Starship Awesome 3000 is a board game inspired by old-school space-flight sim games with tactical maneuvering, weapons systems that are customized during game play with card combinations, and a novel dice mechanic for resource management. In the default scenario, players are initially competing to destroy the most Drones on the board, until one player is potentially revealed to be the "Rogue." At that point, the Rogue can winning by destroying any other Player, but any other Player can win by destroying the Rogue. Players can also choose to play a simple dog-fight, where ships battle until one is destroyed.