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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2004
# of Players
2 − 8
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 players
(3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(2 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
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Attack Vector: Tactical
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Skirmish scale (1-3 ships per player) space combat game with fast moving, highly realistic, 3-D movement and decision making mechanics.

Mechanically, the game plays in segmented movements (a'la Car Wars) with 8 per turn, and runs most of the decision making in parallel. This game encourages "fly by the seat of your pants", and is more like a first person flight sim than most minis games are. You actually feel like you're doing piloting or ship handling with this game. Most of the actions you do have a delay before you can do them again. Clever use of paper clips on abaci keep the timekeeping elements fluid and simple.

While there's science underlying the rules, it's carefully segregated into sidebars, so that only those people who care about it have to look at it. You don't need to be a science genius to play this game; the back of the box says "We do the scary math, so you can blow things up", and it's true, mostly due to play aid design.

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Publisher: Ad Astra Games
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Year: 2011
Product Code: ADA11000_2ND
Size: 13.12 x 9.62 x 2.25 inches
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Publisher: Ad Astra Games
Artist: Ken Burnside, Winchell Chung, Charles Oines, Joshua Qualtierimore»
Year: 2004
Product Code: ADA 11000
Size: 13.12 x 9.62 x 2.25 inches
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1 Hotglue method APID Cage Cut-outs for index cards.pdf
Version 1. 2 pages, color, for 3x5" index cards. To print correctly, turn off "Auto-rotate and center" mode. Instructions on how to use these can be found at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/294746
2008-02-16
1 Templates for drawing APIDs pdf (Word format in archive)
Version 1, for Ping Pong balls, Adobe .pdf format (rescalable Word format in archive). 3 pages, B&W, for 3x5" index cards. To print correctly, turn off "Auto-rotate and center" mode. Instructions on how to use these can be found at: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/294735
2008-02-16
1 VeRID (Velocity/Roll Info Display)
Version 3 of Alternative acceleration/velocity matrix (for either side of board) with instructions. Detaches velocity tracking from AVID, surrounded by a roll progress tracking ring.
2008-01-03
3 vms_vs_dv.pdf
Comparison of Attack Vector's movement vs. games like Full Thrust
2004-09-13
2 Lafayette_Surrenders.jpg
Wallpaper image showing some of the ships from the game
2004-09-13
6 AVT_Flyer.pdf
Promotional flyer describing key 3D features of the game
2004-09-13
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1990
War Game Rank: 537
Num Ratings: 134
Average Rating: 7.27
Standard Deviation: 2.15
Num Views: 46639
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Avg. Game Weight: 4.1
Fans: 21
Personal Comments: 98
Users Owning: 258
Users Wanting: 44
Users Trading: 17 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 316
Plays This Month: 3
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