''Mayday'' is a 1978 board wargame published by
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.
History
Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding m ...
. ''Mayday'' was part of a series produced by GDW called "Series 120" – games with 120 pieces that were designed to be learned and played in 120 minutes. It was the
second boardgame to be published for ''
Traveller''. A second edition was published in 1980. It was republished in 2004 as part of
Far Future Enterprises ''Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+''.
Gameplay
''Mayday'' is about battles between small spaceships, and is designed to go with ''Traveller''.
Reception
Tony Zamparutti reviewed ''Mayday'' in ''
The Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...
'' No. 18.
Zamparutti commented that "By itself, ''Mayday'' is not that exciting of a game. Although its movement system is innovative, the game as a whole is not as good as many other tactical space games".
reviewed ''Mayday'' in ''
Ares
Ares (; grc, Ἄρης, ''Árēs'' ) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war b ...
'' #1, rating it a 6 out of 9.
Ritchie commented that "Combat, maneuver and navigation are all affected by the capacity of the ship's computer and the program currently in progress (a nice touch). Relatively simple. Playable within two hours."
''Mayday'' won the
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 aw ...
for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame.
Reviews
*''
Phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
'' #22 (November/December 1979)
See also
Traveller boardgames
References
External links
*{{bgg, 4317, ''Mayday''
Board games introduced in 1978
Game Designers' Workshop games
GDW Series 120 games
Origins Award winners
Traveller (role-playing game) board games
Wargames introduced in 1978