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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1985
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4, 5, 6 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Solarquest
Alternate Names
Apollo 13
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Description Edit | History

Players command a spaceship around the solar system in an attempt to land on and purchase moons and planets in this game similar to Monopoly. Players must also be aware of their fuel, as certain maneuvers cost fuel, while others are free. Rent is charged when opponents land on your property, and players are eliminated by bankruptcy, being stranded, or blown to bits in a laser battle.

More Information Edit | History

While the game is similar to Monopoly, it is quite different in many ways. The biggest differences are:

1) It has nothing to do with the makers of Monopoly but it's different enough that they can't be sued.
2) the board is a series of 4 looping orbits instead
3) there are more spaces on the board and more properties to purchase
4) there aren't hotels or houses to place, but the more each property group you own, the more you charge people who land on your properties
5) you can buy and place fuel stations and you need fuel to move from plants and moons
6) oh yeah, it's based in space. Specifically it's based in our solar system.
7) there is no jail
8) and more... in other words, this is NOT Monopoly with a space "skin" applied to the board and cards. It's more like Monopoly style or Monopoly influenced.

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1 Red Shift card manifest.doc
Red Shift card manifest
2006-01-14
2 SolarQuest Rules.pdf
English Rules
2004-03-02
Statistics
User Rank: 4163
Num Ratings: 364
Average Rating: 5.70
Standard Deviation: 1.68
Num Views: 25538
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.7 moreinfo
Fans: 3
Personal Comments: 164
Users Owning: 549
Users Wanting: 13
Users Trading: 63
Has Parts For Trade: 3
Want Parts In Trade: 6
Price History: View
Total Plays: 213
Plays This Month: 0
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