Cover art for Mayday

Mayday

1978 · BGG
Avg rating
6.04
Bayes rating
5.53
Weight
2.27 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
168

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Description

Basic two-player SF wargame of ship-to-ship space combat featuring movement (responding to both thrust and gravity), laser fire, missile fire, and ship-computer programming. Scenarios include The Grand Prix, The Attack, Piracy, Battle, and Smuggling. Intended as Game 1 for the "Traveler" RPG universe and uses a variant of the "Traveler" starship rules. One of GDW's Series 120 games, designed to be played in two hours or less. The original 1978 version won the Charles Roberts Award for the Best Science Fiction Game of the Year; other editions were published in 1980 and 1983. The Cover Art for the original 1978 GDW version was by Rodger B. MacGowan (RBM). Japanese edition published by Hobby Japan and later by Kokusai-Tsushinsha ('RPGamer' magazine #1).

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Action selection / worker placement Dice rolling Resource & economic management

Game type

Wargame Campaign / legacy game Board game

What it’s about

Science fiction & space

Publishers

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games) Hobby Japan Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社)

Designers

Marc W. Miller