Escape from Altassar
BGG rank
BGG #26,324
BGG rating
5.7

Escape from Altassar

1982

Rules assistance for Escape from Altassar

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 60 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

Rules assistant for Escape from Altassar

For 2 players

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Escape from Altassar is a board game released in 1982 for 2 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Dan Campagna and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

The game recreates the escape of Confederate prisoners from the Spikus POW camp on Altassar, and the subsequent pursuit by the Spikus soldiers. Various units, such as Trackers, Drystals, Recovery Wagons, and Trip Nets are used as players perform in this tense game of escape and pursuit.

Designers

Publishers

  • Task Force Games

Questions and answers

Escape from Altassar supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.