Table feel
Silent Death has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to react to each other's actions, but there is limited emphasis on cooperation.
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Silent Death
Silent Death is a space combat game, normally played with miniatures. Most ships are fighter and heavy-fighters in size, but there are expansions to include gunboats and small capital ships. Each ship has a control sheet to make all bookkeeping (mostly damage and ammo when necess...
Players
2-8
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
2.76
Rating
6.99
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Silent Death has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to react to each other's actions, but there is limited emphasis on cooperation.
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
4.0
More strategic control
Replay value
Silent Death has a high replayability score due to its high variability, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with expansions adding new content and gameplay elements. Players can continuously improve their strategy, and the game maintains its appeal and balance with various player counts. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a rewarding and engaging experience.
Luck profile
Silent Death has a low influence of luck. While there are some random elements in the game, such as dice rolls and card draws, they have minimal impact on the overall 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.
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Silent Death is a space combat game, normally played with miniatures. Most ships are fighter and heavy-fighters in size, but there are expansions to include gunboats and small capital ships. Each ship has a control sheet to make all bookkeeping (mostly damage and ammo when necessary) easier. The game is normally played in 10 turns, each player alternate moving all ships before making attacks. From designer's notes: Silent Death is an attempt to produce a fun and fast-moving game that is simple to learn. The mix of design trade-offs (detail for playability) in the Standard Game feels about right, but since you can't satisfy all of the people all of the time, we piled in a bunch of optional rules so players can find their own optimum mix; either simpler or more complex. Re-implemented in: Silent Death: The Next Millennium Deluxe Edition
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Designers
1
Kevin Barrett
Artists
4
William Hyde
Angus McKie
Darrell Midgette
Raymond Rubin
Publishers
1
Iron Crown Enterprises
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