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Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat

Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat

FASA · 1986
2–660 min12+ yrs1.7/5 complexity6.0 BGG#23.917 BGG235PartyStrategy
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How do you play Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat?

From the box. The Top Gun fighter combat boardgame features a step-by-step rules system that allows players to learn as they go. The introductory game, titled Pensacola: Flight School teaches players the basics of fighter combat.

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Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat box art
official art · FASA

From the box.

The Top Gun fighter combat boardgame features a step-by-step rules system that allows players to learn as they go. The introductory game, titled Pensacola: Flight School teaches players the basics of fighter combat. After gaining experience, they will learn the advanced game. Miramar: Top Gun School. Then they will be ready for the expert game, Off the Flight Deck.

In each of these games, the competition is fast and furious, with players simulating battles between American, Soviet and other major world powers.

This game uses a simple and easy-to-understand game system. The components include a double-sided 17 x 22-inch playing map, a 16-page rulebook including record and reference sheets and four 6-sided dice. At least one printing included 40 small, plastic aircraft models as playing pieces. Later printings instead include 112 color cardboard counters.

game anatomy
Complexity1.7 / 5
BGG rating6.0 / 10
Vibe
PartyStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#23.917
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Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat is a aviation / flight game, for 2–6 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring hexagon grid. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat support?
Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat take?
A game of Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat for?
Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat?
Top Gun: The Game of Modern Fighter Combat has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.7 out of 5.
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