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Family Focus Review – Battle Beyond Space
Nice review, and I was definitely going for either a 80’s Milton Bradley-style game or a sort of Beer & Beer & Pretzels game.
I’ve taught it to children as young as 7 for demos, making sure to give them the easier-to-manage powers.
The game is also a bit deeper than you might at first think. (Just a bit). As we were playtesting, and learned who had which powers, we began to start trying to divine a player’s power. Which also brought in the occasional bluff.
I’ve also never been concerned with the number of choice on a turn, and prefer games with few, but more significant choices. BBS definitely trims down the number choices for speed. It doesn’t always present interesting options, but occasionally slaps you in the face with a spectacularly tricky one.
As another comment, some of those older MB hobby games are still awesome. The ones that see play here are: Thunder Road, Battle Masters, Screaming Eagles, and Die Schlact der Dinosaurier. (The last is by Schmidt in Germany, but designed by the guy who did Battle Masters and Heroquest.)