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2016 Ranked #6,766

Dastardly Dirigibles

This card-building game has engineers assemble airships from matching parts while competing to inherit a factory. Every added part forces all players to add the same type, and only the most-used suit in each ship scores.

Card Game Follow Open Drafting Theme: Airships / Blimps / Dirigibles / Zeppelins

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.6/5

Rating

6.38

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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How does it play?

Description from the publisher: Professor Phineas Edmund Hornswoggle, famed airship builder, is retiring and you are an engineer competing to inherit the Hornswoggle factory!

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Description from the publisher: Professor Phineas Edmund Hornswoggle, famed airship builder, is retiring and you are an engineer competing to inherit the Hornswoggle factory! Dastardly Dirigibles features tarot-sized cards that are played in a constant action format in which each time a part is added, ALL players MUST add the SAME part – which may replace an existing one. Build your airship from different parts of nine beautiful suits, while also using special cards to your advantage or to thwart your opponents. The round ends when the first airship is complete — but you score only the suit used most in your airship. The player with the highest score after three rounds wins!

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Justin De Witt

Artists

1
Jeff Porter

Publishers

1
Fireside Games

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