Cover art for Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation

2010 · BGG
Avg rating
7.34
Bayes rating
5.54
Weight
2.20 (Medium Light)
Players
2-3
Playtime
40 min
Ratings count
62

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Description

Tactical game based on Terminator Salvation movie. SkyNet and Resistance explore ruins of USA, rescue or destroy survivors and fight each other. One or two players lead Resistance. Their goal is either to gain 10 VP or to destroy all SkyNet units and factories. Victory points can be gained while exploring, by locating human survivors in pacticular. And one player takes control over SkyNet forces. They have to either destroy all resistance units or to find and kill all survivors (which are usually found by resistance itself). SkyNet can also explore territory just to find anything usefull for Resistance and destroy it for nothing. At the start of the game, one random map token is placed for every map area hidden. Later these tokens can be explored with different results. One SkyNet factory and a few units placed in one of six ruined cities. Resistance starts in 3 different random cities. Human units are generally weaker than SkyNets' (both sides have 4 types) but better for exploration and interception. Movement, exploration and other actions can be done by playing action cards from hand. Cards also can be traded for new cards. Combat can be initiated either using specific cards or when units of one side enter area with enemy forces (interception takes place if defender desires). In both cases initiator gets first shot using dice, then remaining units fire back once. Unlike such games as Nexus Ops, who makes hits here decides units to be killed. Box content: 1 Gameboard 135 cards for SkyNet and Resistance players 50 map tokens 8 unit stat cards 36 miniatures 5 d6 1 rulebook

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Area control & tactical conflict Card play & hand management Dice rolling

Game type

Wargame Board game

What it’s about

Science fiction & space Adventure & exploration

Publishers

Zvezda

Designers

German Tikhomirov