Mayday (game)
Designers Marc W. Miller | | |
| Illustrators | Roger MacGowan | |
|---|---|---|
| Publishers | Game Designers' Workshop | |
| Publication | 1978 | |
| Genres | Board wargame | |
| Series | Traveller boardgames, Series 120 | |
Mayday is a 1978 board wargame published by
second boardgame to be published for Traveller. A second edition was published in 1980.[2] It was republished in 2004 as part of Far Future Enterprises Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+.[3]
Gameplay
Mayday is game focusing on battles involving small spaceships, and is designed to go with Traveller.[4]
Reception
Tony Zamparutti reviewed Mayday in The Space Gamer No. 18.[4] Zamparutti commented that "By itself, Mayday is not that exciting of a game. Although its movement system is innovative, the game as a whole is not as good as many other tactical space games".[4]
David Ritchie reviewed Mayday in Ares #1, rating it a 6 out of 9.[5] Ritchie commented that "Combat, maneuver and navigation are all affected by the capacity of the ship's computer and the program currently in progress (a nice touch). Relatively simple. Playable within two hours."[5]
Mayday won the
Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame.[6]
Reviews
See also
Traveller boardgames
References
- ^ "GDW "Series 120" Games". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Mayday". BoardgameGeek. BoardgameGeek LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Zamparutti, Tony (July–August 1978). "Mayday: a reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 18. Steve Jackson Games. p. 26.
- ^ a b Ritchie, David (March 1980). "A Galaxy of Games". Ares. No. 1. Simulations Publications, Inc. p. 29.
- ^ "1978 Origins Awards Winners". gama.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, J.; Evans, D. "Mayday". Retrieved 5 December 2021.