Orbit War
Game Details
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Publishers
- Steve Jackson Games
- Year1992
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Authors
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Links
- OwnerDieter Baron
- Players2
- Playtime—
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Categories
- Cosim
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Components
- rules (3)
- board
- counter
Description
The year is 2020. The world is once again divided into armed camps. Cold War II is edging toward World War III. And whoever controls space will own Earth…
Orbit War is a game of superpower conflict in space … from limited blockades to global war. Space stations and Space Marines, armed shuttles and orbital weapon platforms, nuclear missiles and smart mines, comsats and jammers and grim hunter-killer satellites—all join in the deadly orbital duel. Optional rules allow for salvage and repair of damaged units, and for surgical nuclear attacks on enemy launch facilities.
Players maneuver their units to hold strategic areas of space over the rotating Earth, and to destroy enemy forces. Movement and combat are fast, and a ``quick start'' sheet makes it easy to play your first game. But Orbit War is challenging. Can you control your forces effectively in an environment where everything is moving?