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Asteroid

Asteroid

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games) · 1980
2120–180 min10+ yrs2.3/5 complexity6.6 BGG#11.674 BGG549CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Asteroid?

In Asteroid, one player controls a team of adventurers attempting to destroy a runaway mining asteroid on a collision course with Earth; the other player controls the evil computer brain that runs the mining station.

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Asteroid box art
official art · Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games)

In Asteroid, one player controls a team of adventurers attempting to destroy a runaway mining asteroid on a collision course with Earth; the other player controls the evil computer brain that runs the mining station. The good guys must overcome the station's defenses (including various nasty robots), turn off the computer brain, set the asteroid to self-destruct, and escape before it blows.

Each of the adventurers has unique characteristics, including ranged and melee combat abilities, computer skills, demolition skills, stealthiness, psychic ability, luck and even emotional attachments to other characters.

The computer brain player secretly determines the configuration of the modular boards to form a map of the mining station and deploys robots to prevent the adventurers from shutting it down.

Victory levels for the adventurers include World Survival Victory, Personal Survival Victory, Common Decency Victory, Romantic Victory and even SPCA Victory (involving the outcome with respect to the dog character, Sasha).

One of GDW's Series 120 games, the game includes eight 5.5" x 8.5" maps and 120 tile counters that represent the characters, robots, items, etc.

It was resold from Kokusai-Tsushin in 2003.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity2.3 / 5
BGG rating6.6 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120–180 min
Players
2
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#11.674

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Q3How do you play Asteroid?
Asteroid is a adventure game, for 2 players, taking ~120–180 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Asteroid — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Asteroid support?
Asteroid is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Asteroid take?
A game of Asteroid takes about 120–180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Asteroid for?
Asteroid is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Asteroid?
Asteroid has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.3 out of 5.
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