# Space: 1889

Space: 1889 is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 2.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1988
- **Categories:** Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Lifepath Character Generation (Character starts at birth)
- **Owned by:** 2 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Loren K. Wiseman, Howard Whitehouse, Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller, Lester Smith, Tim Ryan, Julia Martin, Timothy B. Brown

**Artists:** Shea Ryan, Rich Hasenauer, Joseph O'Neill, James Kuntz, Frank Chadwick, James Holloway (I), Paul Herbert, Craig Farley, Jeff Dee, Janet Aulisio, Tim Bradstreet, James Colton McGonigle, Ken Mayfield, Steven S. Crompton, Tom Peters, Rick Harris, Lauretta Oblinger, David R. Deitrick, Kim Gromoll, Robert Jamison, Dave Choat

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/space-1889)
- [Space: 1889 in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/space-1889)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/45862)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._