
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,868
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Side Quest
- 1–4 players
- 20–120 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2016

Rules assistance for Gunship: Arsenal!
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Gunship: Arsenal! is an expansion for Gunship: First Strike! released in 2013 for 2–4 players. It was designed by Steve A. Wood and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Push Your Luck, and Area Movement.
More options, more fun and tons more destruction! It's the Gunship: Arsenal! This expansion collects 3 of the previous expansions into one set. Additionally, it adds new carriers to allow proper 4 players games. This set includes: From Gunship: First Strike! X-perimental Weapons 80 Upgrade Cards - Awesome new gunship weapons plus fighter and carrier upgrades! From Gunship: Crewmates! 18 Crewmate Cards - Recruit characters with special abilities to crew your vessels! From Gunship: Asteroids! 36 Asteroid Cards - New mini-game and battlespace terrain! From Gunship: Green and White Carrriers 2 Carrier Boards - Unlocks 3-player and 4-player free-for-all modes! 2 12-sided dice - For use with the new carriers! From Gunship: Tokens Expansion 1 Sheet of Punchboard Tokens - Die-cut ships for more sci-fi theme!
Gunship: Arsenal! supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Gunship: Arsenal! belongs to these categories: Card Game, Dice, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Push Your Luck, and Area Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Gunship: Arsenal! are: Steve A. Wood. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Gunship: Arsenal! as an expansion for Gunship: First Strike!. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Gunship: First Strike! to use it. Check that your edition of Gunship: First Strike! is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.