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Fuel to Burn is a minimalistic retro-style, pen and paper, space battle game where players plot the course of ships and ordnance through a star system with planets, asteroids and spacestations. Easy to get in to and start playing, deep and complicated once you start layering movement, combat and ship abilities with objectives. 

FtB is a game by Daniel Vintersvärd and published by Midnight Ink with free downloads. Why free? It's a way to get the rules out in the wild and played. In the future, if there's interest, we'll create a proper book. That does not mean we're holding back though! The primary goal is to give players a retro-styled, nail-biting space game with a minimal material requirement and heavy focus on the "sci" in sci-fi, without getting stuck in a gravity well.
This site contains all you need rules-wise; download and print, add paper, pens and a ruler or two and you're good to go!

NEWS TRANSMISSON

RELEASE SCHEDULED FOR 2026-03-14

Fuel to Burn is set to release on Pi Day, March 14th 2026 with free downloads on this site in the "Download section". This launch will contain the core rules, combat cards, deflection and asteroid field border templates, Quick Reference sheets and a Q&A. Work with the release is ongoing in parallell with the narrative and story-driven aspects of the game. FtB does not necessarily need a story to be engaging and fun but for those that look for an additional dimension we have an entire universe planned (at least for the local stars). Look for upcoming releases in the "Additional content" section.

DOWNLOAD SECTION OPENS 26-03-14

Compact rules

2 A3 sheets containing all the rules you need to play the game. Made to print double-sided and Z-folded. If margins are an issue, reduce the print scale by a few percent.
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Combat cards

A4 sheet with the 4 combat cards (print, cut, fold, sleeve and play). 
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Deflection and field template

A4 sheet with a template for gravity deflection and asteroid field boarder.
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Quick reference sheets

4 A4 sheets containing the most often referenced rules such as Turn sequence, Orders and Combat resolution rules.
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Q&A

A4 sheet with frequently asked questions and their answers.
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Errata

A4 sheet listing any updates made to the current revision. If it is blank, the other documents are up to date.
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ADDITIONAL CONTENT

The rules are highly condensed but allow for a huge range of scenarios, additional rules, narrative campaigns, challenges and scripted solo play scenarios. It is also possible to play Fuel to Burn in different scales and in different constellations (teams, Game Masters etc.). The necessary rules, instructions, examples and build files (3D-print and LASER-cut) will be published on this website as soon as it is available. 

Scenarios

Pending release

Red on Blue narrative rules

Pending release

Campaign rules

Pending release

Game tips

Pending release

Multiplayer games

Pending release

Material

Pending release

ENGAGE 

Discord Server

The FtB Discord Server is open for questions, sharing scenarios and related discussions.

Scan or click the QR-code image for invite link

Spotify Playlist

Several hours of dark and moody music to set the right tone for your game session.

Click the green FtB logo for playlist link

ABOUT 

Midnight Ink

Midnight Ink is our corner of the world where we, Angua and Daniel Vintersvärd, explore the universe and put pen to paper to quell the creative madness. We tell stories, we draw stories, we play stories! Come join us!

Fuel to Burn

Fuel to Burn is the first game we "properly" release at Midnight Ink but it is not our first design, nor last. We have plenty of old skeletons in the closet and a lot of ideas for the future!
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