Babylon 5: A Call To Arms – Second Edition

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of player interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to each other's actions, but cooperation is not a major focus.

Replay value

The game offers a high degree of variability with different experiences each time it is played. The expansions available add new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. It provides deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn with a decent depth of gameplay. Overall, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms - Second Edition has a strong replayability score of 7.89.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Babylon 5: A Call to Arms - Second Edition is 7, indicating a moderate level of luck influence in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

The eagerly-awaited second edition of the award-winning A Call to Arms Babylon 5 space combat miniatures game is finally arriving. Throughout the station’s turbulent history, armed fleets have enacted the harsher policies of their governments. Whether you wish to command an intrepid EarthForce Expeditionary Fleet, a high-tech Minbari taskforce or a cunning Centauri raider group, this rulebook provides you with up-to-date rules to play out your favourite Babylon 5 space battles... or take to the stars and create new legends in the dark. The new edition has been carefully honed, based on the comments of A Call to Arms players all around the world - it is faster to play, more comprehensive and finely balanced to portray the very best of space combat in the Babylon 5 universe. Inside the covers, you will find new rules for combat, hyperspace, placing Admirals on your ships and a completely revised system for Fighters. As always, scenarios and full campaign rules have been included, making this the most comprehensive release yet for the game. This is a rulebook only, the complete fleet lists are in Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (Second Edition) – Fleet Lists This is a reimplementation of A Call to Arms: Babylon 5 Space Combat

Mechanism

3

Dice Rolling Measurement Movement Simulation

Family

2

Series: A Call to Arms TV Shows: Babylon 5

Type

1

Wargames

Media