Undaunted: Battle of Britain
Published on 18. May 2023
Other
Game
978-1-4728-5551-0 (ISBN)
Description
The RAF faces the Luftwaffe in this two-player deckbuilding game of aerial WWII combat.
Summer, 1940. The German war machine has rolled through the continent in less than a year, crushing all before it. Britain is all that stands in the way of German victory in Europe. Command the pilots of the battle-tested Luftwaffe, looking to extinguish all resistance and pave the way to invasion, or the resourceful and determined RAF opposing them at every turn.
Undaunted: Battle of Britain is a standalone game in the Undaunted series, adapting the core gameplay of the previous games to recreate the dynamic dogfighting of aerial combat. Maintain cohesion between your pilots, evade anti-aircraft artillery, and leverage talented aces to win the battle for the skies!
Ages: 14+
Players: 2
Playing Time: 45-60 minutes
Contents: 116 cards, 32 large map tiles, 4 dice, tokens, scenario booklet
Summer, 1940. The German war machine has rolled through the continent in less than a year, crushing all before it. Britain is all that stands in the way of German victory in Europe. Command the pilots of the battle-tested Luftwaffe, looking to extinguish all resistance and pave the way to invasion, or the resourceful and determined RAF opposing them at every turn.
Undaunted: Battle of Britain is a standalone game in the Undaunted series, adapting the core gameplay of the previous games to recreate the dynamic dogfighting of aerial combat. Maintain cohesion between your pilots, evade anti-aircraft artillery, and leverage talented aces to win the battle for the skies!
Ages: 14+
Players: 2
Playing Time: 45-60 minutes
Contents: 116 cards, 32 large map tiles, 4 dice, tokens, scenario booklet
Reviews / Votes
Flips the script of air combat tabletop gaming...and it does so brilliantly -- Charlie Hall * Polygon * Such a fresh and interesting twist, yet the game still feels like Undaunted -- Candice Harris * The BoardGameGeek Podcast * Maybe my favourite airplane fighting game -- Tom Vasel * The Dice Tower *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Interest Age: From 14 years
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 82 mm
Weight
1374 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4728-5551-0 (9781472855510)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
David Thompson was born in Savannah, Georgia. He grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games, but turned his attention to Eurogames and Wargames in the 2000s. He began designing games in 2014, after moving to England and meeting the Cambridge-based chapter of Playtest UK. His first published design was Armageddon, followed by Orc-lympics, Pavlov's House, Warchest, Castle Itter, and Switch & Signal. He now lives in Dayton, Ohio, with his wife, two daughters, and son.
Trevor Benjamin was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, but has spent his entire adult life living abroad. He has taught English and Mathematics in China and Taiwan, and studied and taught Linguistics in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He now lives in the UK with his wife and two children, where he has had the great fortune of meeting David and the rest of the Cambridge design community. His published games to date include Dice Heist, Light & Dark, Cafe Fatal, Orc-lympics, Warchest, and Rolling Bandits.
Trevor Benjamin was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, but has spent his entire adult life living abroad. He has taught English and Mathematics in China and Taiwan, and studied and taught Linguistics in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He now lives in the UK with his wife and two children, where he has had the great fortune of meeting David and the rest of the Cambridge design community. His published games to date include Dice Heist, Light & Dark, Cafe Fatal, Orc-lympics, Warchest, and Rolling Bandits.