Moon Base Clavius
BGG rank
BGG #24,690
BGG rating
6.0

Moon Base Clavius

1982

Rules assistance for Moon Base Clavius

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

  • 2 players
  • 30–60 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 1.9/5

Rules assistant for Moon Base Clavius

For 2 players

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Moon Base Clavius is a board game released in 1982 for 2 players, 30–60 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Kerry Anderson and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Set in a "future" 1996, Moon Base Clavius is a game of infantry combat on the moon between the Soviet Union and the United States. Each hex is ~ 27.5km and each turn is 4.5 hours. Combat results are by dice on CRT with casualties being eliminated. Victory conditions are per scenario (3 plus a campaign game). 108 counters.

Questions and answers

Moon Base Clavius 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.