Sky Galleons Of Mars
''Sky Galleons of Mars'' is a board wargame designed by Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller and Loren Wiseman, published in 1988 in games, 1988 by Game Designers' Workshop. It is set in an alternate history, alternate Victorian Era where the major nations of Earth are extending their colonial interests on Mars (a barbarian, Edgar Rice Burroughs-style planet) and Venus (a primitive planet teeming with dinosaurs). The discovery of Liftwood, a Martian plant endowed with anti-gravity powers, allows the deployment of aerial fleets in the skies of the Red Planet. The game won Origins Awards for ''Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Boardgame of 1988'' and ''Best Graphic Presentation of a Boardgame of 1988'', and was the inspiration for the role-playing game ''Space: 1889''. It can be played on its own or used as the tactical ship combat system for ''Space: 1889''. Gameplay The game is played on a Hex map, hexagonal mapboard that serves to regulate movement and combat. Each hex on the map repres ...
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