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1984 Ranked #14,630

Battlestar Galactica

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Action Queue Events

Players

2-12

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.75/5

Rating

6.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.1/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

"Players can fly either Colonial Vipers or Cylon Raiders, using a simple system for simultaneous action. They plan their moves, and plot them on an easy-to-us plotting sheet, hoping to outmaneuver their opponents.

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"Players can fly either Colonial Vipers or Cylon Raiders, using a simple system for simultaneous action. They plan their moves, and plot them on an easy-to-us plotting sheet, hoping to outmaneuver their opponents. Then they execute their moves, get the enemy in their sights and FIRE!" A game of outer space ship-to-ship battles between the Colonial Vipers, Cylon Raiders, Battlestars, and Cylon base ships. Inspired by the TV series.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–12
Best with
2
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
L. Ross Babcock, III Jordan Weisman

Publishers

1
FASA

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