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2015 Ranked #1,188

Deep Space D-6

Solo space-survival dice game where a captain assigns crew to ship stations while waiting for rescue. Internal failures and external attacks demand competing responses, so every roll can stabilize the vessel or push it closer to collapse.

Thematic Games Dice Print & Play Solo / Solitaire Game Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.68/5

Rating

7.17

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

You are a Captain of the UEF! Your RPTR class starship was on routine patrol of the Auborne system when a distress call was received.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Worker Placement

Use dice as workers whose values affect where they can be placed.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Solo / Solitaire Game

Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Read the full game description

You are a Captain of the UEF! Your RPTR class starship was on routine patrol of the Auborne system when a distress call was received. Upon warping in you quickly realized it was a trap! With the help of your crew, you must survive until a rescue fleet appears. Deep Space D-6 is a solitaire dice game about surviving the cruel depths of space. Each turn you’ll roll Crew dice and assign them to stations. You must plan carefully to take care of internal and external threats to your ship. Survive to win.

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Type

1
Thematic Games

Category

3
Dice Print & Play Science Fiction

Mechanism

4
Dice Rolling Solo / Solitaire Game Worker Placement Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Family

6
Components: Dice with Icons Contests: Solitaire Print & Play Digital Implementations: VASSAL Misc: LongPack Games Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Players: Solitaire Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Tony Go

Artists

2
Tony Go Tim McBurnie

Publishers

2
(Web published) Tau Leader Games

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