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1983 Ranked #19,343

Checkpoint Omega

This post-apocalyptic race-and-combat game has armed teams reach all sixteen checkpoints and return to the start first. Only one vehicle or racer needs to complete the route, so attacks can eliminate every rival path.

Wargames Racing Science Fiction Grid Movement Hexagon Grid

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.86/5

Rating

6.23

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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This SF race-and-combat game, yet another permutation on the "Death Race" theme, is set on a post apocalyptic Earth whose World Government has set up violent New Olympics to entertain the survivors.

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This SF race-and-combat game, yet another permutation on the "Death Race" theme, is set on a post apocalyptic Earth whose World Government has set up violent New Olympics to entertain the survivors. The game concerns one event, the Open Terrain Vehicle Race between heavily armed teams; the winner is the first (or only) team to get one of their vehicles or racers to all sixteen checkpoints and back to Checkpoint Omega. This is Task Force Game #1026, one of their series of microgames.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Larry Ray Sims

Artists

2
Alvin Belflower R. Vance Buck

Publishers

1
Task Force Games

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