Escape from New York
(1981)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 2 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Area Movement, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Dice Rolling, Events, Lose a Turn, Movement Points, Open Drafting, Pick-up and Deliver, Player Elimination, Race, Roll / Spin and Move, Set Collection und Sudden Death Ending...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 60 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 4 |
| Publisher: | Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) |
| Designers: | David "Zeb" Cook, Harold Johnson |
| Artists: | Jeff Dee, Dave LaForce, Erol Otus, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham |
| Mechanics: | Area Movement, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Dice Rolling, Events, Lose a Turn, Movement Points, Open Drafting, Pick-up and Deliver, Player Elimination, Race, Roll / Spin and Move, Set Collection, Sudden Death Ending |
"Snake, I thought you were dead!" This modest board game, based on the John Carpenter movie, casts each player as Snake Plissken, an ex-con sent on a rescue mission into a giant prison once known as New York City. Players begin with weapons and equipment cards used to help fight enemies and find clues. Cards can be lost in fights or gained at landmark spaces. Turn in matching clue cards at the corresponding location to rescue the president or his important tape. To escape, you still need to find a glider or a map to the mine fields.
Fans of the movie will enjoy the chance to encounter Slag, Brain, Cabbie, Maggie, the Duke, and Romero with the opporutnity to gain them as allies during the game. Players win by obtaining the Tape first and foremost, failing that - the President himself. The game is very faithful to the movie and players will find that they can mirror many scenes of the movie in the game.
Alternative names:
Escape from New York
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