Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! should not be confused with the original Starship Troopers wargame, also by Avalon Hill, published in 1976.Starship Troopers was based on the Heinlein book. Starship Troopers: Prepare For Battle! is based on the film version.This is a fast-paced tactical wargame which begins simply and then adds additional rules with each new scenario. By the time you're half way through, you're playing a fairly robust beer and pretzel wargame - and that's where you should stop. Additional rules beyond that point bog everything down. Not a bad game at all but not nearly as interesting as the original.Note that the original Starship Troopers game has completely different rules, maps, units, etc. - BoardGameGeek