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Afterglow

Afterglow

Placeholder Productions · 2021
2–65–60 min12+ yrs2.0/5 complexity7.0 BGG3Strategy
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How do you play Afterglow?

Afterglow is the hyperlight space skirmish wargame set in the far future. The players assume the role of STARCORE Commanders, a hybrid of human sentience and an alien supercomputer, and control a task force of hyper-sophisticated warships in objective-based battles.

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Afterglow box art
official art · Placeholder Productions

Afterglow is the hyperlight space skirmish wargame set in the far future. The players assume the role of STARCORE Commanders, a hybrid of human sentience and an alien supercomputer, and control a task force of hyper-sophisticated warships in objective-based battles.

Players design their task force of one to three ships using cards, then plot their actions against one another simultaneously. There is no randomization and every action pushes a game towards it's definitive conclusion. Every attack is potentially lethal and there is no armour. The only protection is for the ships to briefly travel back through time and space to a safe location: this is known as the Afterglow effect.

—description from the designer

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating7.0 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
5–60 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
12+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Afterglow?
Afterglow is a miniatures game, for 2–6 players, taking ~5–60 minutes, featuring measurement movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Afterglow — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Afterglow support?
Afterglow is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Afterglow take?
A game of Afterglow takes about 5–60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Afterglow for?
Afterglow is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Afterglow?
Afterglow has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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