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Cloudships & Gunboats
Requires:Sky Galleons of Mars
Designed by Frank Chadwick
Published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games), Heliograph Incorporated
Expansion
Table Ready: 5 Min Teach
Components: Miniatures
Community Snapshot
Light complexity
~0 min
6.7 on BGG (29)
Categories
Since 1989, Cloudships & Gunboats has captivated fans of dice rolling with its light complexity design.
How It Plays
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
Movement Points
You get a set number of movement points to spend on moving your pieces — plan your path carefully.
Player Elimination
Players can be knocked out before the game ends — play carefully or you might be watching from the sidelines.
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
You play through linked missions or scenarios that build on each other — it's like an epic adventure in chapters.
About This Game
Boarding actions in the skies of space 1889's Mars with mini-scale deckplans, cardstock minis, rules, and ship diagrams. This expansion was intended to bridge the gap between the boardgame Sky Galleons of Mars and the role-playing game Space 1889. Ship to ship battles can be fought and won; but if there is an opportunity for a Boarding Actions, which were abstracted in Sky Galleons, they are now fleshed out to man-to-man, or man-to-Martian action.…
Source: BoardGameGeek