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Five Parsecs From Home: Solo Adventure Wargaming
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- 8.0
Expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition
Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5
2020
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Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5 is an expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition released in 2020 for 1 player. It was designed by Ivan Sorensen and its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
Scenario 5 for Five Parsecs From Home is a blast from the past.. literally, as your captain realizes an old enemy of theirs is gunning for their head. Old friends bearing guns can be added into any campaign, though it is best suited for a crew with a little bit of experience. It contains a sequence of 3 linked encounter battles forming a small story, along with tables to generate your old nemesis. If you do well, you may even get a custom weapon out of the deal! This is an expansion pack for Five Parsecs From Home 2nd edition. You require a copy of the core game rules. The pack is compatible with your existing expansions, but none are required. —description from the publisher
Editions
- Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5enNordic Weasel Games2020
Designers
Publishers
- Nordic Weasel Games
Questions and answers
Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5 supports 1 player 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.
Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. 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 Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5 are: Ivan Sorensen. 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 Old Friends Bearing Guns: Five Parsecs Scenario 5 as an expansion for Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition to use it. Check that your edition of Five Parsecs from Home: 2nd Edition is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.