QUOTES

"This is Starship Troopers moral territory, and we’re not talking Heinlein troopers, we’re talking Verhoeven. If anything, the setting out-Verhoevens Verhoeven. ... Gregor’s done a great job of appealingly packaging his setting and selling you on the fun you can expect to have if you play his game." - Robin D. Laws, Feng Shui, Gumshoe

"3:16 is one helluva kick-ass game" - Joe J. Prince, Contenders

"Fantastic, gorgeous design" - Ron Edwards, Sorcerer

"...it's bloody brilliant ...the kind of post-Agon dark space shooty game that I've been in the mood for recently. Also, the art and flavor text is perfect. Dark, inky, and grim, with just enough self-consciousness to know that this is all a bit ridiculous." - Jonathan Walton

"Wow. People who got the free one online: if you liked that one, this is going to blow you away." - Ken Atherton

"I absolutely adore the focused nature of the game and mechanics... Most of all, though, it's a story-telling game about war stories that looks fun, and damnit, not enough games are fun anymore." - Alexander Williams

"The whole thing's superbly executed and just f'ing works so damn well ...reminded me a lot of Nemesis the Warlock, where we're playing the humans on their crusade to kill every motherf'er in the universe. Great stuff." - Rich Stokes

"It's the ultimate space marine game I have wanted for some time now. The tone of the text, the art, the system... all fantastic. I really can't get over how you manage to satirize and respect the source material at the same time." - John Harper, Agon

"I think this game totally targets a (story)gamer sweet spot with both prep, subject matter, character development, weapons, playing time, campaign style, the works." - Per Fischer

"Quick, dirty, and gratifying. I recommend." - Jack Graham [link]

"The writing is top-notch, the rules are easy to learn/easy to teach and the art is perfect for setting the mood of the game. All-in-all, this game is a blast and you should definitely check it out." - Matt M McElroy, FlamesRising.com [link]

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PDF: $10 IPR and DTRPG/RPGNow
Print: $20 from IPR, now shipping
Print+PDF: $25 from IPR
96 pages digest-sized (landscape)

Designed by Gregor Hutton (Best Friends) 3:16 is a winner of a High Ronny Award for Games Design.

Featuring a stunning cover by Paul Bourne (a|state, Cold City, Hot War) and haunting interiors by Gregor Hutton 3:16 is a visual treat.

This high-octane Science-Fiction role-playing game for 2 or more players has your Space Troopers killing bugs all across the Cosmos. You’ll advance in rank, improve your weapons, slay civilization after civilization and find out who you are through an innovative “Flashback” mechanic.

Terra’s plan is to kill every living thing in the Universe to protect the home world. See where your tour of duty in the 3:16th Expeditionary Force takes you and your friends. Revel in the kill-happy machismo and enjoy a campaign of Carnage Amongst The Stars.

3:16 is a Science-Fiction role-playing game about Carnage Amongst The Stars.

• Take your squad of kill-happy Troopers and annihilate bugs!
• Low preparation, elegant game system.
• Delivers developing campaign play.
• Lavishly illustrated and designed book.
• Winner of a High Ronny Award for Games Design for the original version.

PRINTING CORRECTION
Owing to a printing error, in the first printings of the book two pieces of text are obscured by images/ink. Here are the pages as intended: p.27, p.69. Apologies for this error, thankfully they don't affect any rules text.

ACTUAL PLAY THREADS
[3:16] Planet Designation - Bosch [Play-By-Post, September 2008]
[3:16] The Hellworld Chronicles Live Recordings
5+ episodes [SquidLord, 27 July 2008 ongoing]
3:16 Makes Me Sick [Lance Allen, 31 August 2008]
[3:16] Troopers of the "Big Iron" [Steve Segedy, 28 August 2008]
[3:16] SGBoston Shoots Some Bugs [Jonathan Walton, 28 August 2008]
[3:16 @ GenCon] 4 Days, 6 Games [John Harper, 26 August 2008]
[3:16] Actual Play/Review [Mike Sands, August 2008]
[3:16] Gelatinous Cubes on Cezanne [Darren Hill, 7 Aug 2008]
[3:16] Spades and Chalk on Planet Dürer and here [6 August 2008]
[3:16] Squad 42 Echo - Killer Starfish and the Smart Bomb [John Harper, 31 July 2008]
[3:16] Terra 1 - Aliens 0 [Gethyn, 30 July 2008]
Short note on two 3:16 Games [Mini-GPNW, 30 July 2008]
[3:16] Wangtabulous. Best Sci-fi eva [Joe Prince, 20 July 2008]
[3:16] Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K! [Ron Edwards, 9 July 2008]

DOWNLOADS
Character Sheet [1 page, 459 kB]
Index [2 pages, 460 kB]
Range Map [1 page, 432 kB]
Sample Pages [5 pages, 866 kB]

USEFUL THREADS
RPGnet tagged threads
Map Tools (by renatoram)
Wiki Site (unofficial)
Yahoo! Group (fan run)
Mission Ideas
3:16 Questions About Discipline
FAQs answered
Using the system for other genres
NFA actions in combat
What I don't like about 3:16 (interesting discussion)
[3:16] PCs too successful?
One/Two Player Gaming Notes
Summary of changes from the 24-Hour Version
Rules Questions [now condensed into the FAQs above]
Psi Stuff?
More PSI stuff and Space Combat?
Using Lego figures by Neil Ford
Alternate Character Sheet, Planet Sheet by Darren Hill

OTHER INFORMATION

PRESS RELEASE [15 July 2008]

Free (24-hr version)

3:16 Masakra wsród gwiazd [Polish translation by Tomasz Pudlo]

The first supplement will be ‘sik’ (pronounced as in psych-), which will be about psionics, telepathy, telekinesis, brain bugs, etc. [Planned for release in 2009]