Recent Updates
- Mechastellar VER10 is in open playtest, you can find the rules on this page.
- VER10 unified the attack mechanic for shooting and melee and speeds up gameplay
- We’ve also streamlined pilot skills and adjusted them to better suit their SRW inspirations.
- VER10 also adds in a Morale system and other ways to influence battlefield Momentum
- If you are looking for the older VER9.5 rules you can find them here:
- Roster Additions
- Added units Space Battleship Yamato, Daitarn 3 and Brave Raideen
- Converted all VER9 UC Mobile Suits to VER10
- Converted the first wave of G Gundam unit to VER10
- Click here to return to the MechaStellar Homepage.
Core Rules
There are two rules documents. The Core Combat Rules cover combat while the Wargaming Rules Supplement provides alternate game modes as well as unit / pilot upgrades.
Where to start for New Players?
If you are a Gundam fan ready to play your first game here is what you need:
- 10d10 per player.
- A Tape Measure
- Minis, Figures or Models of your favorite Mecha
- For Gundam try the 1/144 HG Gunpla kits, the much smaller 1/400 gashapon minis, or Mobile Suit in Action (MSIA) action figures
- MechaStellar Core Combat Rules
- Mecha Unit Profile PDFs for your units.
- Play your first game, we recommend starting small with only a couple of mechs on each side. For example 3-5 Zaku IIs vs 3-5 GMs.
- If you have questions contact us here or on social media
Core Combat Rules
Last Major Update DEC 2024 – VER10DRAFT REV83
These rules contain everything you need to play the game.
Update Notes
- REV83 – Updated Target Lock, Havoc, Repair. Updated wording in Simple Battle.
- REV82 – Added summary page for Elite Pilots & Unit Turns.
- REV81 – Updated Challenge, IDF vs Transform & Zeal, Momentum Shifts
- REV80 – Changed Level 1+ Pilot to “Elite Pilots”. Added a 3rd Pilot Tier which is Barrage/Bullseye/Dodge/Guard etc. but no Trait. Updated VP.
- REV79 – Updated Commander orders for Trust, Rally and Rout.
- REV78 – Upgraded Cover to +2 DEF. Target Lock no longer requires Elite pilots
- REV77 – Updated Cover including obscuring cover. Various clarifications.
Wargaming Rules Supplement
Last Major Update DEC 2024 – VER10Draft REV14
This rules supplement contains alternate gameplay modes, optional rules and the much requested unit upgrades supplement.
Update Notes
- REV14 – Fixed typo on Highly Skilled Units and clarified Warships can take Persist
Feedback
Your feedback is very important for VER10 game balance. After you playtest a game please use this google survey, it should only take a couple of minutes.
https://forms.gle/aszwjLG1S2fs1wSQA
Mecha Unit Profile Sheets
Below are the mecha profile sheets which are grouped by the series they originate from.
Designer’s Note: The game runs best when all units on each side are within 3-4 performance points (i.e. Performance range of 1 – 4 or 5 – 7). Consider the +50pt Performance upgrade in the wargaming rules supplement if you want to upgrade a favorite unit.
Gundam Profiles
Universal Century (UC)
All UC Mobile Suit profiles from VER9 have been converted to VER10.
Alternate Universe (AU)
81 units from Gundam X, Turn A and the rest of Wing & G Gundam still need to be converted from VER9 to VER10
Stellar Warship Profiles
Stellar Warships – Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato and Gundam – 46 playable units
Classic Super Robots
Includes Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, Combattler V, Voltes V, Brave Raideen, Daitarn 3, GaoGaiGar, Gurren Lagann
Once we finish converting the Super Robots from VER9 to VER10 we will once again split up the PDFs into classic vs modern super robots.
Series waiting on VER10 conversion: Big O, Escaflowne, Evangelion, Exkaiser, Fighhbird, Da Garn, Might Gaine.
If you’d like to see what units were added or revised recently click on the Roster Update tag.
MechaStellar Unit Design Goals
Cooperative Campaign Mission Packs – Gundam
This Mission pack contains the Federation and Zeon Sandbox Campaigns as well as the 0080 and Gundam Wing Narrative campaigns.
Last Updated 05JAN2024
Sandbox Campaigns
These Mission Packs are Sandbox style campaigns which offer a simple premise to get your battle kicked off. Between battles you can acquire new Mechs as listed in the mission pack.
An enemy behavior chart is included in each Mission Pack, it is recommended you have a printed off copy of this on hand as an easy reference.
Narrative Campaigns
These mission packs are for narrative campaigns that follow along the story of various Gundam entries. Below is 0080 War in the Pocket and New Mobile Report Gundam Wing.
Mission Packs – Getter Robo & Shin Mazinger
The mission pack includes the 1974 Getter Robo manga by Ken Ishikawa. This works best as a solo campaign but you can always play with friends having them control the enemy Mechasaurus or having them take control of the different Getter Forms.
The mission pack also includes the 2009 Mazinger Z OVA directed by Imagawa. This works best as a solo campaign but you can always have a friend control the enemy Kikaiju.
PENDING VER10 UPDATE
Mission Pack – Pacific Rim
Below is a narrative mission pack for Pacific Rim that matches the events of the movie from Hong Kong until the finale. It is setup as a what if style game so you can choose to deploy different units and if you perform well you may even save a few Jaeger’s and their pilots from a grisly fate. This is intended for 1 or 2 players cooperatively while a third player can take control of the rampaging Kaiju, otherwise a Kaiju specific behavior chart has been provided.
PENDING VER10 UPDATE
Miniatures
The Goal of MechaStellar is to let you use your own mecha figures or model kits on the tabletop whether it be small scale 1/400 Gundam figures or SD SRW gashapon toys or standard 1/144 model kits and figures.
Click here to go to the miniatures and models page.
Terrain
Click here to go to the terrain page.
Planned Updates
Future updates and completed updates can be found on the updates page.
Contact Us
If you’d like to share any feedback on the rules / unit roster, request a Mecha series or volunteer to playtest new units or campaigns you can send us an email here or leave a comment on any posts you find on the design blog. If you prefer forums we have an active thread on dakkadakka as well as mechatalk. We also have social media with Facebook, Twitter, a subreddit r/mechastellar.
Creative Commons
This is a non-commercial product, feel free to use, remix and share. For these rules we are using the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA
I do not own the copyright on any images or names presented in these mecha profiles, this is simply a fair use work to let fans play a wargame with their favorite Mecha and to encourage more visibility of the mecha genre.
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