Steampunk Games

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AKA Gaslight Adventures! Games set in that mythical period of time known as the Victorian Age, but with Babbage computers, high adventure, Martians, and the likes of Nemo and the Nautilus!

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:56 am

1. Board Game: Sky Galleons of Mars [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:2606]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Of course, one of the oldest and definitely steampunkiest, is Sky Galleons of Mars! So far I have two copies and I'm working on getting more. (Don't call me, I'll call you.)

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:56 am

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United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

You bastard! How dare you flaunt something like that?! Gimme, gimme, gimme!! You lucky dog!

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:00 am
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John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

What I really want to get a hold of are some of the miniatures that used to be made for it. I've seen one fellow's layout, he has to scale zeppelins...

shake

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:17 am
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United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

You tease. This is my favorite game of all time. I prefer the phase-based movement variant though. Nice list.

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:19 pm
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Ian Cooper

United States
Silver Spring
Maryland

I own this one (I'm a big Space 1889 fan). I really have to get motivated to build myself a model of a liftwood flyer.

Posted Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:28 am
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Robert Foose

(ShadeMoon64)

United States
Evansville
Indiana

I'm a big fan of this game. My first real attempt at kit-bashing was when I customized a few of the models to make new ships. It still hits the table whenever I get the chance.

Posted Fri Feb 4, 2011 4:53 pm
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2. Board Game: Mission: Red Planet [Average Rating:6.89 Overall Rank:422]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Haven't played it yet, but it's definitely on my list of games to get.

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:56 am

Andreas Johansson

(Orcoteuthis)

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Nice steampunk artwork, but gameplay is quite abstract.

Posted Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:03 pm
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James Casey

(waferthinninja)

United Kingdom
Finchampstead
Berkshire

Orcoteuthis wrote:

Nice steampunk artwork, but gameplay is quite abstract.

I agree - I bought this because the theme appealed but the theme doesnt really show through much. Decent game though.

Posted Sun Jul 6, 2008 11:22 am
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Michail Giannis

(MountainRoot)

Greece
Petroupoli/Athens

I think it is a really good game. Not perfect but still a good one.

Posted Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:24 am
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Andrew Traviss

(RantingRodent)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

Our group has a had a really good experience with this one. I actually felt like the theme (Mars exploration) came through well. The Steampunk aspect is tacked on, but it almost always is.

Posted Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:05 pm
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3. Board Game: Girl Genius: The Works [Average Rating:6.04 Overall Rank:2415]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

The artwork for this one is at least quasi-penny dreadful! (Phil Foglio is one of my favorite comic artists.)

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:56 am

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United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

The art in this game is great! Have you ever read the comic book of Girl Genius? You can read a lot of it online at:

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/

Tsk, tsk.

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:02 am
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John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Yup, and to flaunt some more, I used to game with Phil. cool

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:15 am
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United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

I've heard that he's quite a character.

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:21 pm
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4. Board Game: Warmachine [Average Rating:7.48 Overall Rank:397]

Jeroen Harkes

(minordemon)

Netherlands
Voorburg
Zuid Holland

Warmachine is also a steampunk game

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:50 pm

Calvin Daniels

(Talisinbear)

Canada

this is amazing game

Posted Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:10 pm
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Ryan Powers

(keethrax)

United States
Marble
Minnesota

My only problem with this one is liking all of the Warmachine and most of the hordes factions makes it hard to decide and/or $$$.

I had given up on it before, but MkII seems to have solved most of my issues and so I'm gladly back.

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Posted Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:39 pm
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5. Board Game: Nautilus [Average Rating:6.42 Overall Rank:1172]

If Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Then Actions x2 Speak Louder Than Actions

United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

I haven't played this one, but I've wanted to based on theme alone.

Additionally, I haven't really heard anything good about the game, but it's freakin' Captain Nemo and the Nautilus!!

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:26 pm

Jeroen Harkes

(minordemon)

Netherlands
Voorburg
Zuid Holland

I don't think this one really fits in the steampunk genre. I don't think there is any steam, and there definitely isn't any punk

Acually it's not that bad. The expectations where high, because of the great components, that's why it was a bit of a disappointment and got rated pretty low.
The rules are very badly organised though.

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:27 pm
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United States
Hutto
Texas

Chit Chat Hamstring!!!

20,000 Leagues is the OG steampunk! The Nautilus runs on steam power, albeit through a Deus Ex Machina engine that is nuclear in allusion.

There is muscle, mad science, giant squids and one crazy-ass captain bent on punishing the evil-doers of the world.

Steampunk.

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:28 pm
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Diz Hooper

(thdizzy)

Japan
Osaka

I don't think that the steampunkness of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was questioned. It's that this game doesn't really have anything to do with that story or Captain Nemo. From what I gather, it's about building an undersea base and gathering resources from the ocean floor. If were actually about Nemo, I would have bought it already. Hey, that gives me an idea, there really should be a Nemo microbadge.

Posted Fri Jan 5, 2007 3:06 pm
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Fraser

(Karlsen)

Australia
Melbourne

Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.

Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?

This game uses "Nautilus" because, much like an Octopus's Garden, it is under the sea. Yeah OK the currency is called Nemos, but really it has nothing to do with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. They have sonar and one of the aims of the game is to improve your various technologies, none of this relishing in the age of steam stuff.

I quite like the game, but it really takes 30-60 minutes longer than it should.

Posted Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:43 am
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Gary Webster

(gary_webster)

United States
Littleton
CO

Well, I think this is a pretty good game. You have to balance building bases with sending subs out to find things, and each has an influence on your victory conditions. To me, it has a nice feel and a good theme, and good game play. Maybe it takes a while, but there's a factor of the unknown that may make things go a tad slower than a game where exploration isn't involved. Just a thought. Pretty decent game, really.

Posted Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:34 pm
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Hunter E

(HunterJE)

United States
Kirkland
Washington

Definitely high-tech-Victorian, if you look at the art (mutton chops in a submarine, anyone?), which pretty much makes it steam punk whether you can see steam or not, in my book.

Posted Fri Sep 3, 2010 8:12 pm
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6. Board Game: In 80 Karten um die Welt [Average Rating:6.29 Unranked]

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(heli)

United States
Bay Area
California

At the end of the 19th century each nation sends a steam-powered "Walamob" (Water-Land-Mobile) on the voyage around the world. Beware the dreaded Earth Torpedo!

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Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:38 pm

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(heli)

United States
Bay Area
California

Hmm, two days ago I wrote about the Earth Torpedo and this morning I was awoken by a 4.7 scale earthquake. I think maybe I should stop writing about the Earth Torpedo.

Posted Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:22 pm
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7. Board Game: Edison & Co. [Average Rating:4.40 Overall Rank:7681]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

I picked it up based on it's theme and found that it's a game that is nearly impossible to actually finish a race if the other players are on the ball.

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Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:09 am

8. Board Game: One False Step for Mankind [Average Rating:6.31 Overall Rank:3202]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

A unique game from Cheepass games: A long game. :-)

It's actually a fun game that I'm going to play one of these days when I have enough poker chips...

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Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:12 am

Ryan Hackel

(cerulean)

United States
Falls Church
Virginia

Just wanted to add the game's description here:

"California: 1849

Where the mayors of stupidly rich Gold Rush towns can squander the resources of their citizens on pretty much whatever they want.

This month, it's a race to the Moon.

Will it work? Probably not. The real goal is to earn enough votes to become governor. But it seems the best way to impress your pioneering constituents is by doing something grotesquely stupid and dangerous, like blasting them into space.

It's one false step for Mankind, one giant leap for you."

Posted Fri Jan 5, 2007 7:28 pm
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9. Board Game: One False Step Home [Average Rating:6.49 Unranked] [Average Rating:6.49 Unranked]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Another game that I don't own, and probably won't own. Anyone play this?

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Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:14 am

Ben Pope

(NicholasCat)

United States
Unspecified
Utah

Having played both once, I will say that the main reason to buy this game is right on the cover: Good Lord but the first game is long. The expansion makes it at least -playable-. I didn't expect 4 hours from a CAG the first time I played it, and the expansion helps.

Posted Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:28 am
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Mike Jones

(Guantanamo)

United States
Gainesville
Florida

Yeah it's here! Really it's right here.

NicholasCat wrote:

Yes a was very surprised how long the first game took. I don't think people hated it, but everyone was more then ready for it to end. I think the length is the reason we've never played it again. We will play long games, but this one really wasn't worth the length.

Posted Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:23 pm
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10. Board Game: Temple of the Beastmen [Average Rating:5.93 Overall Rank:5076]

J. Green

(bookgnome)

United States

A very little-known, GDW game from 1989, based on the RPG Space 1889, in which a group of intrepid adventurers have to rescue slaves and gather loot from the lair of the Beastmen...the native Martians. Modular board, special powers. Not highly rated, but it fits the list. Supposedly a luck/dice fest but fun. Haven't played it yet.

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Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:31 pm

Ian Cooper

United States
Silver Spring
Maryland

This one seemed very unwieldy to me when I read the rules.

Posted Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:24 am
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Darrell Pavitt

(nyhotep)

United Kingdom
Unspecified
Unspecified

Would have worked beter if they hadn't forgotten to put the victory conditions in the rules.... (see the errata).

Posted Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:33 am
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Ronald Pehr

(ravensron)

United States
Las Vegas
Nevada

Easy enough to play, fun if you're into the whole "British Raj on Mars" milieu, but not really a crowd-pleaser for more than a time or two.

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11. Board Game: John Carter: Warlord of Mars [Average Rating:6.44 Overall Rank:3304]

J. Green

(bookgnome)

United States

An old SPI adventure game based in the Edgar Rice Burroughs version of Mars, "Barsoom." John Carter is a Civil War Captain transported there via some weird astral portal in 1866. Supposedly there is a movie about this in the works, but latest word is it's been delayed. Haven't played this yet, either but I got some of the books to pass on with the game to my son when he's old enough...may be a while if the box cover is any indication (haha).

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Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:37 pm

Henry Vogel

(hvogel)

United States
Raleigh
North Carolina

The cover of the game and the books show the character FAR more heavily dressed than they are in the actual books. In the books, the characters run around nude with the exception of harnasses used to hold their (many) weapons. That said, the books are about as chaste as you can get. They're all about romantic love and, well, killing everyone who gets between the main character and the woman he loves. Okay, that's a bit simplistic, but the books are plenty of fun. You can safely turn your son loose with them as soon as he able to read them.

Posted Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:36 pm
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Steve Blackwell

(mudshark_baby)

United Kingdom
Brighton
East Sussex

Ha ha. Movie in the works and it has been delayed. JCM, as they like to call it now

is due out this year and is made by... Disney (oh dear). It looks pretty uninspiring...

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12. Board Game: Ironclads and Ether Flyers [Average Rating:6.75 Unranked]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

I have this game, but more as a complete set for the Space: 1889 game more than anything else.

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Posted Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:38 am

Ian Cooper

United States
Silver Spring
Maryland

I'm a Space 1889 addict too - I own every Space 1889 game ever made. Sadly I've never played this one, but it has fired my imagination to such an extent that I once had a vivid dream in which I was standing on a cliff overlooking a huge ether flyer and airship port. It was incredibly cool.

Posted Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:23 am
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Teodoro Alonso

(tgalonso)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

I have played it. It plays very well and the interaction between the pre-dreadnoughts and the flyers is very interesting. Think slow moving bombing run and you get the idea. Worth getting the PDF and some 1/1000 ships to play it. BTW, it does paly very well as a straight historical game.

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13. Board Game: Soldier's Companion [Average Rating:6.96 Unranked]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Another one, just to make sure I could prove my geekiness, I picked up this copy as well.

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Posted Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:40 am

Ian Cooper

United States
Silver Spring
Maryland

I own this one but I've never found anyone to play it with.

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14. Board Game: Gaslight [Average Rating:6.88 Unranked]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Any game that can come up with an acronym for the word G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. (Glorious Adventures in Science Loosely Involving Generally Historical Times) is a game worth putting into this list.

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Posted Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:47 am

Ian Cooper

United States
Silver Spring
Maryland

I own this one, but it always seemed a bit too vague to me. Not so much a game system as an idea for a game system.

Posted Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:18 am
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Ted Conn

(Petru5)

United States
Lee's Summit
Missouri

You are not brought upon this world to get it!

We play this game in more of the pulp genre. The vagarities of the rules actually make it very versatile...anytime from Civil War to late 30's/early 40's. I've played in a pulpish "Raid on Dr. Zombie's Island" campaign and have also been in some Lovecraftian Chthulu-based games, too. It isn't too much of a stretch from pulp to steampunk.

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15. Board Game: The War of the Worlds [Average Rating:6.16 Unranked]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

And of course, anything to do with Wells and the WOTW is by definition steampunky.

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Posted Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:50 am

Dr Caligari

(andre_sand)

United States
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania

Martians! You said Martians!

WOTW fans may enjoy the miniatures game "A Fistful of Tripods".

The rules are out there on the interwebs, seek and you shall find.

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16. Board Game: Around the World in 80 Days [Average Rating:6.58 Overall Rank:764]

Keith Rapley

(keithrapley)

United Kingdom
Seer Green
Bucks

There are several games basedon the Jules Verne steampunk novel(steamships, steam trains and steaming elephants!!)

This is the latest game, highly rated and gives the flavour of going round the world up against tight deadlines

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Posted Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:52 pm

Gary Pressler

(GaryP)

United States
West Lafayette
Indiana

Steam? Absolutely.

Punk? Not at all.

Great game, though.

Posted Thu Jan 4, 2007 5:17 am
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Fraser

(Karlsen)

Australia
Melbourne

Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.

Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?

I'd have to agree with Gary. Steam thumbsup

, punk

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Ryan Frazier

(rylfrazier)

United States
West Sacramento
California

Karlsen wrote:

I'd have to agree with Gary. Steam thumbsup

, punk

My review: Game thumbsup

fun

strategic

worth ever playing again thumbsdown

Posted Sat Apr 9, 2011 1:48 am
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Dan Daly

(prizziap)

United States
Perryopolis
Pennsylvania

So it was fun, but you don't want to play again?

I've been eyeing this game up as a potential purchase, so I'm curious if you could elaborate.

Posted Sat Apr 9, 2011 2:01 am
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17. Board Game: Deadlands: Doomtown [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:702]

Ryan Hackel

(cerulean)

United States
Falls Church
Virginia

The Deadlands franchise, in the incarnation here that I'm most familiar with, contains a few steampunkish factions. My favorite, the Collegium, is an outfit built around dudes with the Mad Scientist trait. Mad Scientists can use their turns to build Gadgets. Some gadgets are weapons (Ray Gun, Gatling Pistol, Dynamite Luancher), some are vehicles, and some are just plain useful (Ghost Rock Detector, SUZY209). The Collegium can win the game just by building enough difficult gadgets, and the Union Army's mysterious Agency is known to employ the talents of several gadgetmen, too.

Best described as High Noon meets H.P. Lovecraft, the game is set in an alternate timeline version of the 1860s-1870s, one where California has been reduced to a Pacific archipelago by to a shaman-induced earthquake. The Civil War is still raging back east. Magic-wielding hucksters stalk the saloons. Undead gunslingers walk the streets. And horrors from beyond lie in wait for any soul brave enough to leave town.

Unfortunately, there is no image for this game that shows any of the gadgets... it's scanner time!

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Posted Fri Jan 5, 2007 7:23 pm

18. Board Game: Khronos [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:1035]

John Reiher

United States
Kenmore
Washington

Another new game, whose overall artistic theme is decidedly Steampunkish. I wonder how well this one plays? Better than other time travel themed games?

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Posted Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:28 am

Colin Hall-Williams

(mattersmasher)

United Kingdom

This game plays across three boards representing three time periods. You build buildings to form 'domains' which score you points. The clockwork art is quite 'Jules Verne' but overall the game's not very steampunk and the theme is just background for a brain-burner of a game...I love it!

Posted Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:33 pm
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19. Board Game: Iron Stars [Average Rating:6.46 Unranked]

esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

I haven't played this, but this definitely seems interesting.

"Iron Stars is a game of space combat in an age of steam and steel. Set in a fictional universe based loosely on the writings of H. G. Wells and other fantasists, it provides a back story and ship designs from an alternate history in which the Martian Invasion actually happened, the ether is all-pervasive, and Cavorite is a reality."

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Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:23 pm

Andreas Johansson

(Orcoteuthis)

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

The rules strike me as a bit weird (space friction?!), but I love the look of the minis. I should buy some to use with A Sky Full of Ships ...

Posted Sun May 3, 2009 9:05 am
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20. Board Game: Dust [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:932]

esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

The game I'm anticipating the most at the moment. Game based on a comic novel by Paolo Parente

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Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:26 pm

Mike Jones

(Guantanamo)

United States
Gainesville
Florida

Yeah it's here! Really it's right here.

Completely devoid of theme.

Posted Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:24 pm
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esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

Haven't tried this yet, but because of that lack of theme, anticipation towards this one has dropped quite low.

Posted Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:41 am
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Andreas Johansson

(Orcoteuthis)

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

It's not completely devoid of theme, but what little there is is "WWIIpunk" rather than steampunk.

Posted Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:13 pm
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(Captain Avatar)

United States

I have this game and it's more in the line of Axis & Allies and WWIV, but the style is set more of a weird WWII genera like West Wind Productions SOTR Secrets of the Third Reich, Doomsday 1949, Incursion, or AE and Gear Krieg. These Weird WWII games seem to have zombies and vampires, WWII tech mixed with sci-fi mechs and tech in them to distinguish from a steampunk style universe which is more Victorian to pre WWII tech with fantasy mixed in and of corse the steam factor.

If you check out the new Dust Tactical game, it has the figs set similar to the AT-43 game from Rackham, so should be a similar gameplay. I like this game and the DUST universe, but for me this is not a steampunk game.

Edited Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:29 pm
Posted Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:06 pm
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21. Board Game: Garden Party [Average Rating:4.60 Unranked]

esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

I've heard that this family game involves some steam-punkish elements.

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Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:28 pm

22. Board Game: Dungeon Twister [Average Rating:6.95 Overall Rank:351]

esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

I've always considered Dungeon Twister as a steampunk game, altough more in a fantasy steampunk setting than a victorian era steampunk.

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Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:35 pm

M C

(craniac)

United States
Orem
Utah

That is a fantastic miniature.

Posted Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:16 am
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23. Board Game: Infernal Contraption [Average Rating:6.03 Overall Rank:2137]

esa gröhn

Finland
imatra

Now heres a card game which seems interesting. Goblin mechanics trying to build some magical machines. I have to get my hands on this one. And if I've understood correctly this is set in a same Iron Kingdoms world as Warmachine.

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Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:39 pm

Michail Giannis

(MountainRoot)

Greece
Petroupoli/Athens

It's fun and it's fast i am about to buy this little diamond

Posted Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:26 am
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Barrie Williams

(Ba22er)

United Kingdom

It's great dead quick and easy to master.

Posted Thu Oct 7, 2010 10:54 am
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24. Board Game: Industria [Average Rating:6.62 Overall Rank:802]

Brett

(logicalgambit)

United States
Santa Clara
CA

Just look at the box! This is steampunk to the extreme.

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Posted Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:23 pm

esa gröhn