Nukes is the first open source board-game published by Moddable.Games.
The primary design objectives for Nukes were as follows:
- Create a simple system (explained in two or three pages) allowing for any number of players
- Introduce as few unique components as possible (can use anything for the player tokens)
- Modular board that allows for endless possibilities (can utilize existing Catan sets)
Each player is given X number of tokens.
Depending upon where those tokens are located and how many of them are placed together, they can represent different things:
- Hostages – your tokens in someone else’s hand
- Isotopes – your tokens in your hand
- Units – your tokens on the board
- Infantry – a single unit within a single region on the board
- Artillery – two units within a single region on the board
- Airborne – three units within a single region on the board
- Bases – four or more units within a single region on the board
- Nukes – a unit emerging from a base with isotopes
Each region within a Nukes board can be one of the following five biomes / colors:
- Fields (Light Green) – no restrictions for anything
- Forests (Dark Green) – artillery cannot attack from or within a forest region
- Mountains (Grey) – airborne cannot pass through or end their move alone on mountains
- Water (Blue) – infantry, artillery and nukes cannot end their move alone on water
- Deserts (Yellow) – infantry cannot end their move alone in deserts
A player can win the game by reaching either of the following objectives:
- Have a base on or Nuke an opponent’s starting region by removing it from the game
- Have the last hostage(s) or unit(s) in the game
It’s that simple – and yet, our biggest challenge has been how to explain this in more detail, but with as few words as possible in a way that’s easy to understand. The first draft of the rulebook was a gnarly thirty pages long and it took us nearly a year to trim things down to a more reasonable three pages. As an open-source game, we welcome feedback and contributions.
Download or contribute to translating the rules.
