SPACE GITS

SPACE GITS is a dexterity-based miniatures skirmish game about drunk-ass space orcs lootin', shootin' and scootin' from award-winning designer Mike Hutchinson (Gaslands, A Billion Suns, Hobgoblin: Brutal Fantasy Battles). 

It features the art of miniatures painter Tyler Russo (Billion Dollar Clown Farm) and illustrator Till Förster (Eternøl) and miniatures by Kromlech.

You play as a gang of drunk-ass space orcs rioting through the megacity of Gnork. You are out for a thumpin' good time, and to loot whatever isn’t nailed down. 

SPACE GITS features a host of unique and innovative dexterity mechanics, supports 2-5 players and plays out in under an hour. It welcomes and encourages kitbashing, and can be played as a drinking game. It includes rules for drunken orc-on-orc combat, a full-on campaign system, and vehicle rules. (Planet Smasher Games does not condone drink-driving, except in 28mm scale). It is extremely fun.

• Dexterity-based skirmish game
• Miniature-agnostic, kitbash-friendly
• 2-5 players
• 30-60 minutes
• Full campaign system
• Hella fun

The Game

To move, you roll dice into the play area and have to move directly towards the dice, wherever they land. You shoot pretty much the same, rolling dice and spraying bullets towards them, hoping someone is in the way. Fighting is a twist on throwing rock-paper-scissors, trying to predict if your opponent will throw shove, pinch or thump. 

Both damage and activations are managed using little towers of dice that you have to move around with your dudes: if the tower ever falls down, so does your orc, and they can't get back up unless a mate boots them up!

Funded on Kickstarter!

Thank you to the 1575 folks that helped bring SPACE GITS to life on Kickstarter, to fund the production of a lovely physical rulebook for the game. The campaign has now ended. The full rulebook is now in production. Once it is complete (ETA Summer 2025), you'll be able to buy the PDF version right here on Itch.

Design Principles

When writing this game, I was thinking about these things:

1. Drunk-ass space orcs
2. Fighting should feel like playing Skulls
3. Orcs are belligerent and ill-behaved
4. Random movement that doesn’t suck
5. Physicality and dexterity, not thinking
6. Multiplayer funtimes 

Where can I get space orcs?

Kromlech. Old School Miniatures. Red Nebular. Hardcore Miniatures (also MTG Terrain). Malicious Minis. Ramshackle. Invictus. That What Grows. Stationforge. Made By Geeks. Knightmare. Modulorka.

Feedback Please!

If you read it or play SPACE GITS, I'd love to hear what you make of it. Message me on here, or hit me up in the Planet Smasher Games discord server.

Rulebook Availability

The full SPACE GITS rulebook is currently in production. The beta rules were available up until the end of the kickstarter campaign, but are no longer available. As soon as the production of the rulebook is complete (ETA Summer 2025), you'll be able to buy the PDF version right here on Itch.

You can download the free Quick Start Rules below, which is everything you need to play your first few games.