning, and psychological profiling. It is NPC-heavy, with a strong core of NPC actors who regularly come to act as "Space Murderers" for the Gryphon players, as well as play a motley host of witnesses, victims, accessories, hangers-on, ne'er-do-wells, and red herrings. This module currently only runs for the private ERS Gryphon ship, but T.A. Leederman is interested in bringing it to Strategicon in the future.