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- BGG rating
- 8.4
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Moderator's Companion
- 1–8 players
- 180 min
- Complexity 3.7/5
- 2005
- BGG rank
- BGG #17,556
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide
2004
Rules assistance for Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–99 players
- 300 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
Rules assistant for Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide
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Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide is a board game released in 2004 for 2–99 players and 300 minutes per game. It was designed by Jay Waschak and its main mechanics are Point to Point Movement.
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About the game
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide The first product in our development cycle is the currently-in-playtest Campaign Game. What is a campaign? Simply put, it’s a chance to play an entire race (not just a ship or fleet) and conduct an entire war one step at a time. You’ll colonize planets, manage resources, build ships, capture territory, and negotiate with your neighbors. The ultimate aim of a campaign can be as straightforward as galactic dominance. Although this can be achieved in other ways such as accomplishment of a set of predefined victory conditions. VBAM has been designed in such a way that you can use any background setting for your campaign. The primary goal of the master book is to provide the basic structure and rules to handle campaign-level issues. The campaign guide is designed to offer the players a variety of choices in complexity and style of play. It can be played by itself as a stand alone game using our quick space and ground combat resolution system with the included source materials or used with more complex tactical combat systems with source materials that you already own. Expanded by: Victory by Any Means: Campaign Moderator's Companion Victory by Any Means: Jovian Chronicles Victory by Any Means: The Starmada Edition Stars Divided: Terran Civil War (Victory by Any Means: The Starmada Edition also required) Victory by Any Means Source: Wars of the Kuissians and Boltians Victory by Any Means: The Menagerie
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Questions and answers
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide supports 2–99 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.
The listed playing time for Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide is 300 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide has a complexity rating of 3.9 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a heavy game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide belongs to these categories: Wargame, Territory Building, and Exploration. Its main mechanics are Point to Point 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 Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide are: Jay Waschak. 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 Victory by Any Means: Campaign Guide as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.