Nukes

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 four pages. As an open-source game, we will be welcoming your feedback and contributions upon it’s official release.

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