Snap Ship Tactics Review
boardgamequest.comWe review the Snap Ship Tactics Starter Set, published by Snap Ships. In Snap Ship Tactics, players build their own customizable ship and then battle in a 1v1 duel and we tell you what it's like.
If you are looking to hop into a spaceship and engage in a dogfight, tabletop gamers don’t have any shortage of options. From licensed games like X-Wing or Armada, to more classic hex and counter games like Talon from GMT, chances are you’ll find something to scratch that itch.
Today though, we are going to look at Snap Ship Tactics. A newcomer into the genre that realizes, hey, sometimes you just want to play with cool-looking ships and have fun. Plus, you get to engage your inner builder. Sign me up!
I’d be remiss if I didn’t first mention that unlike pretty much every other skirmish game out there, the first thing you have to do in Snap Ship Tactics is build your ship. No, I’m not talking about cutting plastic off sprues and gluing things up. I’m talking a full on lego-style building of your ship. Much like is suggested in its title., Snap Ship tactics has you building your ships ahead of time, either via the instruction manual, or just customizing your look to your heart’s content.
Once that’s done, then the gameplay fires up its 1v1 skirmish mode (at least for the starter set). Each ship will have a dashboard composed of a chassis and a number of add-on modules (guns, engines, wings, etc…). The goal, of course, is to destroy your opponent’s ship.
On a player’s turn, they first must take any actions listed on their chassis card. This is usually resetting your evade number back to its default, venting 5 cubes, and taking a forced move action. After that, it’s up to you what you want to do. You can activate any parts on your
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