Mothership: Tabletop Combat
BGG rank
BGG #11,148
BGG rating
7.2

Mothership: Tabletop Combat

2016

Rules assistance for Mothership: Tabletop Combat

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

  • 1–6 players
  • 45–180 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.1/5

For 1 player

Rules assistant for Mothership: Tabletop Combat

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Mothership: Tabletop Combat is a board game released in 2016 for 1–6 players, 45–180 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Peter Sanderson and its main mechanics are Player Elimination, Income, and Dice Rolling.

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About the game

Backstory The great Space Disagreement of 5406 has forced your entire colony to flee into the dark depths of outer space. You’re not alone. Other colonies too seek refuge from the war. All scramble to harvest the valuable resources on undiscovered planets. Your mission: destroy all other colonies. Diplomacy is boring. Shoot first, confirm if they were enemies later... Description Mothership combines miniatures, strategy and dice combat games into an easy to pick up experience that everyone can enjoy. Control a fleet of ships and charge through the galaxy, capturing planets, building defences and amassing powerful technologies. Play Deathmatch Mode in a gripping, last-man standing fight for power or play the fast and frantic Victory Point Mode. With game play that’s built from the ground up to eliminate end-game drag, you’ll find Mothership to be light-hearted, engaging and thrilling from start to finish. Features: Modular Board - Endless combinations means you’ll never play the same game twice Control Panel - Puts you in charge of managing power on your Mothership Light Mechanics - A Sci-Fi board game that cuts right to the combat. Light on weight, heavy on fun!

Questions and answers

Mothership: Tabletop Combat supports 1–6 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.