Checkpoint Omega

1983 · BGG

Avg rating

6.25

Bayes rating

5.51

Weight

1.86 (Light)

Players

2-6

Playtime

1 hr

Ratings count

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Description

This SF race-and-combat game, yet another permutation on the "Death Race" theme, is set on a post apocalyptic Earth whose World Government has set up violent New Olympics to entertain the survivors. The game concerns one event, the Open Terrain Vehicle Race between heavily armed teams; the winner is the first (or only) team to get one of their vehicles or racers to all sixteen checkpoints and back to Checkpoint Omega.

This is Task Force Game #1026, one of their series of microgames.



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Movement Points Player Elimination Race Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up

Themes

Racing Science Fiction Theme Post-Apocalyptic

Publishers

Task Force Games

Designers

Larry Ray Sims