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2020 Ranked #3,406

Windward

This science-fiction adventure game has skyship captains hunt crestors, trade resources, and battle rivals for notoriety. Choosing when to pursue prey or opponents determines who becomes most renowned on Celus.

Strategy Games Adventure Aviation / Flight Area Movement Bias

Players

1-5

Play time

30-90 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.31/5

Rating

7.01

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

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 flying your Ship on the skies of the gaseous planet Celus. Gain the most notoriety by sailing the skies, hunting crestors, fighting opponents.

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You are a captain flying your Ship on the skies of the gaseous planet Celus. Gain the most notoriety by sailing the skies, hunting crestors, fighting opponents. Whichever player has the most notoriety points at the end of the game is the winner. To gain notoriety, you can trade in Crestor teeth and gas at the trading post. Players take turns to move their ships, take actions, use supply cards, and battle other players.

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Play and group

Players
1–5
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–90 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Daniel Aronson Hayden Lapiska Nick Tompkins

Artists

1
Justin Spice

Publishers

1
PlayMonster

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